经济学人46:嬉皮父母与其儿女
Books and Arts; My family and other animals 文艺;我的家庭和一些动物 Various Pets Alive and Dead. By Marina Lewycka. 《活着以及死去的各种宠物》,玛丽娜柳薇卡著。 Not many authors could successfully mix lentils, bra-b
经济学人47:抹去自我的大师
Books and Arts; Cindy Sherman at MoMA 文艺;辛迪谢尔曼在纽约现代艺术博物馆的展览 Mistress of self-effacement 抹去自我的大师 An American photographer reveals herself as never before 一位美国摄影师前所未有地展现自
经济学人48:沙海遗珠 An overlooked master
Books and Arts; The work of Cima da Conegliano; 文艺;西玛达科内利亚诺的作品; An overlooked master;Venice comes to Paris; 沙海遗珠;威尼斯走向巴黎; Tall, lean and with a head of brown curls, St John the Baptist's intense expre
经济学人49:天堂里的日子
Books and Arts; Book Review;Nancy and Lawrence Durrell;Days of heaven; 文艺;书评;南希和劳伦斯德雷尔;天堂里的日子; Amateurs in Eden: The Story of a Bohemian Marriage, Nancy and Lawrence Durrell. By Joanna Hodgkin. 《Ama
经济学人50: 城市的黑暗
Books and Arts; Book Review;New fiction;The City dark; 文艺;书评;新小说;城市的黑暗; Capital. By John Lanchester. 《首府》;约翰兰彻斯特著; Any neighbourhood in London might merit its own novel. But John Lanchester, autho
经济学人51:德里之死 Death in Delhi
Books and Arts;Indian film;Death in Delhi; 文艺;印度电影;德里之死; Indian film-makers are tackling difficult subjects with a light touch 印度电影制作者们正以一种轻快的风格处理棘手的主题。 Jessica Lall, a model, wa
经济学人52:广场上的旁观者
Books and Arts; Book Review;Revolution in Egypt;Square eyes 文艺;书评;埃及的革命;广场上的旁观者 Cairo: My City, Our Revolution. By Ahdaf Soueif. 开罗:我的城市,我们的革命。作者:AHDAF SOUEIF。 The big themes of
经济学人53:美国的死刑
Books and Arts; Book Review;Capital punishment in America; 文艺;书评;美国的死刑; Justice, delayed and denied 正义, 姗姗来迟甚至无处可伸? Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong. By Raymond Bonner. 《不公正的剖析:
经济学人54:必须做的一件事
Still in Books and Arts; Book Review;Tax reform in America;A simple bare necessity; 文艺;书评;美国税改;必须做的一件事; The Benefit and the Burden: Tax ReformWhy We Need It and What It Will Take. By Bruce Bartlett. 《效益与负担:
经济学人55:醉生梦死的人
Books and Arts; Book Review;New fiction from India;Lotus-eaters; 文艺;书评;印度新小说;醉生梦死的人; Narcopolis. By Jeet Thayil. 《Narcopolis》,Jeet Thayil著。 The official history of Mumbai attributes the city's rise
经济学人56:扑朔迷离的未来
Books and Arts; Book Review;Pakistan's future;Resilient mess; 文艺;书评;巴基斯坦未来;扑朔迷离的未来; The Future of Pakistan. By Stephen Cohen and others. 《巴基斯坦的未来》,斯蒂芬柯恩著。 It seems optimi
经济学人57:最强拍档 Friends united
Books and Arts;New French film;Friends united;An unlikely comic hit; 文艺;法国新片;最强拍档;独特的喜剧冲击; French film-makers are good at turning out silly comedies that foreigners find unwatchable. They have a better
经济学人58:游子被拒在外
Books and Arts; Book Review;Post-apartheid South Africa;The rejected son; 文艺;书评;后种族隔离时代的南非;游子被拒在外; Sometimes There is a Void: Memoirs of an Outsider. By Zakes Mda. 有时候有一种空虚:局外人
经济学人59:爱的代价 The price of love
Books and Arts; Book Review;Fiction from Argentina;The price of love; 文艺;书评;阿根廷小说;爱的代价; The junta's policy of eliminating its enemies still fascinates Argentina's novelists; 军政府清除异己的政策至今仍
经济学人60:驼鹿和人 Of moose and men
Still in Books and Arts; Book Review;Short stories; Of moose and men 文艺;书评;短篇故事;驼鹿和人; Light Lifting. By Alexander MacLeod. 《轻量级举重》亚历山大麦克劳德。 A good novel woos its readers, tantalizes them