From Peter Mayle, a wonderful new novel steeped in wine—and the business of wine?and set in, bien sûr, Provence. Max Skinner is not exactly setting the London financial world on fire?and when his supervisor steals his biggest client, it’s definitely time to inspect the vineyard in Provence that his recently departed uncle left him. Heartily and happily distracted upon his...(展开全部)

《A Good Year》已改編為同名電影「A Good Year 美好的一年」，由名導雷利史考特(Ridley Scott)、金獎影帝羅素克洛(Russell Crowe)與法國凱撒獎女星瑪莉柯提拉(Marion Cotillard)合作，電影在法國普羅旺斯酒莊取景，即將於2006年底在台灣上映，強力問鼎問鼎明年奧斯卡之作！ 這個簡單、輕柔、如微風拂過的故事，是 Mayle 的第五本小說作品，主角 Max 從倫敦的金融職場回到法國的葡萄園，在假期中與 Henry 叔叔一起在葡萄園裡生活。當他漸漸溶入這種生活之後，過去的種種迷人記憶也開始回歸... Mayle 簡單、但契合人心的故事，帶著一貫的光明心態，溫暖所有讀者的心靈。 失意的英國上班族碰上開朗美麗的美國女孩，,一段相遇在普羅旺斯的愛情正在緩緩醞釀…… 馬克斯史基納在倫敦剛剛被上司擺了一道，一氣...(展开全部)

Have you ever felt out of place, as though you were living someone else's life? Assistant Bean Counter #1138 has only ever known a world in which numbers reign supreme, but there's a feeling he cannot shake that, deep down, he is more than an accountant. One day, he discovers a magical, mystical place that presents new and tantalizing horizons: a bookstore. For all those who ha...(展开全部)

《A Good Year》已改編為同名電影「A Good Year 美好的一年」，由名導雷利史考特(Ridley Scott)、金獎影帝羅素克洛(Russell Crowe)與法國凱撒獎女星瑪莉柯提拉(Marion Cotillard)合作，電影在法國普羅旺斯酒莊取景，即將於2006年底在台灣上映，強力問鼎問鼎明年奧斯卡之作！ 這個簡單、輕柔、如微風拂過的故事，是 Mayle 的第五本小說作品，主角 Max 從倫敦的金融職場回到法國的葡萄園，在假期中與 Henry 叔叔一起在葡萄園裡生活。當他漸漸溶入這種生活之後，過去的種種迷人記憶也開始回歸... Mayle 簡單、但契合人心的故事，帶著一貫的光明心態，溫暖所有讀者的心靈。 失意的英國上班族碰上開朗美麗的美國女孩，,一段相遇在普羅旺斯的愛情正在緩緩醞釀…… 馬克斯史基納在倫敦剛剛被上司擺了一道，一氣...(展开全部)

From Peter Mayle, a wonderful new novel steeped in wine—and the business of wine?and set in, bien sûr, Provence. Max Skinner is not exactly setting the London financial world on fire?and when his supervisor steals his biggest client, it’s definitely time to inspect the vineyard in Provence that his recently departed uncle left him. Heartily and happily distracted upon his...(展开全部)

Richard Yates, who died in 1992, is today ranked by many readers, scholars, and critics alongside such titans of modern American ficiton as Updike, Roth, Irving, Vonnegut, and Mailer. In this work, he offers a spare and autumnal novel about a New England prep school. At once a meditation on the twilight of youth and an examination of America's entry into World War II, "A Good S...(展开全部)

Richard Yates, who died in 1992, is today ranked by many readers, scholars, and critics alongside such titans of modern American ficiton as Updike, Roth, Irving, Vonnegut, and Mailer. In this work, he offers a spare and autumnal novel about a New England prep school. At once a meditation on the twilight of youth and an examination of America's entry into World War II, "A Good S...(展开全部)

玛丽莲·布鲁克·戈夫斯坦（Marilyn Brooke Goffstein） 美国作家、插画家，生于1940年，在明尼苏达州的圣保罗出生长大，毕业于佛蒙特州的本宁顿学院。她一生共创作了三十多部作品，代表作有《晚饭吃鱼》（Fish for Supper）、《做玩偶的戈蒂》（Goldie the Dollmaker）、《小舒伯特》（A Little Schubert）和《我和我的船长》（Me and My Captain）等。其作品曾荣获美国凯迪克银奖、《纽约时报》年度最佳图书等奖项。她与丈夫长期生活于纽约市，2017年去世，享年77岁。

Fish for Supper is M. B. Goffstein’s Caldecott Honor story of a grandmother and her regular routine in summer: waking at five o’clock in the morning to make the most of a day on the lake, “with cans of worms and minnows, some fruit for lunch, bobbers, lines, hooks, and sinkers.” Delightfully and wittily, Goffstein departs from the usual fisherman’s tale to give us a day in the ...(展开全部)

Selected as a Caldecott Honor Book in 1977, and now back in print for the first time in a decade, this is a charming picture book about a grandmother and her simple, idyllic daily routine. Fish for Supper is M.B. Goffstein’s Caldecott Honor story of a grandmother and her regular routine in summer: waking at five o’clock in the morning to make the most of a day on the lake, “wit...(展开全部)