' A book of innocence and bawdiness, fury and joy... needs to be read and re-read' —— The Times ' Read it and marvel. Jeanette Winterson's voice is startlingly original, and her imaginative feats are utterly dazzling' —— Cosmopolitan The Hopi, an Indian tribe, have a language as sophisticated as ours, but no tense for past, present and future. The division does not exist. What does this say about time? Matter, that thing the most solid and the well-known, which you are holding in your hands and which makes up your body, is now known to be mostly empty space. Empty space and points light. What does this say about the reality of the world? Sexing the Cherry celebrates the power of the imagination as it playfully juggles with our perception of history and rality; love and sex; lies and truths; and twelve dancing princesses who lived happily ever after, but not with their husbands. ' Simple prose shows the subtlest of minds behind it, switt, confident and dazzling' —— Financial Times ' Winterson juggles past and present, fantasy and reality, to produce an original and rntertaining novel which invites us to re-examine our own perceptions of time' —— Sunday Times ' Her stories and character levitate off the page into dancing life... A bold, bizarre and timely book' —— Independent

What do a dead cat, a computer whiz-kid, an Electric Monk who believes the world is pink, quantum mechanics, a Chronologist over 200 years old, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (poet), and pizza have in common? Apparently not much; until Dirk Gently, self-styled private investigator, sets out to prove the fundamental interconnectedness of all things by solving a mysterious murder, assisting a mysterious professor, unravelling a mysterious mystery, and eating a lot of pizza – not to mention saving the entire human race from extinction along the way (at no extra charge). To find out more, read this book (better still, buy it, then read it) – or contact Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. ‘A thumping good detective-ghost-horror-whodunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy epic.’ The author

In this, her first collection of short stories, Winterson reveals all the facets of her extraordinary imagination. In prose that is full of imagery and word-play, she creates physical and psychological worlds that are at once familiar and yet shockingly strange.

Meet Lucifer Box: Equal parts James Bond and Sherlock Holmes, with a twist of Monty Python and a dash of Austin Powers, Lucifer has a charming countenance and rapier wit that make him the guest all hostesses must have. And most do.But few of his conquests know that Lucifer is also His Majesty's most daring secret agent, at home in both London's Imperial grandeur and in its underworld of despicable vice. So when Britain's most prominent scientists begin turning up dead, there is only one man his country can turn to for help.Following a dinnertime assassination, Lucifer is dispatched to uncover the whereabouts of missing agent Jocelyn Poop. Along the way he will give art lessons, be attacked by a poisonous centipede, bed a few choice specimens, and travel to Italy on business and pleasure. Aided by his henchwoman Delilah; the beautiful, mysterious, and Dutch Miss Bella Pok; his boss, a dwarf who takes meetings in a lavatory; grizzled vulcanologist Emmanuel Quibble; and the impertinent, delicious, right-hand-boy Charlie Jackpot, Lucifer Box deduces and seduces his way from his elegant townhouse at Number 9 Downing Street (somebody has to live there) to the ruined city of Pompeii, to infiltrate a highly dangerous secret society that may hold the fate of the world in its clawlike grip--the Vesuvius Club.

SELECTED POEMS is a collection of poetry chosen by Carol Ann Duffy from her first four acclaimed novels: STANDING FEMALE NUDE, SELLING MANHATTAN, THE OTHER COUNTRY and MEAN TIME (winner of the Whitbread Poetry Award). It is read by the author - the first time she's recorded her work as an audiobook.

《一个人的莎士比亚》取材于约瑟夫·格雷夫斯幼年时在伦敦切尔西男童寄宿学校的一段经历和他丰富的莎士比亚戏剧表导演经验，以妙趣横生的手法编织出一个发生在懵懂无知的男孩儿与苛刻霸道的莎士比亚老师之间令人捧腹而又感人至深的故事： 年仅六岁约瑟夫入读一所男童寄宿学校，不幸遇到了才华横溢却嗜酒如命的克莱夫·T·瑞维尔校长开展的军训式莎士比亚教育。在迷茫、羞愧与好奇中，小约瑟夫逐渐走进了瑞维尔校长的莎士比亚世界。从对校长的不解和怨恨，到理解与感激，小男孩最终爱上了莎士比亚和那个充满激情的世界，并将其作为自己终身的事业。

《4:48 精神崩溃》被剧作家本人称为是“极为个人”的作品，该剧借鉴了歌德的小说《少年维特之烦恼》中一位少男因失恋而自杀的故事，写出一位患抑郁症的女性自杀的心理体验过程。 没有时间、地点，甚至没有人物和对白，只有朦胧诗般的语言，甚至医疗对话、临床记录、心理健康术语、数字排列等……凌晨4点48分，据心理学家研究，是一天之中人的精神最脆弱、最容易自杀的时刻，故事描绘了此时此刻的精神状态与心灵饥渴，在自我焦虑与外界对抗而最终寻求生命归宿的挣扎中，叩问当下人类的生存境况与生命意义……

夏至日周末，爱丁堡，雨夜，一个男人和一个女人在酒吧邂逅。 鲍勃是个为黑帮贩卖赃车的经纪人，海伦娜是个专办离婚案的律师却缠入了已婚男的地下情。她，完全在他的生活圈之外；他，也根本不是她的菜。这两个绝对到不了一起的人，却偶然地在纠结之中共醉同宿。 一夜情本该就此过去，偏偏两人周遭一系列意想不到事情的发生又把他们阴错阳差拉到了一起。于是在爱丁堡夏至周末的四天四夜，从黑市交易，教堂事故，夜店狂欢，到街道、桥头、花园的夺命追逐，他们经历了种种时而荒唐时而惊险的奇遇，这一切迫使他们思考：在人生中途的这个“停车点”，找回以往是可能的吗？改变当下是可能的吗？ 这出伴随歌曲的话剧说了一个貌似不可能却又充满心理真实的故事。

丹麦王子哈姆雷特的父亲意外死亡，母亲嫁给了他的叔叔——新的国王，哈姆雷特认定是新国王杀父夺母篡取王位，便假装疯癫伺机复仇，一场明争暗斗在宫廷展开。 两个小人物：罗森格兰兹和吉尔登斯吞，被国王召见，他们被委派护送哈姆雷特到英国去。这两个蒙在鼓里的人从一开始就一直在扔钱币打赌、无聊可笑地探讨人生和他们所处的世界、好奇地窥探宫廷里那些他们不明白的秘密，完全没有想到他们是在执行国王企图杀死王子的密谋，更没有意识到命运使他们不明不白地送了命。 莎士比亚的故事，换了从两个不相干的小人物的角度来叙述，又好笑，又悲惨，这是现代人眼中的王子复仇记。

As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.

青年男女约翰·坦纳与安的爱情故事。坦纳是安的监护人之一，思想激进，机智善辩，专门写了本《革命家手册》。安有意追求他，他发觉后逃到了西班牙，但安接踵而至，最后坦纳不得不屈服在安代表的“生命力”之下。

“对那些嘲笑我的人，我怀着满腔的爱，我带着这颗心，流浪到远方。年复一年，我唱着歌。每当我想讴歌爱情，却转成苦痛；而当我想倾诉心中苦楚时，却唱成了爱。” —— 舒伯特《我的梦》手稿·1822年 一段“笔随意走”的独白 一个光影交错的“时空” 《冬之旅》是奥地利作曲家弗朗兹·舒伯特以德国诗人威廉·穆勒（Wilhelm Müller）的24首诗为本而改编的声乐套曲，创作于1827-1828年间。这部套曲原是为男高音和钢琴的搭配而作。历经100多年后的今日，德国当代作曲家——汉斯·赞德用前卫大胆的手法将它改编为男高音和小编制管弦乐团的版本，以惊人且富有戏剧性的编排诠释这部套曲。导演——妮夏·琼斯被誉为“英国当代最具想象力的剧场导演”，携手《冬之旅》最佳代言人——英国著名男高音伊恩·博斯特里奇，将这部作品以崭新的形式呈现到观众的面前。 导演远赴北欧汲取灵感，运用斜面舞台及多面投影等手法，以黑白影像营造万物寂寥的冬景。失恋的主人公漫步于雪地之中，独行路上遇见的人与物构成一首首歌曲的主题，黑白幻境映衬出几近崩解的内在情绪。伊恩·博斯特里奇以往的演出片段也被巧妙地运用于作品之中，如同一面“暗镜”，使得剧中人与往昔的自己相互映照。值得一提的是，现场演奏的乐手们也将以复古装扮亮相，带领观众走入光影交错的时空隧道。 男高音 | 伊恩·博斯特里奇 Ian Bostridge 伊恩·博斯特里奇是英国著名男高音歌唱家，被授予大英帝国勋章。他是上世纪末百代唱片公司所推出的最杰出的歌唱家之一。曾多次在世界各地著名剧院演出，包括纽约卡耐基音乐厅，维也纳音乐厅以及阿姆斯特丹音乐厅。1993年，27岁的博斯特里奇在伦敦威格莫尔音乐厅（Wigmore Hall）完成了《冬之旅》的个人首秀，备受好评。并被称为“《冬之旅》最佳代言人”。 博斯特里奇的嗓音显示出的是精雕细琢的醇美音质和良好的控制技巧，擅长演绎具有浓郁文学气息和深邃思想内涵的艺术歌曲。伊恩·博斯特里奇被认为是21世纪德奥艺术歌曲的标杆。博斯特里奇曾在剑桥大学和牛津大学学习历史和哲学。1991年获得国家音乐学会联合会埃索奖，1995年开始他的全职歌手生涯，同年首次举办个人音乐会，并获得了皇家爱乐协会的首个奖项。 导演 | 妮夏·琼斯 Netia Jones 妮夏·琼斯是英国著名的歌剧导演，设计师以及影像艺术家。因她极佳的想象力以及运用能力，成为当今伦敦最负盛名的歌剧导演之一。美国《时代周刊》称她为“影像运用的先锋”，英国《卫报》则将其评价为“将对于影像运用的智慧与完整性带入经典音乐的表演中”。从大型外部媒体投射到小型多媒体融合性的歌剧表演，无不涉足。

This was filmed live in 1995 at the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate the play's 10th anniversary, performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Colm Wilkinson, Michael Ball, and Alun Armstrong all reprised their roles from the Original London Cast. Colm Wilkison also reprised his role for the Broadway cast. Michael Maguire and Judy Kuhn both reprised their roles from the original Broadway cast. Frances Ruffelle was originally meant to perform the role of Eponine in this concert, but she could not attend because she had family obligations, thus Lea Salonga was chosen to play the part.