Dazzling in its originality, witty and perceptive in unearthing patterns of behavior that history has erased, RITES OF SPRING probes the origins, the impact, and the aftermath of World War I -- from the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring in 1913 to the death of Hitler in 1945. "The Great War," as Modris Eksteins writes, "was the psychological turning point . . . for modernism as a whole. The urge to create and the urge to destroy had changed places." In this "bold and fertile book" (Atlantic Monthly), Eksteins goes on to chart the seismic shifts in human consciousness brought about by this great cataclysm through the lives and words of ordinary people, works of literature, and such events as Lindbergh's transatlantic flight and the publication of the first modern bestseller, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. RITES OF SPRING is a remarkable and rare work, a cultural history that redefines the way we look at our past and toward our future.

【作者簡介】

莫德裏斯•埃剋斯斯坦是多倫多大學曆史係榮休教授。他受人稱道的暢銷書《春之祭》曾在九個國傢齣版，並榮獲華萊士•K. 弗格森奬和延齡草圖書奬，還被《環球郵報》和《紐約時報》列為當年的優秀圖書之一。《漫步天明後》(Walking Since Daybreak)也是一部全國暢銷書，獲得過皮爾遜作傢信托基金非虛構圖書奬，並被《泰晤士報文學增刊》、《洛杉磯時報》和《環球郵報》列為2000年優秀圖書之一。他備受期待的《春之祭》續篇《太陽舞》(Solar Dance)也已齣版。

【譯者簡介】

李曉江，北京大學哲學博士。愛書。教書、讀書之餘，亦以譯書為樂。譯有《失敗的帝國：從斯大林到戈爾巴喬夫》《硃可夫：斯大林的將軍》《斯大林的戰爭》。