Now in paperback from the Pulitzer Prize winner, the hilarious New York Times–bestselling exploration of what generations can teach one another—or not. During the course of his life, Dave Barry h
Pulitzer Prize–winning author James A. Michener, whose novels hurtle from the far reaches of history to the dark corners of the world, paints an intoxicating portrait of a land whose past and present
Twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Julian Barnes continues to reinvigorate the novel with his pyrotechnic verbal skill and playful manipulation of plot and character. In Love, etc. he uses all th
An NPR Best Book of the YearA Daily Candy Best Book of the YearJulian Barnes, author of the Man Booker Prize–winning novel The Sense of an Ending, gives us his most powerfully moving book yet, beginning in the nineteenth century and leading seamlessly into an entirely personal account of loss—making Levels of Life an immediate classic on the subject of grief.Levels of Life is a book about ballooning, photography, love and loss; about putting two things, and two people, together, and about tearing them apart. One of the judges who awarded Barnes the 2011 Booker Prize described him as “an unparalleled magus of the heart.” This book confirms that opinion. “Spare and beautiful...a book of rare intimacy and honesty about love and grief. To read it is a privilege. To have written it is astonishing.” —Ruth Scurr, The Times of London“A remarkable narrative that is as raw in its emotion as it is characteristically elegant in its execution.” —Eileen Battersby, The Irish TimesFrom the Hardcover e
An early novel from a classic science fiction author, showing the brilliant visionary talent that later produced The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos.An international money prize is being o
The most comprehensive monograph on Turner Prize-nominated artist Peter Doig. In every generation of artists, there are a few-or perhaps just one-who propose a new set of questions and alter the
Sexuality and violence are coupled in this brilliant, uncompromising book set in modern-day Vienna, by the winner of the 1986 Heinrich Boll Prize. Erika Kohut, a spinster in her mid-30s, has been sele
This startling, beautiful novel set in South America explores the mysterious concepts of love and home.'If The City of your Final Destination were eligible for the Man Booker Prize I would be pressing
With the same suppleness, energy, and range of voices that won their translation of The Brothers Karamazov the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Prize, Pevear and Volokhonsky offer a brilliant translation of
'Come and see the most terrifying creature on Earth-- the Skyfoofle!' yelled the mysterious man. ' A prize of 3500 chocolate biscuits will go to the person who can invent the most useful invention of
Winner of the 1994 Booker Prize, this witty, controversial, and brilliant bestselling novel has been compared to the works of Joyce, Beckett, and many other masters. A raw, wry vision of human surviva
在這片廣袤天空底下，除了尊敬，我們只希望得到平等雖然，他既不屬於英國人也不屬於印度人，他只屬於他自己…… 師大譯研所賴慈芸教授專文推薦最新、完整全譯！出版逾90年，經典文學桂冠英國偉大作家E. M. 佛斯特生前最後一部長篇巨著《印度之旅》詹姆斯‧泰特‧布萊克紀念文學獎（The James Tait Black Memorial Prize）獲獎之作改編電影由大師導演大衛‧連（David Lean）
"Pure, undiluted pleasure" (The Washington Post) from Booker Prize- winning author Roddy Doyle Roddy Doyle 's beautifully wrought tale revisits the Dublin housewife-heroine of his earlier acclaimed no
Philosophers from Descartes to Kripke have struggled with the glittering prize of modern and contemporary philosophy: the mind-body problem. The brain is physical. If the
A bold new novel that augments a body of work worthy of a Nobel Prize” (Kirkus Reviews), from the internationally acclaimed author ofCrossbonesNuruddin Farahthe most important African novelist to emer
The collected works of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning writer explores her transfigured landscapes and offers insight into her unique form created to reflect the huma
Early on a grey November morning in 1941, only weeks after the German invasion, a small Ukrainian town is overrun by the SS. This new novel from the award-winning author of the Booker Prize short-list
H. Lark Hall presents the first comprehensive biography of Vernon Louis Parrington (1871-1929). The recipient of the 1928 Pulitzer Prize in history for the first two volumes of his Main Currents in Am
Selected as one of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year. Four-time winner of the O. Henry Prize, three-time winner of the Whitbread Award, and five-time nominee for the Booker
