◎《紐約時報》年度優良圖書 將軍與至交的心中都有情慾、復仇、怨恨的殘存小火在不斷地悶燒 在一個與世隔絕的森林城堡裡，有位老將軍準備接待一位罕見的訪客，一個曾與他剖腹相交的男人。四十一年不曾聚首的這對朋友，在見面的夜晚展開激烈爭辯，挖掘過往的回憶，關於友情，關於將軍死去多年的美麗妻子。混亂與騷動在兩位主角的心靈深處湧流，情慾與仇恨的餘燼不斷悶燒，在扣人心弦的詭譎氛圍中，呈現奧匈帝國面臨衰亡的哀愁憂傷以及一段由愛情、友情、忠貞與背叛交織而成的三角關係。 ……這對朋友坐下來吃飯，一切陳設都仿佛四十一年前他倆與將軍的妻子共進的最後一次晚餐一樣，飯後他們並肩坐在一爐快要熄滅的爐火之前，其中一人幾乎無語，另外一位，也就是主人，則不帶一絲情感地慢慢回溯他倆已經畫上句點的友情。他倆從小一塊兒長大，男主人亨利出身富有的貴族家庭，對自己充滿了自信；客人康拉德則是赤貧的男...(展开全部)

简介：### 一、故事背景與設定**時間線**：  - **現今世界（2025年）**：科技飛速發展，但人類社會仍處於資源緊張與環境危機的邊緣。  - **未來世界（2147年）**：地球被名為「黑曜族」的外星生物佔領，人類成為被奴役的「共生體」，城市被改造成他們的巢穴。**異變來源**：  林星染是一名歷史學者，專門研究古代文明與外星接觸理論。在一次考古挖掘中，她意外激活了一塊來自遠古時代的「星核」，這塊星核將她傳送到了2147年的未來世界。

简介：### 一、故事背景與設定**時間線**：  - **現今世界（2025年）**：科技飛速發展，但人類社會仍處於資源緊張與環境危機的邊緣。  - **未來世界（2147年）**：地球被名為「黑曜族」的外星生物佔領，人類成為被奴役的「共生體」，城市被改造成他們的巢穴。**異變來源**：  林星染是一名歷史學者，專門研究古代文明與外星接觸理論。在一次考古挖掘中，她意外激活了一塊來自遠古時代的「星核」，這塊星核將她傳送到了2147年的未來世界。

朱利安•巴恩斯（1946— ）,英国当代著名作家。父母皆为法语教师，哥哥在牛津大学教授哲学，妻子帕特•凯伐纳是著名的文学经纪人。巴恩斯毕业于牛津大学，曾参与《牛津英语辞典》的编纂工作，做过多年的文学编辑和评论家。 “聪明”是巴恩斯作品的一贯标识。八十年代他以突破性之作《福楼拜的鹦鹉》入围布克奖决选，跻身英国文坛一流作家之列。此后，获各大文学奖项无数，三进布克奖决选，并于2011年凭借《终结的感觉》赢得大奖，同年获大卫•柯恩英国文学终身成就奖。 巴恩斯也深得法国读者的好感，他是唯一一位同时获得法国梅第奇奖和费米娜奖的作家，并先后荣获法国文化部颁发的文学艺术骑士、军官、司令勋章，堪称在法国最受欢迎的英国作家之一。

In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. But it wasn't until the 1850s that instruments could recognize a tenth of a second, and, once they did, their impact on modern science and society was profound. Tracing debates about the nature of time, causality, and free will, as well as the introduction of modern technologies...(展开全部)

Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

Why is mystery so compelling? What draws us to the unknown? Jonah Lehrer sets out to answer these questions in a vividly entertaining and surprisingly profound journey through the science of suspense. He finds that nothing can capture a person’s attention as strongly as mystery, and that mystery is the key principle in how humans view and understand the world. Whenever patterns...(展开全部)

In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. But it wasn’t until the 1850s that instruments could recognize a tenth of a second, and, once they did, the impact on modern science and society was profound. Revealing the history behind this infinitesimal interval, A Tenth of a Second sheds new light on modernity and illuminat...(展开全部)

"As nearly perfect as any American fiction I know," is how Reynolds Price ("The New York Times") described this classic that has been a favorite of readers, both here and in Europe, for almost forty years. Set in provincial France in the 1960s, it is the intensely carnal story--part shocking reality, part feverish dream --of a love affair between a footloose Yale dropout and a ...(展开全部)

Why is mystery so compelling? What draws us to the unknown? Jonah Lehrer sets out to answer these questions in a vividly entertaining and surprisingly profound journey through the science of suspense. He finds that nothing can capture a person’s attention as strongly as mystery, and that mystery is the key principle in how humans view and understand the world. Whenever patterns...(展开全部)