《兔子四部曲》,是约翰·厄普代克(John Updike)发表的系列兔子的故事。1960年,发表了“兔子四部曲”的第一部《兔子,跑吧》,此后三十年里每十年,他就写出一部兔子的故事,也就是后来我们看到的《兔子归来》(1971年)、《兔子富了》(1981年)以及《兔子歇了》(1991年)。其中,《兔子富了》获得美国文学界的三项大奖:普利策文学奖、美国图书奖和全国图书批评家奖;而《兔子歇了》除了再次捧得前两个奖项外,还获得美国豪威尔斯奖。
苏珊·桑塔格1933年生于美国纽约,毕业于芝加哥大学。1993年当选为美国文学艺术学院院士。她是当前美国声名卓著的“新知识分子”,和西蒙·波伏娃、汉娜·阿伦特被并称为西方当 ...
打手矿是吉姆·卡尔金斯(Jim Calkins)发现的,吉姆·巴克(Jim Baker)则找到了特雷萨金矿。 ... 吉姆在她临终前一直安慰着她,然后埋葬了她,徒步走了十八英里,回到了波索(Poso),婴儿被他裹在粗斜纹棉布衬衫里,露着小脑袋小猫一样喵喵叫着, ...
"Succeeding admirably in condensing the best quotes from around twenty thousand letters, this book will awaken some readers to the wit and wisdom of Jefferson, and enable others to rediscover it.
After whites massacred black militia in South Carolina, Grant warned that unchecked persecution would lead to "bloody revolution." As violence spread, Grant struggled to position limited forces where they could do the most good.
January 1-May 31, 1864 Ulysses S. Grant John Y. Simon. ( Continued from front flap ) Major General William T. Sherman . He established an effective partnership with Abraham Lincoln , most notably through a letter of May 1 thanking the ...
Here are more than 1,800 quotations, organized from A-to-Z, from America's consummate author--Mark Twain.
Once he came and brought with him Gertrude Atherton . He said so sweetly , I want the two Gertrudes whom I love so much to know each other . It was a perfectly delightful afternoon . Every one was pleased and charmed and as for me a ...
The text printed in this volume restores the changes and cuts--including the replacement of an entire scene--that Wright was forced to make by book club editors who feared offending their readers.
Records the creative and intellectual development of Emerson as a man of letters through a collection of his writings
Records the creative and intellectual development of Emerson as a man of letters through a collection of his writings