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Na Colônia Penal by Franz Kafka

"In the Penal Colony" ("In der Strafkolonie") (also translated as "In the Penal Settlement") is a short story by Franz …

O som do rugido da onça by Micheliny Verunschk

Em 1817, Spix e Martius desembarcaram no Brasil com a missão de registrar suas impressões sobre o país. Três anos …

O povo brasileiro by Darcy Ribeiro (Estudos de antropologia da civilização)

It's What I Do : A Photographer's Life of Love and War by Lynsey Addario

War photographer Lynsey Addario's memoir It's What I Do is the story of how the relentless pursuit of truth, in …

Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media by Sarah T. Roberts

Meet Us by the Roaring Sea by Akil Kumarasamy

How to Stand up to a Dictator by Maria Ressa

How music works by David Byrne

The Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame inductee and co-founder of Talking Heads presents a celebration of music that offers insight into …

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to …

K: relato de uma busca by Bernardo Kucinski

Aclamado pela crítica e finalista dos prêmios Portugal Telecom e São Paulo de Literatura de 2012, K. é relançado pela …

Kim Jiyoung, nascida em 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

Em um pequeno apartamento nos arredores da frenética Seul vive Kim Jiyoung. Uma millennial comum, Jiyoung largou seu emprego em …

Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami

Sputnik Sweetheart (スプートニクの恋人, Supūtoniku no Koibito) is a novel by Haruki Murakami, published in Japan, by Kodansha, in 1999. An …

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad Carhart

Thad Carhart never realized there was a gap in his life until he happened upon Desforges Pianos, a demure little …

Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)

克拉拉与太阳 by Kazuo Ishiguro, 宋佥

克拉拉是一个专为陪伴儿童而设计的太阳能人工智能机器人（AF），具有极高的观察、推理与共情能力。她坐在商店展示橱窗里，注视着街头路人以及前来浏览橱窗的孩子们的一举一动。她始终期待着很快就会有人挑中她，不过，当这种永久改变境遇的可能性出现时，克拉拉却被提醒不要过分相信人类的诺言。

在《克拉拉与太阳》这部作品中，石黑一雄通过一位令人难忘的叙述者的视角，观察千变万化的现代社会，探索了一个根本性的问题：究竟什么是爱？