A collection of short fiction, twelve works in all, including two never-before-published novellas. Here are disconnected marriages and uneasy reunions, nostalgic reminiscences and sudden epiphanies--a remarkable and moving collage of contemporary lives.

南丁•戈迪默著作丰硕，长篇小说包括《谎言流行的日子》（她的第一部长篇小说）、《保育分子》（布克奖联合获奖作品之）、《伯格的女儿》、《朱赖的族人》、《我儿子的故事》、《无人在我左右》和《屋里的枪》。短篇小说集包括《有个东西在那儿》、《跳》和《赃物》，她还曾主编过部选集《说故事》。1991年，她荣获诺贝尔文学奖，2007年她被授予法兰西骑士勋章，这是法国政府颁发的最高荣誉勋章。戈迪默现居南非。

南丁•戈迪默著作丰硕，长篇小说包括《谎言流行的日子》（她的第一部长篇小说）、《保育分子》（布克奖联合获奖作品之）、《伯格的女儿》、《朱赖的族人》、《我儿子的故事》、《无人在我左右》和《屋里的枪》。短篇小说集包括《有个东西在那儿》、《跳》和《赃物》，她还曾主编过部选集《说故事》。1991年，她荣获诺贝尔文学奖，2007年她被授予法兰西骑士勋章，这是法国政府颁发的最高荣誉勋章。戈迪默现居南非。

南丁•戈迪默著作丰硕，长篇小说包括《谎言流行的日子》（她的第一部长篇小说）、《保育分子》（布克奖联合获奖作品之）、《伯格的女儿》、《朱赖的族人》、《我儿子的故事》、《无人在我左右》和《屋里的枪》。短篇小说集包括《有个东西在那儿》、《跳》和《赃物》，她还曾主编过部选集《说故事》。1991年，她荣获诺贝尔文学奖，2007年她被授予法兰西骑士勋章，这是法国政府颁发的最高荣誉勋章。戈迪默现居南非。

南丁•戈迪默著作丰硕，长篇小说包括《谎言流行的日子》（她的第一部长篇小说）、《保育分子》（布克奖联合获奖作品之）、《伯格的女儿》、《朱赖的族人》、《我儿子的故事》、《无人在我左右》和《屋里的枪》。短篇小说集包括《有个东西在那儿》、《跳》和《赃物》，她还曾主编过部选集《说故事》。1991年，她荣获诺贝尔文学奖，2007年她被授予法兰西骑士勋章，这是法国政府颁发的最高荣誉勋章。戈迪默现居南非。

One of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker in 1948. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. Today it is considered a classic work of short fiction, a story remarkable for its combination of subtle suspense and pitch-perfect desc...(展开全部)

Among the first anthropologists to work in Eastern Europe, Katherine Verdery had built up a significant base of ethnographic and historical expertise when the major political transformations in the region began to take place. In this collection of essays dealing with the aftermath of Soviet-style socialism and the different forms that may replace it, she explores the nature of ...(展开全部)

Katherine Verdery is Julien J. Studley Faculty Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Anthropology. Since 1973 she has conducted field research in Romania, initially emphasizing the political economy of social inequality, ethnic relations, and nationalism. With the changes of 1989, her work has shifted to problems of the transformation of socialist systems, specifically changin...(展开全部)

Among the first anthropologists to work in Eastern Europe, Katherine Verdery had built up a significant base of ethnographic and historical expertise when the major political transformations in the region began to take place. In this collection of essays dealing with the aftermath of Soviet-style socialism and the different forms that may replace it, she explores the nature of ...(展开全部)

Katherine Verdery is Julien J. Studley Faculty Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Anthropology. Since 1973 she has conducted field research in Romania, initially emphasizing the political economy of social inequality, ethnic relations, and nationalism. With the changes of 1989, her work has shifted to problems of the transformation of socialist systems, specifically changin...(展开全部)