「Flaneur」在法文的原意是：生活藝術的漫不經心。它有著閒散、晃蕩、漫遊、慵懶的意涵。因此，在《巴黎晃遊者》中，作者開宗明義就表態：請將所有的旅遊指南全拋諸腦後，就跟隨“我”，愛德蒙．懷特的閒晃漫步，逛逛屬於他私藏的“巴黎後街”，他會一一告訴你巴黎的所有新鮮事和八卦背景。表面上看似漫無目的閒遊，實際上，居住巴黎長達十六年的愛德蒙．懷特，卻是以細膩的眼光踩著巴黎歷史的節拍，透視連巴黎人都不知道的面向。走過書店、商家，再到古蹟、皇宮，他的視線穿透 一棟棟高傲建築的白牆，直探人性的內在戲劇；不論是法國的猶太人歷史、美國黑人的存在、同性戀者、頹廢派藝文人士，甚至是過去與現在的保皇黨，無一不在城市閒遊者筆下被仔細檢視。在愛德蒙．懷特眼中，巴黎之所以具有都市性，也在於它對待作家的態度。 他舉了著名的惹內（Jean Genet）的審判案作為佐證。在1943年，...(展开全部)

「Flaneur」在法文的原意是：生活藝術的漫不經心。它有著閒散、晃蕩、漫遊、慵懶的意涵。因此，在《巴黎晃遊者》中，作者開宗明義就表態：請將所有的旅遊指南全拋諸腦後，就跟隨“我”，愛德蒙．懷特的閒晃漫步，逛逛屬於他私藏的“巴黎後街”，他會一一告訴你巴黎的所有新鮮事和八卦背景。表面上看似漫無目的閒遊，實際上，居住巴黎長達十六年的愛德蒙．懷特，卻是以細膩的眼光踩著巴黎歷史的節拍，透視連巴黎人都不知道的面向。走過書店、商家，再到古蹟、皇宮，他的視線穿透 一棟棟高傲建築的白牆，直探人性的內在戲劇；不論是法國的猶太人歷史、美國黑人的存在、同性戀者、頹廢派藝文人士，甚至是過去與現在的保皇黨，無一不在城市閒遊者筆下被仔細檢視。在愛德蒙．懷特眼中，巴黎之所以具有都市性，也在於它對待作家的態度。 他舉了著名的惹內（Jean Genet）的審判案作為佐證。在1943年，...(展开全部)

The Etymologicon springs from Mark Forsyth's Inky Fool blog on the strange connections between words. It's an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language, taking in monks and monkeys, film buffs and buffaloes, and explaining precisely what the Rolling Stones have to do with gardening.

马克 • 福赛思（Mark Forsyth），英国作家、记者、校对员、代笔作家、学究。他曾收到一本《牛津英语词典》作为受洗礼物，从此在词源学的探索之路上一往无前。2009年，他开始写 “墨水傻瓜”（http://blog.inkyfool.com）博客，以期与啰嗦的世界分享一堆无用的信息。代表作《读完本书你可能会成为一个话痨》（The Etymologicon）曾登顶《星期日泰晤士报》畅销榜，《读完本书你可能会变得更加话痨》（The Horologicon）是其姊妹篇。

The Etymologicon springs from Mark Forsyth's Inky Fool blog on the strange connections between words. It's an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language, taking in monks and monkeys, film buffs and buffaloes, and explaining precisely what the Rolling Stones have to do with gardening.

The Hangman of Paris is set in France around the time of the Revolution and centers on Charles-Henri de Sanson, the country's most famous hangman. Born into a family of executioners, young Sanson was not given a choice. He wantd to study medicine and learn how to cure people, but his family demanded that he follow in his father's foosteps—killng, not healing. Sanson becomes a v...(展开全部)

Part of Emile Zola’s multigenerational Rougon-Macquart saga, The Belly of Paris is the story of Florent Quenu, a wrongly accused man who escapes imprisonment on Devil’s Island. Returning to his native Paris, Florent finds a city he barely recognizes, with its working classes displaced to make way for broad boulevards and bourgeois flats. Living with his brother’s family in th...(展开全部)

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide… Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn’t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a...(展开全部)

"This lively history charts the growth of Paris from a city of crowded alleyways and irregular buildings into a modern marvel."--New Yorker At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Paris was known for isolated monuments but had not yet put its brand on urban space. Like other European cities, it was still emerging from its medieval past. But in a mere century Paris would be...(展开全部)

In 1941, Henry Miller, the author of Tropic of Cancer, was commissioned by a Los Angeles bookseller to write an erotic novel for a dollar a page. Under the Roofs of Paris (originally published as Opus Pistorum) is that book. Here one finds Miller’s characteristic candor, wit, self-mockery, and celebration of the good life. From Marcelle to Tania, to Alexandra, to Anna, and from...(展开全部)