杜鲁门·卡波蒂（Truman Capote），一九二四年九月三十日生于美国新奥尔良。一九四八年第一部长篇小说《别的声音，别的房间》的出版为他赢得国际声誉，此后的创作使他成为战后美国文坛最为著名的作家之一。他两度荣获欧·亨利短篇小说奖，是美国艺术与文学院院士。卡波蒂的其他重要作品包括小说《草竖琴》、《蒂凡尼的早餐》以及“非虚构小说”《冷血》。一九八四年八月二十五日病逝于洛杉矶

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在线阅读本书 P.B. Jones is the amoral, bisexual protagonist of this unfinished novel. He discovers that bed-hopping rather than literary ability is the way to get published. He discovers along the way that prayers that are answered cause more pain than those that remain ignored.

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丹尼斯•勒翰，1966年生于美国，八岁便立志成为专职作家。在获得文学学士和硕士学位后，做过心理咨询师、侍者、代客停车小弟、礼车司机、卡车司机、书店店员等。 1994年以小说《战前酒》出道，创造了冷硬男女私探搭档“帕特里克／安琪”系列。黑色幽默的对白；家庭、暴力、童年创伤的题材引起读者极大反响，五年内拿下美国推理界夏姆斯、安东尼、贝瑞、戴利斯奖等多项大奖，外销十余国版权，并以此系列在北美写下130万、全球240万册的销售成绩。 译者 尤传莉，译有《图书馆的故事》《达•芬奇密码》《天使与魔鬼》《隔离岛》《雨的祈祷》《杀人排行榜》《依然美丽》《骗子的游戏》等。

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Brilliant and original, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers introduces a remarkable new writer whose breathtaking stories are set in China and among Chinese Americans in the United States. In this rich, astonishing collection, Yiyun Li illuminates how mythology, politics, history, and culture intersect with personality to create fate. From the bustling heart of Beijing, to a fas...(展开全部)

Brilliant and original, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers introduces a remarkable new writer whose breathtaking stories are set in China and among Chinese Americans in the United States. In this rich, astonishing collection, Yiyun Li illuminates how mythology, politics, history, and culture intersect with personality to create fate. From the bustling heart of Beijing, to a fast-...(展开全部)