From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century, Allende's latest novel introduces yet another unforgettable woman--a slave and concubine determined to claim her own destiny against impossible odds.

In the late fall of 1095 Pope Urban II gave a speech in Clermont, France and set all of Europe into motion. As many as a hundred and fifty thousand people eventually responded to the call, leaving everything they knew behind to undertake what appeared to be a fool’s mission: marching several thousand miles into enemy territory to reconquer Jerusalem for Christendom. Against all...(展开全部)

辻村深月（1980年—） 日本推理小说家。2004年凭推理小说《时间停止的校园》摘取第31届梅菲斯特奖而一举登上文坛，之后作品屡次入围各大奖项。2011年凭推理小说《使者》获得第32届吉川英治文学新人奖。2012年，《没有钥匙的梦想》获得直木奖，并被改编为同名影视作品。2018年《镜之孤城》获选日本“书店大奖”第一名，並囊括《国王的早午餐》节目年度书籍大奖、《达文西》杂志“2017年度图书”小说类第一名等7项大奖，创下超过55万册的销售成绩。

辻村深月（1980年—） 日本推理小说家。2004年凭推理小说《时间停止的校园》摘取第31届梅菲斯特奖而一举登上文坛，之后作品屡次入围各大奖项。2011年凭推理小说《使者》获得第32届吉川英治文学新人奖。2012年，《没有钥匙的梦想》获得直木奖，并被改编为同名影视作品。2018年《镜之孤城》获选日本“书店大奖”第一名，並囊括《国王的早午餐》节目年度书籍大奖、《达文西》杂志“2017年度图书”小说类第一名等7项大奖，创下超过55万册的销售成绩。

Linus Baker is a by-the-book case worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He's tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world. Arthur Parnassus is the master of the orphanage. He would do anything to keep the children safe, even if it means the world will burn. And his secrets will come to light. The Ho...(展开全部)

Linus Baker is a by-the-book case worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He's tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world. Arthur Parnassus is the master of the orphanage. He would do anything to keep the children safe, even if it means the world will burn. And his secrets will come to light. The Ho...(展开全部)

The Sea, the Sea is a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a self-satisfied playwright and director as he begins to write his memoirs. Played out against a vividly rendered landscape and filled with allusions to myth and magic, Murdoch's novel exposes the jumble of motivations that drive her characters - the human vanity, jealousy, and lack of compassion behind the disguis...(展开全部)

The Sea, the Sea is a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a self-satisfied playwright and director as he begins to write his memoirs. Played out against a vividly rendered landscape and filled with allusions to myth and magic, Murdoch's novel exposes the jumble of motivations that drive her characters - the human vanity, jealousy, and lack of compassion behind the disguis...(展开全部)

Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years. None of his plans work out, and his memoir evolves into ...(展开全部)

Edmund Carr is at sea in more ways than one. An eminent journalist and self-made man, he has recently discovered that he has only a short time to live. Leaving his job on a Fleet Street paper, he takes a passage on a cruise ship where he knows that Laura, a beautiful and intelligent widow whom he secretly admires, will be a fellow passenger. Exhilarated by the distant vista of ...(展开全部)