Writers In Paris: Literary Lives in the City of Light

David Burke
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No City has attracted so much literary talent, launched so many illustrious careers, or produced such a wealth of enduring literature as Paris. From the fifteenth century through the twentieth, poets, novelists, and playwrights, famed for both their work and their lives, were shaped by this enchanting place. From the natives such as Moliere, Genet, and Anais Nin to expats like Henry Miller, Samuel Beckett, and Gertrude Stein, author David Burke follows hundreds of writers through Paris's labyrinthine streets, inviting readers on his grand tour.

Unique in scope and approach, Writers in Paris crosses from the Right bank to the Left and on to the Ille de la Cité as it explores the alleyways and haunts frequented by the world's most storied writers. Burke focuses not only on their writing, but on their passions, ecstasies, obsessions, and betrayals. Equally appealing to Francophiles and serious readers, this engaging book includes maps and more than one hundred evocative photographs.

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“The Roofs of Paris” Exhibition at City University of Hong Kong
- An unforgettable visual journey through views of Paris from high above
Date: 26 May to 23 July 2017
Time: 10am to 7pm daily. Closed on Mondays
Venue: CityU Exhibition Gallery, City University of Hong Kong
Admission: Free admission

樓上風光 : 香港天台窩 = Portraits from Above : Hong Kong's Informal Rooftop Communities

鄔南薰 (Rufina Wu) , 斯特凡・坎漢 (Stefan Canham)
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大半個世紀以來，在高樓大廈天台自建的住房，已成為香港歷史不可或缺的一部分。天台屋的規模，可以簡單如貧窮戶的簡陋居室，又或複雜如多層建築組成，並備有現代化設計和設施的房子。鄔南薰和斯特凡‧坎漢透過文字故事、建築繪圖和高解像照片，記錄五個座落於九龍舊區（現亦成為香港市區重建局選定進行重建的地方）大廈的天台戶，敘述二十多個天台屋居民的故事，展現一個嶄新的香港天台屋視野。

這個書冊為讀者展示基層市民根據生活需要而自建的建築及其生活點滴。

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香港城市大學舉行「在巴黎屋頂的邊緣」展覽，透過展示巴黎美輪美奐的屋頂，刻劃巴黎如何從中世紀的幽暗城鎮，蛻變成今天​的「花都」，從而為觀眾帶來一次難忘的藝術之旅！展覽由城大與法國五月合辦，5月26日至7月23日在香港城市大學展覽館舉行。

The Rooftops of Paris

All the Birds in the Sky

Charlie Jane Anders 
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The novel was generally well received by critics. It won the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 2017 IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award; it was also a 2017 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel finalist and was nominated for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

An ancient society of witches and a hipster technological startup go war as the world from tearing itself. To further complicate things, each of the groups’ most promising followers (Patricia, a brilliant witch and Laurence, an engineering “wunderkind”) may just be in love with each other.

As the battle between magic and science wages in San Francisco against the backdrop of international chaos, Laurence and Patricia are forced to choose sides. But their choices will determine the fate of the planet and all mankind.

In a fashion unique to Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky offers a humorous and, at times, heart-breaking exploration of growing up extraordinary in world filled with cruelty, scientific ingenuity, and magic.

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旅行與讀書

詹宏志
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讀不一樣的書、走不一樣的路 　　

這本書裡有：被一本托斯卡尼食譜指南引路的攤牌考驗；有盡信書而驚險萬分的瑞士登山行；有念誦著魯拜集的哲思高明的印度商人；有被旅行社誆騙卻皆大歡喜的廚房體驗；有南非草叢中充滿生命體驗的薩伐旅；有爆炸後讓旅人一路矛盾的峇里島行；有阿拉斯加天地獨行般的行跡；有土耳其街攤羊頭的滋味；也有京都東京夢幻美食的紀行……30年來台灣最勇於作夢文化人詹宏志，與你分享他私密的旅行與思考。

《旅行與讀書》並不是充滿智慧形象的詹宏志作讀者的旅行提案，而是他用作家朱天文推崇的明朗文字 (「詹宏志是當代極少數能寫明朗文章的人之一。明朗的魅力。絕不抽象，將複雜的來龍去脈說得有趣、帥勁，令人神往。 」)，將他在旅行中的挫折或驚喜、決定與徬徨一一紀錄下來。

全書中，詹宏志除了展現他那百科全書般的知識配備與無線電望遠鏡似的敏銳觸角，更多時候，他像是熱情洋溢的說書人，急切地把異鄉的不同說給身邊的人聽，每個光景和人物都沾染他對未知世界少年般的好奇，聽眾們除了身歷其境感受那新鮮的景象，也得以窺見這位穿梭文化與商界的「台灣第一才子」勇敢闖蕩各界、源源不絕的熱情來源。

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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond
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WINNER OF THE 2017 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NONFICTION

In Evicted, Harvard sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as “wrenching and revelatory” (The Nation), “vivid and unsettling” (New York Review of Books), Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of 21st-century America’s most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible.

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為了活下去 : 脫北女孩朴研美 (In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom)

朴研美 (Yeonmi Park) 著
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一個長於北韓黑市世代的女孩，歷經苦難終於逃離家鄉， 卻在人口販子的掌控下，度過兩年生不如死的歲月。
這是一則為了活下去的故事。

在黑暗的隧道裡看到微光/阿潑
在見到真正的脫北者之前，我讀了不少北韓相關的書，幾乎如出一轍地，會談論金氏領導人的權威，談到洗腦教育，談到飢餓，談到各種不堪，還有逃亡。或許因為如此，當那個清瘦束著頭髮的女孩說著自己的故事時，我有些心不在焉，因為我知道她簡短的談話裡會出現的詞彙、句子，也約莫猜得到逃亡路線：進中國，往中南半島逃，再到南韓。在這種南北韓交界區旅行，脫北者的故事分享與北韓罪惡的介紹影片，絕對是套裝行程之一，短短十分鐘，滿足大家獵奇的眼光 ......《為了活下去》作者朴研美或許是極少數願意以真名，且站在大眾面前訴說經歷的人。逃到南韓後，為了尋找姐姐，她上了電視，而後，到國外演講分享，被北韓當局視為眼中釘，公開抨擊她，並對付她在北韓的親人。但朴研美無所畏懼......

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