A towering figure in world literature gives us a tour de force, his first novel in nearly one-half century: a savagely satiric, gleefully irreverent, rollicking, fictional meditation on how power and greed can corrupt the soul of a nation. ("You don&
Joseph Brodsky Nativity Poems-耶稣诞生诗
Christmas poems by the Nobel Laureate
To Him, all things seemed enormous: His mother's breast, the
steam out
of the ox's nostrils, Caspar, Balthazar, Melchior, the team
of Magi, the presents heaped by the door, ajar.
He was but a dot, and
To Him, all things seemed enormous: His mother's breast, the
steam out
of the ox's nostrils, Caspar, Balthazar, Melchior, the team
of Magi, the presents heaped by the door, ajar.
He was but a dot, and
Joseph Brodsky To Urania-给乌拉尼亚
Combining two books of verse that were first published in his native Russian, To Urania was Brodsky's third volume to appear in English. Published in 1988, the year after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, this collection features pieces t
Joseph Brodsky A Part of Speech-词性
A Part of Speech contains poems from the years 1965-1978, translated by various hands.
Joseph Brodsky Less Than One: Selected Essays-不到一篇:散文选
This collection of essays thrusts Brodsky--heretofore known more for his poetry and translations--into the forefront of the "Third Wave" of Russian emigre writers. His insights into the works of Dostoyevsky, Mandelstam, Platonov, as well as non-
Camilo José Cela The Hive-蜂巢
- The Hive presents a panoramic view of the degradation and sufferings of the lower-middle class in post-civil war Spain. Readers are introduced to over a hundred characters through a series of starkly rendered interlocking vignettes. Filled with violence
Camilo José Cela Mazurka for Two Dead Men-为死去的人演奏玛祖卡舞
In 1936, at the beginning of the war, 'Lionheart' Gamuzo is a abducted and killed. In 1939, when the war ends, his brother, Tanis Gamuzo avenges his death. For both these events, the blind accordion player Gaudencio plays the same mazurka. Set i
Camilo José Cela The Family of Pascual Duarte-杜瓦特家族
La familia de Pascual Duarte vio la luz en 1942 y tuvo un enorme impacto en el panorama literario español del momento. Primer libro de Camilo Jose Cela, supuso un valioso punto de partida para la narrativa española de posguerra. La vida trágica de su arqu
Octavio Paz The Other Mexico: Critique of the Pyramid-另一个墨西哥:金字塔批判
Examines the historical development of the character and culture of modern Mexico, paying special attention to recent political unrest
Octavio Paz Airborn/Hijos del Aire-空中飞行
A bilingual sequence of sonnets written jointly by the Mexican poet and 1993 Nobel Prize Winner Octavio Paz and his fellow poet and translator Charles Tomlinson.
Octavio Paz The Double Flame: Love and Eroticism-双重火焰:爱与情
In this series of essays Octavio Paz explores the intimate connection between sex, eroticism, and love in literature throughout the ages. Rich in scope, The Double Flame examines everything from taboo to repression, Carnival to Lent, Sade to Freud, origin
Nadine Gordimer A sport of nature-大自然的运动
After being abandoned by her mother, Hillela was pushed onto relatives where she was taught social graces. But when she betrayed her position as surrogate daughter, she was cast adrift. Later she fell into a heroic role in the overthrow of apartheid.
Nadine Gordimer The Pickup-偶遇者
When Julie Summers's car breaks down on a sleazy street in a South African city, a young Arab mechanic named Abdu comes to her aid. Their attraction to one another is fueled by different motives. Julie is in rebellion against her wealthy background a
Nadine Gordimer The Lying Days-说谎的日子
About the Book: The Lying Days Nadine Gordimer's first novel, published in 1953, tells the story of Helen Shaw, daughter of white middle-class parents in a small gold-mining town in South Africa. As Helen comes of age, so does her awareness grow of t
Nadine Gordimer The Late Bourgeois World-晚期资产阶级世界
Liz Van Den Sandt's ex-husband, Max, an ineffectual rebel, has drowned himself. In prison for a failed act of violence against the government, he had betrayed his colleagues.
Now Liz has been asked to perform a direct service for the black nationali
Now Liz has been asked to perform a direct service for the black nationali
Nadine Gordimer The House Gun-家庭用枪
Mehring is rich. He has all the privileges and possessions that South Africa has to offer, but his possessions refuse to remain objects. His wife, son, and mistress leave him; his foreman and workers become increasingly indifferent to his stewarsship; eve
Nadine Gordimer The Conservationist-生态保护者
Mehring is rich. He has all the privileges and possessions that South Africa has to offer, but his possessions refuse to remain objects. His wife, son, and mistress leave him; his foreman and workers become increasingly indifferent to his stewarsship; eve
Nadine Gordimer Telling Times: Writing and Living, 1950-2008-讲述时间:写作与生活,1950-2008
Never before has Gordimer, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991, published such a comprehensive collection of her nonfiction. Telling Tales represents the full span of her works in that field-from the twilight of white rule in South Africa to th
Nadine Gordimer None to Accompany Me-没有人陪我
In an extraordinary period immediately before the first non-racial election and the beginning of majority rule in South Africa, Vera Stark, the protagonist of Nadine Gordimer's passionate new novel, weaves a ruthless interpretation of her own past in
Nadine Gordimer No Time Like the Present-只争朝夕
A sharply observed new novel about post-apartheid South Africa from the Nobel Prize winner
Nadine Gordimer is one of our most telling contemporary writers. With each new work, she attacks—with a clear-eyed fierceness, a lack of sentimentality, and a de
Nadine Gordimer is one of our most telling contemporary writers. With each new work, she attacks—with a clear-eyed fierceness, a lack of sentimentality, and a de
Nadine Gordimer Life Times: Stories, 1952-2007-生活时代:故事,1952-2007
A stunning selection of the best short fiction from the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
This collection of Nadine Gordimer's short fiction demonstrates her rich use of language and her unsparing vision of politics, sexuality, and race.
This collection of Nadine Gordimer's short fiction demonstrates her rich use of language and her unsparing vision of politics, sexuality, and race.
Nadine Gordimer Burger's Daughter-伯格的女儿
As a depiction of South Africa, this novel is more revealing than a thousand news dispatches as it tells the story of a young woman cast in the role of a young revolutionary, trying to uphold a heritage handed on by martyred parents while carving out a se
Nadine Gordimer Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black and Other Stories-贝多芬是黑人和其他故事的十六分之一
"You're not responsible for your ancestry, are you . . . But if that's so, why have marched under banned slogans, got yourself beaten up by the police, arrested a couple of times; plastered walls with subversive posters . . . The past is va
Abdulrazak Gurnah Afterlives-死后
作者:Abdulrazak Gurnah
书名:Afterlives《死后》
简介:Restless, ambitious Ilyas was stolen from his parents by the Schutzruppe askari, the German colonial troops;
书名:Afterlives《死后》
简介:Restless, ambitious Ilyas was stolen from his parents by the Schutzruppe askari, the German colonial troops;
Abdulrazak Gurnah Gravel Heart-碎石之心
作者:Abdulrazak Gurnah
书名:Gravel Heart《碎石之心》
简介:A powerful story of exile, migration, and betrayal, from the Booker Prize shortlisted author of Paradis
书名:Gravel Heart《碎石之心》
简介:A powerful story of exile, migration, and betrayal, from the Booker Prize shortlisted author of Paradis