It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church. The long-awaited new work from the author of Foster, Small Things Like These is an unforgettab...(展开全部)

Destined to be a modern classic from “an original and a canonical presence in Irish fiction” (Colm Tóibín), Small Things Like These is Claire Keegan’s landmark new novel, the tale of one man’s courage — and a remarkable portrait of love and family. It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man, who is fa...(展开全部)

克莱尔•吉根 （1968— ） 生于爱尔兰威克洛郡一个大家庭，是家中最小的孩子。十七岁时远赴美国路易斯安那州新奥尔良，在洛约拉大学主修英语和政治学，一九九二年回到爱尔兰，在威尔士加迪夫大学生活一年，获创意写作硕士学位，并在威尔士大学教授本科生。 故事发表于《纽约客》《格兰塔》《巴黎评论》和《美国最佳故事》。曾获得威廉•特雷弗奖、鲁尼爱尔兰文学奖、奥利弗•库克奖和二〇〇九年戴维•伯恩斯爱尔兰写作奖。其他奖项包括休•伦纳德奖学金、麦考利奖学金、马丁•希利奖、基尔肯尼奖和汤姆•加仑奖。两次获得弗朗西斯•麦克马纳斯奖，同时是温盖特奖学金获得者。都柏林圣三一学院和剑桥大学彭布罗克学院选择吉根作为二〇二一年布里纳•斯汤顿访问学者（Briena Staunton Visiting Fellow）。 二〇〇九年，小说《寄养》获得由美国作家理查德•福特担任评委的戴维...(展开全部)

Destined to be a modern classic from “an original and a canonical presence in Irish fiction” (Colm Tóibín), Small Things Like These is Claire Keegan’s landmark new novel, the tale of one man’s courage — and a remarkable portrait of love and family. It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man, who is fa...(展开全部)

It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church. The long-awaited new work from the author of Foster, Small Things Like These is an unforgettab...(展开全部)

克莱尔•吉根 （1968— ） 生于爱尔兰威克洛郡一个大家庭，是家中最小的孩子。十七岁时远赴美国路易斯安那州新奥尔良，在洛约拉大学主修英语和政治学，一九九二年回到爱尔兰，在威尔士加迪夫大学生活一年，获创意写作硕士学位，并在威尔士大学教授本科生。 故事发表于《纽约客》《格兰塔》《巴黎评论》和《美国最佳故事》。曾获得威廉•特雷弗奖、鲁尼爱尔兰文学奖、奥利弗•库克奖和二〇〇九年戴维•伯恩斯爱尔兰写作奖。其他奖项包括休•伦纳德奖学金、麦考利奖学金、马丁•希利奖、基尔肯尼奖和汤姆•加仑奖。两次获得弗朗西斯•麦克马纳斯奖，同时是温盖特奖学金获得者。都柏林圣三一学院和剑桥大学彭布罗克学院选择吉根作为二〇二一年布里纳•斯汤顿访问学者（Briena Staunton Visiting Fellow）。 二〇〇九年，小说《寄养》获得由美国作家理查德•福特担任评委的戴维...(展开全部)

Sixteen year-old Anya's parents have been murdered because her father was the head of a notorious underworld gang. Now she is determined to keep herself and her siblings away from that world. But her father's relatives aren't so keen to let them go. When Anya's violent ex-boyfriend is poisoned with contaminated chocolate - chocolate that is produced illegally by Anya's criminal...(展开全部)

In 2083, chocolate and coffee are illegal, paper is hard to find, water is carefully rationed, and New York City is rife with crime and poverty. And yet, for Anya Balanchine, the sixteen-year-old daughter of the city's most notorious (and dead) crime boss, life is fairly routine. It consists of going to school, taking care of her siblings and her dying grandmother, trying to av...(展开全部)

In 2083, chocolate and coffee are illegal, paper is hard to find, water is carefully rationed, and New York City is rife with crime and poverty. And yet, for Anya Balanchine, the sixteen-year-old daughter of the city's most notorious (and dead) crime boss, life is fairly routine. It consists of going to school, taking care of her siblings and her dying grandmother, trying to av...(展开全部)

加·泽文Gabrielle Zevin 美国知名作家、编剧。毕业于哈佛大学英美文学系，已出版了九本小说，作品被翻译成三十多种语言。14岁时，她写了一封关于“枪与玫瑰乐团”的信函投给当地报社，措施激烈，意外获得该报的乐评人一职，迈出了成为作家的第一步。 一直以来，她对书、书店以及爱书人的未来，都充满见解。她的第八本小说《岛上书店》在2014年以无人能及的高票数，获选美国独立书商选书桂冠图书，在中国已成为现象级畅销书，是无数书店常推常新的作品。2016年和2018年，泽文两次来华，在北京、上海、苏州三地签售，接连在中国掀起全民阅读热潮。 书店、爱情、死亡、女性觉醒……加·泽文一直在用轻盈的文字、充满想象力的故事和洞见，书写深刻的人生话题。《巧克力时代》三部曲是她作品中女性主题的延续，反乌托邦的瑰丽外衣下包裹着成长的挣扎和顿悟，就像书中所描绘的巧克力一样：...(展开全部)