Written in Paris in the early 1950s, this book created instant controversy in its analysis of modern society that had allowed itself to be hypnotized by socio-political doctrines, and to accept totalitarian terror on the strength of a hypothetical future.

The Captive Mind begins with a discussion of the novel Insatiability by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz and its plot device of Murti-Bing pills, which are used as a metaphor for dialectical materialism, but also for the deadening of the intellect caused by consumerism in Western society. The second chapter considers the way in which the West was seen at the time by residents of Cen...(展开全部)

The Captive Mind begins with a discussion of the novel Insatiability by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz and its plot device of Murti-Bing pills, which are used as a metaphor for dialectical materialism, but also for the deadening of the intellect caused by consumerism in Western society. The second chapter considers the way in which the West was seen at the time by residents of Cen...(展开全部)

Written in Paris in the early 1950s, this book created instant controversy in its analysis of modern society that had allowed itself to be hypnotized by socio-political doctrines, and to accept totalitarian terror on the strength of a hypothetical future.

In nineteenth-century Argentina, Ema, a delicate woman of indeterminate origins, is captured by soldiers and taken, along with her newborn babe, to live as a concubine in a crude fort on the very edges of civilization. The trip is appalling (deprivations and rapes prevail along the way), yet the real story commences once Ema arrives at the fort, where she takes on a succession ...(展开全部)

《人质》是矗立在也门文学史上纪念碑式的作品。作者在小说中展现出娴熟的写作技巧，以表层叙事讲述“我”的三次身份角色转变，自我意识也从捍卫做人的尊严发展到自我生存，揭示出只有反抗斗争才是惟一出路；以深层叙事展现了1948年前后也门历史上的一系列政治变化，完美地将人质追求自由的个人经历和国家摆脱专制统治的历史整合在同一文本，体现了作者的匠心独运。

《人质》是矗立在也门文学史上纪念碑式的作品。作者在小说中展现出娴熟的写作技巧，以表层叙事讲述“我”的三次身份角色转变，自我意识也从捍卫做人的尊严发展到自我生存，揭示出只有反抗斗争才是惟一出路；以深层叙事展现了1948年前后也门历史上的一系列政治变化，完美地将人质追求自由的个人经历和国家摆脱专制统治的历史整合在同一文本，体现了作者的匠心独运。

杰夫·泰利是南加州一个小镇上的警长，他之前曾是洛杉矶特警队的一员，有一次出任务时遇上绑架案，他周旋在绑匪与警方之间协调，没想到他错打一通电话，导致人质遭到杀害。这个阴影一直笼罩在他的心头，挥之不去，他因此选择到乡下的警察局任职，没想到同样的事情又发生了。 三个小混混在镇上抢劫并血洗了杂货店，他们在逃亡的路上闯进一户民宅，绑架了主人华特史密斯，以及他的两个孩子为人质，身为警长的泰利得出面与歹徒周旋，三名人质的性命掌握在他的手上，杰夫·泰利的恶梦再度上演。 但是，这些人质并不如表面上看起来那么单纯，而那间被绑匪占领的民宅里隐藏了太多惊人的秘密，就连洛杉矶最有权力、最恐怖的犯罪头子索尼也被拖下水。当泰利试着稳住自己并拯救人质之际，索尼竟针对他施压，让他自己与家人的性命都陷入险境。很快的，警方、绑匪、人质与犯罪老大……。所有的人彷佛都成为这宗绑架案的人质，唯...(展开全部)

"Hey! There are pages missing in this book!" One day Tohko borrows a book from the library, but there are pages missing--sliced right out of it. There's no way the Book Girl, who loves books so much that she devours them, is going to stay silent about this! Caught up in Tohko's rampage, Konoha and his classmate Akutagawa are even forced (though they have no idea why) to perform...(展开全部)

"Hey! There are pages missing in this book!" One day Tohko borrows a book from the library, but there are pages missing--sliced right out of it. There's no way the Book Girl, who loves books so much that she devours them, is going to stay silent about this! Caught up in Tohko's rampage, Konoha and his classmate Akutagawa are even forced (though they have no idea why) to perform...(展开全部)