The riotous, raucous and deeply resonant debut novel from “one of the best story writers in the English language today” (Financial Times) Wild Houses follows two outsiders caught in the crosshairs of a small-town revenge kidnapping gone awry. With his acclaimed and award-winning collections Young Skins and Homesickness Colin Barrett cemented his reputation as one of contemporar...(展开全部)

His life was like his recurring nightmare: a train to nowhere. But an ordinary life has a way of taking an extraordinary turn. Add a girl whose ears are so exquisite that, when uncovered, they improve sex a thousand-fold, a runaway friend, a right-wing politico, an ovine-obsessed professor and a manic-depressive in a sheep outfit, implicate them in a hunt for a sheep, that may ...(展开全部)

The riotous, raucous and deeply resonant debut novel from “one of the best story writers in the English language today” (Financial Times) Wild Houses follows two outsiders caught in the crosshairs of a small-town revenge kidnapping gone awry. With his acclaimed and award-winning collections Young Skins and Homesickness Colin Barrett cemented his reputation as one of contemporar...(展开全部)

His life was like his recurring nightmare: a train to nowhere. But an ordinary life has a way of taking an extraordinary turn. Add a girl whose ears are so exquisite that, when uncovered, they improve sex a thousand-fold, a runaway friend, a right-wing politico, an ovine-obsessed professor and a manic-depressive in a sheep outfit, implicate them in a hunt for a sheep, that may ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 A marvelous hybrid of mythology and mystery, A Wild Sheep Chase is the extraordinary literary thriller that launched Haruki Murakami’s international reputation. It begins simply enough: A twenty-something advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend, and casually appropriates the image for an insurance company’s advertisement. What he doesn’t realize ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 A marvelous hybrid of mythology and mystery, A Wild Sheep Chase is the extraordinary literary thriller that launched Haruki Murakami’s international reputation. It begins simply enough: A twenty-something advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend, and casually appropriates the image for an insurance company’s advertisement. What he doesn’t realize ...(展开全部)

【美】乔治.R.R.马丁 《冰与火之歌》作者，多次获得雨果、星云、轨迹和史铎克奖，被时代杂志评选为2011年影响世界的一百人。

十九世纪英国自然文学大师理查德·杰弗里斯，拥有最纯粹的自然的心灵，血管里流淌着着橡树、榆树和白蜡树的树液，以及自然界飞禽走兽的血液。杰弗里斯一生创作有小说散文十余部，他笔下的乡村是他精神的领地，灵魂的净土，他的全部生命都在于体验和描述自然，他的成就对后世的自然文学创作影响深远。

十九世纪英国自然文学大师理查德·杰弗里斯，拥有最纯粹的自然的心灵，血管里流淌着着橡树、榆树和白蜡树的树液，以及自然界飞禽走兽的血液。杰弗里斯一生创作有小说散文十余部，他笔下的乡村是他精神的领地，灵魂的净土，他的全部生命都在于体验和描述自然，他的成就对后世的自然文学创作影响深远。

With an Introduction by Henry Williamson. 'Marvellous pictures of country sights in England. A volume to be read and re-read, and each time we think with a keener interest. Unsurpassed in power of observation and sympathy with natural objects by anything that has appeared since the days of Gilbert White' Daily News