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Cakes and Ale (Mandarin Edition)
By W Maugham. 2000
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Cakes and Ale is a delicious satire of London literary society between the Wars. Social climber Alroy Kear is flattered…
when he is selected by Edward Driffield's wife to pen the official biography of her lionized novelist husband, and determined to write a bestseller. But then Kear discovers the great novelist's voluptuous muse (and unlikely first wife), Rosie. 在 寻欢作乐 里 毛姆从现实中取材 将虚实相掺 借故事叙述者阿申登之口讲述了其与著名作家德里菲尔德及其前妻罗西的早年交往 而这段往事正是另一位流行小说家基尔所要挖掘的传记素材 读者可依稀指认出德里菲尔德是在影射哈代 基尔由休·沃尔波尔脱胎而来 至于罗西 则分明是乔伊斯笔下莫莉·布鲁姆的翻版Short Stories in Chinese
By John Balcom. 2011
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This new volume of eight short stories, with parallel translations, offers students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a…
wide range of contemporary literature from the world's most spoken language, without having constantly to refer back to a dictionary. The stories - many of which appear here in English for the first time - are by well-known writers as well as emerging voices. From a story by Li Rui about the honest simplicity of a Shanxi farmer to one by Ma Yuan exposing the seamy underside of contemporary urban society, they are infused with both rural dialect and urban slang and feature a wide range of styles and points of view. Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language.The Corrections (Mandarin Edition)
By Jonathan Franzen. 2001
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After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband…
is losing his sanity to Parkinson's disease, and their children have long since flown the family nest to the catastrophes of their own lives. Desperate for some pleasure to look forward to, Enid has set her heart on an elusive goal: bringing her family together for one last Christmas at home 伊妮德·兰伯特 当了五十年的妻子和母亲之后 准备让自己享受一下快乐 不幸的是 她的丈夫 艾尔弗雷德罹患帕金森症 逐渐精神失常 他们的孩子也早已飞出了家庭的小巢 奔向各自生活的悲剧 大儿子加里 银行的投资经理,居家男人 正努力说服自己和家人他没有临床抑郁症----尽管各方面证据相反 二儿子奇普 因性丑闻失去了高校的稳定工作 处于半失业状态 指望着靠手头的剧本赚钱 三女儿丹妮丝年轻美貌 逃离了惨淡的婚姻 成了纽约高级餐厅的主厨 却与一位已婚男性有染----至少她母亲如此怀疑 尽管情势看起来无比绝望 伊妮德却意志坚定 她要纠正一切的错误 享受全家人的最后一次圣诞欢聚