An extraordinary literary event, a major new novel by the PEN/Faulkner winner and acclaimed master: a sweeping, seductive, deeply moving story set in the years after World War II. From his experiences as a young naval officer in battles off Okinawa, Philip Bowman returns to America and finds a position as a book editor. It is a time when publishing is still largely a private af...(展开全部)

大卫·邵洛伊出生于加拿大，在英国长大，毕业于英国牛津大学。处女作《伦敦和东南部》获得杰弗里·费伯纪念奖和贝蒂·特拉斯克文学奖。2013年，他被英国大牌文学杂志《格兰塔》评为“英国*佳青年小说家之一”。《人不过如此》是他的*新作品，入围2016年英国布克奖*佳长篇小说决选，荣获《巴黎评论》设立的普林姆顿*佳小说奖。

詹姆斯·索特 (James Salter，1925—2015)，美国小说家、短篇小说作家。成长于纽约曼哈顿，毕业于西点军校，做过战斗机飞行员。1957年出版长篇小说《猎手》，后全职从事写作。 主要作品有长篇小说《一场游戏一次消遣》（1967）、《光年》（1975 ）、《 独面》（1979）、《这一切》（2013），短篇小说集《暮色》（1988）、《昨夜》（2005），回忆录《燃烧的日子》（1997）等。曾获得福克纳奖（1989）、迈克尔•雷短篇小说奖（2010）、《巴黎评论》哈达达奖（2011）、马拉默德小说奖（2012）等。 . 译者简介： 刘伟，毕业于北京大学中文系，自由译者、撰稿人。

A literary event--a major new novel, his first work of fiction in seven years, from the universally acclaimed master and PEN/Faulkner winner: a sweeping, seductive love story set in post-World War II America that tells of one man's great passions and regrets over the course of his lifetime. From his experiences as a naval officer in battles off Okinawa during World War II, Ph...(展开全部)

A serial killer is loose in Richmond, specializing in attractive young couples whose bodies are inevitably found in the woods months later—minus their shoes and socks. After months of exposure to all the elements, all that remains of the killer's victims has in every case left Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta unable even to determine an exact cause of death. Frustrated ...(展开全部)

In the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut everything seems picture perfect. Until one night when young Jenny Kramer is attacked at a local party. In the hours immediately after, she is given a controversial drug to medically erase her memory of the violent assault. But, in the weeks and months that follow, as she heals from her physical wounds, and with no factual re...(展开全部)

How much should we trust the polls on the latest electoral campaign? When a physician tells us that a diagnosis of cancer is 90% certain or a nutritionist tells us what is healthy to eat, what should we believe? Questions such as these are greatly important, yet many of us have only a vague sense of how to answer them. In Is That a Fact?, Mark Battersby aims not only to explain...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.Winner of The Story Prize • A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book • One of USA Today’s top 10 books of the yearRecalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and co...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.Winner of The Story Prize • A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book • One of USA Today’s top 10 books of the yearRecalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and co...(展开全部)

The World and All That It Holds―in all its hilarious, heartbreaking, erotic, philosophical glory―showcases Aleksandar Hemon’s celebrated talent at its pinnacle. It is a grand, tender, sweeping story that spans decades and continents. It cements Hemon as one of the boldest voices in fiction. As the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo one June day in 1914, Rafael Pinto i...(展开全部)