This collection of Vonnegut's short masterpieces share his audacious sense of humor and extraordinary creative vision.

库尔特·冯内古特 Kurt Vonnegut 20 世纪美国最重要、最有影响力的黑色幽默文学代表作家。代表作有《猫的摇篮》《五号屠场》《冠军早餐》《时震》《囚鸟》等。他的作品抓住了他身处时代的情绪，并激发了整整一代人的想象。 冯内古特是出生在美国的犹太人，1940年考取康奈尔大学，主修化学。1944年珍珠港事件爆发，主张反战的他志愿参军，远赴欧洲战场。1945年遭德军俘虏，被囚禁在德累斯顿战俘营。冯内古特的文学创作，不少灵感正是来自于在战俘营的经历。战后冯内古特在芝加哥大学获得人类学硕士学位，后在哈佛大学任教。他从50年代起开始发表短篇小说，60年代起开始出版长篇。晚年的冯内古特在曼哈顿和纽约长岛的田园里颐养天年。2007 年3月在家中楼梯上不慎摔倒，同年4 月11 日，在曼哈顿逝世。

库尔特·冯内古特 Kurt Vonnegut 20 世纪美国最重要、最有影响力的黑色幽默文学代表作家。代表作有《猫的摇篮》《五号屠场》《冠军早餐》《时震》《囚鸟》等。他的作品抓住了他身处时代的情绪，并激发了整整一代人的想象。 冯内古特是出生在美国的犹太人，1940年考取康奈尔大学，主修化学。1944年珍珠港事件爆发，主张反战的他志愿参军，远赴欧洲战场。1945年遭德军俘虏，被囚禁在德累斯顿战俘营。冯内古特的文学创作，不少灵感正是来自于在战俘营的经历。战后冯内古特在芝加哥大学获得人类学硕士学位，后在哈佛大学任教。他从50年代起开始发表短篇小说，60年代起开始出版长篇。晚年的冯内古特在曼哈顿和纽约长岛的田园里颐养天年。2007 年3月在家中楼梯上不慎摔倒，同年4 月11 日，在曼哈顿逝世。

Just when you thought it was safe....the 25 top-selling titles in the series that revolutionized horror for kids are back w/ a fresh new look. The updated design will make you scream. The original artwork will give you nightmares. And the classic bone-chilling stories from the master of horror will just kill you. This spine-tingling series sparked a licensing phenomenon & m...(展开全部)

This volume features startling stories of distinction by a remarkable writer who vividly describes the township squalor of growing up in settler-exploited Rhodesia.

Among the characters you'll find in this collection of twelve stories by Tobias Wolff are a teenage boy who tells morbid lies about his home life, a timid professor who, in the first genuine outburst of her life, pours out her opinions in spite of a protesting audience, a prudish loner who gives an obnoxious hitchhiker a ride, and an elderly couple on a golden anniversary cruis...(展开全部)

In this bestselling compilation of essays, written in the clear-eyed, uncompromising language for which he is famous, Orwell discusses with vigor such diverse subjects as his boyhood schooling, the Spanish Civil War, Henry Miller, British imperialism, and the profession of writing.

In this bestselling compilation of essays, written in the clear-eyed, uncompromising language for which he is famous, Orwell discusses with vigor such diverse subjects as his boyhood schooling, the Spanish Civil War, Henry Miller, British imperialism, and the profession of writing.

From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, a profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams and reality are vividly woven into a tapestry of one transformative year. Following a run of New Year’s concerts at San Francisco’s legendary Fillmore, Patti Smith finds herself tramping the coast of Santa Cruz, about to embark on a year of solitary wand...(展开全部)

From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, a profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams and reality are vividly woven into a tapestry of one transformative year. Following a run of New Year’s concerts at San Francisco’s legendary Fillmore, Patti Smith finds herself tramping the coast of Santa Cruz, about to embark on a year of solitary wand...(展开全部)