本书编选了格伦·古尔德最富代表性的文章，包括一些从未发表的作品，按音乐、表演、媒体等辑分类，在编者精心的编排下，仿佛一部完整的古典乐章，精彩呈现了这位音乐怪杰的玩笑与沉思，堪称是对其音乐人生的最好注释。古尔德的文风精灵古怪，与他的钢琴演奏形成奇妙的呼应。无论是关于贝多芬 、莫扎特、理查·施特劳斯的评论，还是对于马勒、勋伯格创作的理解，他机智幽默的表达中充满真知灼见。对国内众多的古尔德迷来说，本书是一部缺席已久、期待已久、应当第一时间购买收藏的必读之作。

Andrey Tarkovsky, the genius of modern Russian cinema - hailed by Ingmar Bergman as "the most important director of our time" - died an exile in Paris in December 1986. In Sculpting in Time, he has left his artistic testament, a remarkable revelation of both his life and work. Since Ivan's Childhood won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1962, the visionary quality and totally original and haunting imagery of Tarkovsky's films have captivated serious movie audiences all over the world, who see in his work a continuation of the great literary traditions of nineteenth-century Russia. Many critics have tried to interpret his intensely personal vision, but he himself always remained inaccessible. In Sculpting in Time, Tarkovsky sets down his thoughts and his memories, revealing for the first time the original inspirations for his extraordinary films - Ivan's Childhood, Andrey Rublyov, Solaris, The Mirror, Stalker, Nostalgia, and The Sacrifice. He discusses their history and his methods of work, he explores the many problems of visual creativity, and he sets forth the deeply autobiographical content of part of his oeuvre - most fascinatingly in The Mirror and Nostalgia. The closing chapter on The Sacrifice, dictated in the last weeks of Tarkovsky's life, makes the book essential reading for those who already know or who are just discovering his magnificent work.