Elephants Can Remember-轻识

The acclaimed biography of one of England's great eccentrics and leading fashion designers, reissued in an updated edition to coincide with a major exhibition of Westwood's work at the Victoria & Albert Museum. / For three decades, Vivienne Westwood has been Britain's most consistently original, outrageous, eccentric and controversial designer. In that time she has evolved from an iconoclastic outsider to an internationally revered figure, with two British Designer of the Year awards, an OBE, her own successful fashion label and an unrivalled reputation for leading where other designers follow. / Her lifestyle could scarcely be in greater contrast to the opulence which surrounds other leading designers: until recently she lived in a modest council flat in South London, and she still travels around the capital by bicycle, dressed in her own flamboyant creations, with a plastic bag protecting her hair from the elements. How did an awkward girl from a conventional and provincial background become one of world fashion's most influential and respected designers? How has she managed to remain true to her own idiosyncratic vision, refusing to conform to the fashion industry's, and society's, expectations? / Speaking to Westwood herself, her friends, lovers, colleagues, rivals, admirers and detractors, Jane Mulvagh has created a portrait as rich, distinctive and constantly surprising as her subject's character and work.

阿加莎•克里斯蒂（Agatha Christie 1890～1976），英国著名女侦探小说家、剧作家，三大推理文学宗师之一。

阿加莎•克里斯蒂是一名高产的作家，她的作品不仅局限于侦探小说，全部作品包括66部长篇推理小说，21部短篇或中篇小说选集，15个已上演或已发表的剧本，3个剧本集，6部以笔名玛丽•维斯特麦考特发表的情感小说，2部以笔名阿加莎•克里斯蒂•马洛温发表的作品，1部自传，2部诗集，2本与侦探俱乐部的会员作家们合写的长篇推理小说。据吉尼斯世界纪录统计，阿加莎•克里斯蒂是人类史上最畅销的著书作家。而将所有形式的著作算入，只有圣经与威廉•莎士比亚的著作的总销售量在她之上。至今其著作曾翻译成超过103种语言，总销突破20亿本。

阿加莎•克里斯蒂开创了侦探小说的“乡间别墅派”，即凶杀案发生在一个特定封闭的环境中，而凶手也是几个特定关系人之一。欧美甚...

阿加莎•克里斯蒂（Agatha Christie 1890～1976），英国著名女侦探小说家、剧作家，三大推理文学宗师之一。

阿加莎•克里斯蒂开创了侦探小说的“乡间别墅派”，即凶杀案发生在一个特定封闭的环境中，而凶手也是几个特定关系人之一。欧美甚至日本很多侦探作品也是使用了这一模式。她始终以动机和分析人性，为读者展现一个个特异怪诞的丰富心理世界，由此揭露人心之丰富，展现丰富多彩的人物性格，深层揭示曲折摇曳的人性迷宫。阿加莎•克里斯蒂著作数量之丰仅次于莎士比亚。因为她的推理小说，她也被称为“推理女王”。代表作品有《东方快车谋杀案》和《尼罗河谋杀案》等。