“You should be here; he’s simply magnificent.” These are the final words a biologist hears before his wife dies at the hands of Godzilla. The words haunt him as he studies the Kaiju (Japan’s giant monsters) on an island reserve, attempting to understand the beauty his wife saw. “The Return to Monsterland” opens Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone, a collection of twelve fabuli...(展开全部)

Fiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. "A combination of the mystical, magical, and marvelous, Sequoia Nagamatsu weaves a collection of bold, hysterical, and moving tales into an unforgettable debut. From shape- shifters, to star-makers, to babies made of snow, the characters in WHERE WE GO WHEN ALL WE WERE IS GONE form a community of longing, of the surreal, of wonder. What ...(展开全部)

Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really believe the stories we tell? Renowned social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson take a compelli...(展开全部)

E. 洛克哈特（E. Lockhart），哥伦比亚大学文学博士，现于哈姆莱大学教授创意写作。E. 洛克哈特是她的笔名，洛克哈特是母亲家的姓氏。洛克哈特在坎布里奇和西雅图长大。高中时她在西北大学参加暑假戏剧表演学校， 并为明尼波利斯的儿童戏剧公司工作。之后她在瓦萨学院学习绘本创作，毕业于哥伦比亚大学。目前她住在纽约地区。 洛克哈特创作了一系列畅销小说，包括《我们都是撒谎者》、《吉玛拉玛》、《窥探者》、鲁比•奥利弗四部曲等。她还以艾米丽•詹金斯的本名创作了《看不见的暗示》系列以及许多获奖绘本。她的小说《弗兰基•兰道•班克斯声名狼藉的历史》曾获得Michael L. Printz奖荣誉图书大奖、Cybils最佳青春小说奖，并且入围美国国家图书奖决选。

E. 洛克哈特（E. Lockhart），哥伦比亚大学文学博士，现于哈姆莱大学教授创意写作。E. 洛克哈特是她的笔名，洛克哈特是母亲家的姓氏。洛克哈特在坎布里奇和西雅图长大。高中时她在西北大学参加暑假戏剧表演学校， 并为明尼波利斯的儿童戏剧公司工作。之后她在瓦萨学院学习绘本创作，毕业于哥伦比亚大学。目前她住在纽约地区。 洛克哈特创作了一系列畅销小说，包括《我们都是撒谎者》、《吉玛拉玛》、《窥探者》、鲁比•奥利弗四部曲等。她还以艾米丽•詹金斯的本名创作了《看不见的暗示》系列以及许多获奖绘本。她的小说《弗兰基•兰道•班克斯声名狼藉的历史》曾获得Michael L. Printz奖荣誉图书大奖、Cybils最佳青春小说奖，并且入围美国国家图书奖决选。

石黑一雄，日裔英国小说家，1954年生于日本长崎，与奈保尔、拉什迪并称为“英国文坛移民三雄”。石黑一雄的作品并不多，但几乎每部作品都获得重要的文学奖项：《远山淡影》获温尼弗雷德•霍尔比纪念奖，《浮世画家》获惠特布莱德年度最佳小说奖，《长日将尽》获布克奖，《无可慰藉》获切尔特纳姆文学艺术奖，《浮世画家》《我辈孤雏》和《莫失莫忘》均入围布克奖决选名单；1995年英女王授予石黑一雄文学领域的大英帝国勋章，1998年获法国文学艺术骑士勋章，2017年因“以其巨大的情感力量，发掘了隐藏在我们与世界的虚幻联系之下的深渊”而获诺贝尔文学奖。

Frank is ten. He likes cottage pie and football and cracking codes. Max is five. He eats only Quavers and some colours are too bright for him and if he has to wear a new T-shirt he melts down down down. Sometimes Frank wishes Mum could still do huge paintings of stars and asteroids like she used to, but since Max was born she just doesn't have time. When tragedy hits Frank and ...(展开全部)

王鸥行（Ocean Vuong） 越南裔美籍诗人、作家。1988年出生于越南胡志明市（旧称西贡），两岁时随母亲搬到美国。先后就读于纽约城市大学布鲁克林学院和纽约大学，现居美国马萨诸塞州的北安普顿，在马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校的诗人与作家艺术创作硕士课程担任副教授。 他的诗歌、散文作品常发表于《纽约客》《纽约时报》等刊物。2016年出版的第一部诗集Night Sky with Exit Wounds荣获怀丁奖和艾略特奖。2019年，他获得了麦克阿瑟天才奖。

Brilliant, heartbreaking, tender, and highly original - poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a sweeping and shattering portrait of a family, and a testament to the redemptive power of storytelling On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history ...(展开全部)

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family’s history that began before he was born — a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam — and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable ...(展开全部)