这是一部关于秩序与混沌、生命与虚无的小说,一个敏锐而充满智慧的寓言。 ?? ?? ??1963年深秋,在妻子弃他而去的那天,伊尼·温特罗普上吊自尽。然而,他的自杀,犹如他的婚姻,不过印证了业余玩票者的失败。伊尼生活富足,他跟踪证券市场的波动,时时做点艺术品买卖,情感生活随意放任。他随波逐流,享受着命运带来的一切机遇。奇怪的是这样的人却特别适应现代社会,在混乱和嘈杂中如鱼得水。 ?? ?? ??伊尼漫无目的的漂流让他先后遇见了两个完全不同的人,一对父子。他们过着仪式化的生活,与外面世界格格不入。父亲憎恶人类,离群索居,生活严格按时钟进行,连他最后的自杀也不例外。儿子沉浸于古典日本文化之中,冥思苦索的生活、仪式化的死亡是他的理想。他耗费了一生积蓄,买到一只理想的乐茶碗,在茶礼结束后,他打碎了茶碗,然后沉
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Franz Kafka's imagination so faroutstripped the forms and conventions of the literary tradition heinherited that he was forced to turn that tradition inside out inorder to tell his splendid, mysterious tales. Scrupulouslynaturalistic on the surface, uncanny in their depths, these storiesrepresent the achieved art of a modern master who had the gift ofmaking our problematic spiritual life palpable and real. Thisedition of his stories includes all his available shorter fictionin a collection edited, arranged, and introduced by GabrielJosipovici in ways that bring out the writer's extraordinary rangeand intensity of vision. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir
Open the gate to Fairacre, America's favorite English village.The English village of Fairacre may appear idyllically peaceful topassersby, but those who live among its shady lanes always haveproblems to untangle. When a terrible rumor emerges -- that theFairacre School is to be closed and the children bused to nearbyBeech Green -- the village is up in arms at once. Theschoolmistress, Miss Read, suffers agonizing indecision at theprospect, and her situation is made worse when her infants' roomteacher decides to leave and the short-tempered Mrs. Pringlebecomes more contrary than ever.
being a mother is never easy-especially when you're undead.Eva LeRoy, Broken Heart, Oklahoma's librarian, got "vampified" wheneveryone else did: during a rogue vampire's feeding frenzy. Butbooks still make her undead heart beat-and, strangely enough, sodoes Lorcan the Loner, the vampire who killed her...
The phenomenal #1 bestseller is now a major motion picture:"Startling and addictive. . . . An epic story of love, family, andloyalty." - USA Today Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy that takes over theminds of human hosts while leaving their bodies intact. ButWanderer, the invading "soul" who occupies Melanie's body, findsits former tenant refusing to relinquish possession of hermind. As Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of Jared, ahuman who lives in hiding, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she'snever met. Soon Wanderer and Melanie-reluctant allies-set off tosearch for the man they both love. Featuring one of the most unusual love triangles in literature, THE HOST is a riveting and unforgettable novel about thepersistence of love and the essence of what it means to behuman. THE HOST movie opens in theaters on March 29, 2013.
Kerouac's gritty, moving take on the destruction of his ownmyth, as the King of the Beats approaches middle age! Unmistakablyautobiographical, Big Sur, Kerouac's ninth novel, was written asthe 'King of the Beats' was approaching middle-age and reflects hisstruggle to come to terms with his own myth. The magnificent andmoving story of Jack Duluoz, a man blessed by great talent andcursed with an urge towards self-destruction, Big Sur is at onceKerouac's toughest and his most humane work.
What is it about bread? Why am I, here in the middle of mylife, so enamored of French loaves? Two images kept cropping up:two French people sitting in a café for a long afternoon of eatingthick hunks of bread and drinking cups of coffee, and a Frenchmanon a bicycle with a loaf slung across his handlebars. These visionsseemed to depict lives soaked in leisure, where there was time forthe good things. . . . Then this thought ambled forth: It's thedailiness of bread, like a reliable friend. . . . My plan starts tobillow forth. My project, as I imagine it, will be a naturalhistory, an ecology of bread. The story of a loaf. Overcome by a passion for French bread, Sara Mansfield Tabertravels to Brittany in search of a loaf, which like the lifestylethat must surely accompany it, is perfect in its simplicity. Aftermany months of seeking, she tears off a hunk of pain troisrivières, made by Gold Medal baker Monsieur Jean-Claude Choquet ofBlain, Loire-Atlantique. It "smelled like heaven and tasted a miled
"Seeds of Terror" is a groundbreaking triumph of reporting, a book that changed U.S. policy toward the Afghan heroin trade and the fight against terror. In it, Gretchen Peters exposes the deepening relationship between the Taliban and drug traffickers, and traces decades of America's failure to disrupt the opium production that helps fund extremism. The Taliban earns as much as half a billion dollars annually from drugs and crime, and Peters argues that disrupting this flow of dirty money will be critical to stabilizing Afghanistan. Based on hundreds of interviews with fighters, smugglers, and government officials, "Seeds of Terror" is the essential story of the narco-terror nexus behind America's widening war in Afghanistan.
In this classic novel Richard Yates, hailed as a preeminentchronicler of the American condition and author of the acclaimed"Revolutionary Road, " weaves a masterful, unflinching tale of twofamilies brought together by chance, desperation, and desire. EvanShepard was born with good looks, bad luck, and a love for the openro But it was on one such drive, with his father from rural LongIsland into lower Manhattan, that Evan's life would be changedforever. When their car breaks down on a Greenwich Village street,Evan's father presses a random doorbell, looking for a telephone.Within hours, two families--sharing equally complex and addledhistories--will come together. There will be flirtation. There willbe a marriage. There will be a child, a new home... But as Evanmoves further into the uncharted land of manhood, as the women andmen around him come into focus, he faces roads not taken and ajourney not made--in Richard Yates' haunting exploration of humanrestlessness, family secrets, and a future shaped by them b
Supported by strong ratings and a rich history, The RealDeadwood provides background and historical accuracy for thefigures depicted on the hit HBO series, and takes a broader look atthe times that spawned them. Covering law and order, politics,journalism, and early medicine, and examining some "historicalguest stars" who may play a factor in future Deadwood episodes(Teddy Roosevelt was an acquaintance of series protagonist SethBullock and made several visits to the lawless town; Bullock turnedaway Wyatt Earp when he offered his services as a lawman)- TheReal Deadwood will allow readers to traverse the unpavedstreets of an outlaw town without ever getting their bootsdirty.
Set during the Napoleonic wars at a time of national economicstruggles, Shirley is an unsentimental yet passionatedepiction of conflict among classes, sexes, and generations.Struggling manufacturer Robert Moore considers marriage to thewealthy and independent Shirley Keeldar, yet his heart lies withhis cousin Caroline. Shirley, meanwhile, is in love with Robert’sbrother, an impoverished tutor. As industrial unrest builds to apotentially fatal pitch, can the four be reconciled?
The Dharma Bums was published one year after Onthe Road made Jack Kerouac a celebrity and a spokesperson forthe Beat Generation. Sparked by his contagious zest for life, thenovel relates the adventures of an ebullient group of Beatnikseekers in a freewheeling exploration of Buddhism and the searchfor Truth.
The yacht's passengers turn out to be stranger peoplethan Daisy ever realized her employer knew. They includethe women from his life: the innocent Spanish girl he lovedin his youth, the French wife he left and his scorned Italian mistress. Most enigmatic of all is Harry Montana, thehandsome American private investigator. Harry claims he'sthere to help, but refuses to tell Daisy everything he knows despite their powerful attraction to each other. And then, as it becomes clear that Sir Robert was right and his murderer may well be on the ship, the luxurious journey suddenly seems more dangerous than anyone could have predicted.