Hundreds of thousands were enthralled by the luminous voice of John Ames in "Gilead," Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. "Home "is an entirely independent, deeply affecting novel that takes place concurrently in the same locale, this time in the household of Reverend Robert Boughton, Ames's closest friend. Glory Boughton, aged thirty-eight, has returned to Gilea...(展开全部)

"WINNER OF THE ORANGE PRIZE 2009A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST""WINNER OF THE "LOS ANGELES TIMES "BOOK PRIZE""A "New York Times "Bestseller ""A "Washington Post "Best Book of the Year ""A "Los Angeles Times "Best Book of the Year ""A "San Francisco Chronicle "Best Book of the Year "Hailed as "incandescent," "magnificent," and "a literary miracle" ("Entertainment Weekly"), hundr...(展开全部)

Hundreds of thousands were enthralled by the luminous voice of John Ames in "Gilead," Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. "Home "is an entirely independent, deeply affecting novel that takes place concurrently in the same locale, this time in the household of Reverend Robert Boughton, Ames's closest friend. Glory Boughton, aged thirty-eight, has returned to Gilea...(展开全部)

"WINNER OF THE ORANGE PRIZE 2009A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST""WINNER OF THE "LOS ANGELES TIMES "BOOK PRIZE""A "New York Times "Bestseller ""A "Washington Post "Best Book of the Year ""A "Los Angeles Times "Best Book of the Year ""A "San Francisco Chronicle "Best Book of the Year "Hailed as "incandescent," "magnificent," and "a literary miracle" ("Entertainment Weekly"), hundr...(展开全部)

约书亚•弗里斯 美国畅销作家，1974年出生于伊利诺伊州，在加利福利亚大学欧文分校获得艺术硕士学位。其处女《曲终人散》使作者一举成名，并入围美国国家图书奖。弗里斯的第二部小说《当爱远行》被《经济学人》的图书编辑称为“过去十年来读过最好的新小说”。本书是作者的第三部长篇小说，在布克奖开始纳入美国小说的第一年，本书便进入了布克奖短名单。 吴文忠 北京航空航天大学外语学院英语教授，翻译系副主任。九三学社党员。主要方向英美文学、英语语言教学及英汉、汉英翻译实践，先后在辽宁大学外语学院和北京航空航天大学外语学院任教。主要讲授美国当代小说课、英汉及汉英翻译实践、口译等课程。译有《倒带人生》《血色花瓣》等书。

约书亚•弗里斯 美国畅销作家，1974年出生于伊利诺伊州，在加利福利亚大学欧文分校获得艺术硕士学位。其处女《曲终人散》使作者一举成名，并入围美国国家图书奖。弗里斯的第二部小说《当爱远行》被《经济学人》的图书编辑称为“过去十年来读过最好的新小说”。本书是作者的第三部长篇小说，在布克奖开始纳入美国小说的第一年，本书便进入了布克奖短名单。 吴文忠 北京航空航天大学外语学院英语教授，翻译系副主任。九三学社党员。主要方向英美文学、英语语言教学及英汉、汉英翻译实践，先后在辽宁大学外语学院和北京航空航天大学外语学院任教。主要讲授美国当代小说课、英汉及汉英翻译实践、口译等课程。译有《倒带人生》《血色花瓣》等书。

Avishai Margalit builds his social philosophy on this foundation: a decent society, or a civilized society, is one whose institutions do not humiliate the people under their authority, and whose citizens do not humiliate one another. What political philosophy needs urgently is a way that will permit us to live together without humiliation and with dignity. Most of the philoso...(展开全部)

Avishai Margalit builds his social philosophy on this foundation: a decent society, or a civilized society, is one whose institutions do not humiliate the people under their authority, and whose citizens do not humiliate one another. What political philosophy needs urgently is a way that will permit us to live together without humiliation and with dignity. Most of the philoso...(展开全部)

Isma is free. After years of watching out for her younger siblings in the wake of their mother’s death, she’s accepted an invitation from a mentor in America that allows her to resume a dream long deferred. But she can’t stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London, or their brother, Parvaiz, who’s disappeared in pursuit of his own dream, to prove...(展开全部)

Isma is free. After years of watching out for her younger siblings in the wake of their mother’s death, an invitation from a mentor in America has allowed her to resume a dream long deferred. But she can’t stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London, or their brother, Parvaiz, who’s disappeared in pursuit of his own dream, to prove himself to the...(展开全部)