Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. Their closest neighbors are more than two miles in either direction along a rutted dirt road. One afternoon, as Wen catches grasshoppers in the front yard, a stranger unexpectedly appears in the driveway. Leonard is the largest man Wen has ever seen but he is yo...(展开全部)

Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. 122 villagers and 3 scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they're told by the scientists. Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of thei...(展开全部)

乔治·普罗尼克（George Prochnik） 小说家，人物传记作家，自由编辑，曾在耶路撒冷的希伯来大学教授英美文学。著有《追求宁静》《普特南隐身之所》等。

乔治·普罗尼克（George Prochnik） 小说家，人物传记作家，自由编辑，曾在耶路撒冷的希伯来大学教授英美文学。著有《追求宁静》《普特南隐身之所》等。

From Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Hours," comes this widely praised novel of two boyhood friends: Jonathan, lonely, introspective, and unsure of himself; and Bobby, hip, dark, and inarticulate. In New York after college, Bobby moves in with Jonathan and his roommate, Clare, a veteran of the city's erotic wars. Bobby and Clare fall in love, scutt...(展开全部)

From Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Hours," comes this widely praised novel of two boyhood friends: Jonathan, lonely, introspective, and unsure of himself; and Bobby, hip, dark, and inarticulate. In New York after college, Bobby moves in with Jonathan and his roommate, Clare, a veteran of the city's erotic wars. Bobby and Clare fall in love, scutt...(展开全部)

迈克尔•坎宁安（1952-） 美国当代著名作家。 目前在耶鲁大学担任创造性写作课程教授。 1990出版《末世之家》，受到广泛赞誉。 1995年获得怀廷作家奖。 1998年作品《时时刻刻》获得巨大成功，登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜，同时获得普利策奖和笔会/福克纳奖，并被改编成同名电影，妮可•基德曼凭借该部影片摘得第75届奥斯卡最佳女主角奖。 1999年获得欧•亨利短篇小说奖。 2005年作品《试验年代》同样备受好评。 2011年作品《夜幕降临》长居《洛杉矶时报》畅销书榜。

In order to perfectly describe the world, it is not enough to speak truly. In this ambitious and ground-breaking book, Theodore Sider argues that for a representation to be fully successful, truth is not enough; the representation must also use the right concepts-concepts that 'carve at the joints'-so that its conceptual structure matches reality's structure. There is an object...(展开全部)

In order to perfectly describe the world, it is not enough to speak truly. In this ambitious and ground-breaking book, Theodore Sider argues that for a representation to be fully successful, truth is not enough; the representation must also use the right concepts-concepts that 'carve at the joints'-so that its conceptual structure matches reality's structure. There is an object...(展开全部)

WINNER OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY GRAND PRIX A tribute to George Orwell's 1984 and a cry of protest against totalitarianism of all kinds, Sansal's 2084 tells the story of a near future in which Islamic fundamentalists have established an oppressive caliphate where autonomus thought is forbidden. It is the year 2084. In the kingdom of Abistan—named after the prophet Abi, earthly mess...(展开全部)