博尔赫斯(Jorge Luis Borges)(1899~1986)阿根廷诗人、小说家兼翻译家。生于布宜诺斯艾利斯一个有英国血统的律师家庭。在日内瓦上中学,在剑桥读大学。掌握英、法、德等多国文字。中学时代开始写诗。1919年赴西班牙,与极端主义派及先锋派作家过从甚密,同编文学期刊。1923年出版第一部诗集,1935年出版第一本短篇小说集,从此奠定了在阿根廷文...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: How can love survive a brutal time? In 1946 in North America, a child makes a grisly find in a deserted field—a discovery that opens a shuttered window on a secre...
SUMMARY: Since it was first published in English, in 1946, Albert Camus's first novel, The Stranger (L'etranger), has had a profound impact on millions of American readers. Through...
First published in 1946, History of Western Philosophy went on to become the best-selling philosophy book of the twentieth century. A dazzlingly ambitious project, i...