A powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize–winning author of Beloved and, almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier. In the 1680s the slave trade was still in its infancy. In the Americas, virulent religious and class divisions, prejudice and oppression were rife, providing the fertile soil in which slavery and race hat...(展开全部)

A powerful tragedy distilled into a small masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Beloved and, almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier. Jacob is an Anglo-Dutch trader in 1680s United States, when the slave trade is still in its infancy. Reluctantly he takes a small slave girl in part payment from a plantation owner for a bad debt. Feeling reje...(展开全部)

On the day that Jacob, an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, agrees to accept a slave in lieu of payment of a debt from a plantation owner, little Florens' life changes. With her intelligence and passion for wearing the cast-off shoes of her mistress, Florens has never blended into the background and now at the age of eight she is taken from her family to begin a new life. She ...(展开全部)

A powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize–winning author of Beloved and, almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier. In the 1680s the slave trade was still in its infancy. In the Americas, virulent religious and class divisions, prejudice and oppression were rife, providing the fertile soil in which slavery and race hat...(展开全部)

安·莱基 Ann Leckie 美国知名科幻小说家，被誉为“创造了新的科幻小说历史”的作家。 早期主要写作短篇小说，并在美国科幻奇幻作家协会任职。2002年，安·莱基开始撰写《数字星舰》系列的初稿。《数字星舰1：正义的觉醒》于2013年出版，出版后一举拿下了包括雨果奖和星云奖在内 的多项科幻大奖，她也成了备受瞩目的科幻女作家。 随后两年，安•莱基完成了“数字星舰三部曲”。该系列的后两部作品同样斩获了包括轨迹奖在内的多项科幻至高奖项。

Popular since its original publication more than 25 years ago, Leonard Cohen's classic book of contemporary psalms is now beautifully repackaged. Internationally celebrated for his writing and his music, Leonard Cohen is revered as one of the great writers, performers, and most consistently daring artists of our time. Now beautifully repackaged, the poems in Book of Mercy b...(展开全部)

克里斯蒂安娜•布兰德（1907－1988） 推理小说黄金时期的最后一位大师，推理小说史上的传奇女子。1941年，当推理小说全盘出现桎梏之际，她竟陆续推出了两部小说，而数年之后，更以一部《绿色危机》敲开无数读者心扉。1946年，她顺利加入了门槛颇高的英国侦探作家俱乐部，自此益发佳作不断，备受瞩目。1972至1973年间，布兰德以其杰出的成就，荣任英国犯罪作家协会主席。

First published in 1947, this classic mystery is the next Christianna Brand mystery to be republished in the British Library Crime Classics series, following Green for Danger (2022) and Death of Jezebel (2022). It boasts Brand's knack for memorable characters and misdirection. “Christianna Brand is not merely a purveyor of thrills or a maker of puzzles. She is a novelist.” – Th...(展开全部)

克里斯蒂安娜•布兰德（1907－1988） 推理小说黄金时期的最后一位大师，推理小说史上的传奇女子。1941年，当推理小说全盘出现桎梏之际，她竟陆续推出了两部小说，而数年之后，更以一部《绿色危机》敲开无数读者心扉。1946年，她顺利加入了门槛颇高的英国侦探作家俱乐部，自此益发佳作不断，备受瞩目。1972至1973年间，布兰德以其杰出的成就，荣任英国犯罪作家协会主席。

First published in 1947, this classic mystery is the next Christianna Brand mystery to be republished in the British Library Crime Classics series, following Green for Danger (2022) and Death of Jezebel (2022). It boasts Brand's knack for memorable characters and misdirection. “Christianna Brand is not merely a purveyor of thrills or a maker of puzzles. She is a novelist.” – Th...(展开全部)