Laced with cynicism and truth, "A Handful of Dust" satirizes a certain stratum of English life where all the characters have money, but lack practically every other credential. Murderously urbane, it depicts the breakup of a marriage in the London gentry, where the errant wife suffers from terminal boredom, and becomes enamoured of a social parasite and professional luncheon-go...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 A HANDFUL OF DUST satirizes that stratum of English life where all the characters have money, but lack practically every other credential. Murderously urbane, it depicts the breakup of a marriage in the London gentry, where the errant wife suffers from terminal boredom and becomes enamored of a social parasite and professional lunch-goer. The depravity and polished sa...(展开全部)

Laced with cynicism and truth, "A Handful of Dust" satirizes a certain stratum of English life where all the characters have money, but lack practically every other credential. Murderously urbane, it depicts the breakup of a marriage in the London gentry, where the errant wife suffers from terminal boredom, and becomes enamoured of a social parasite and professional luncheon-go...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 A HANDFUL OF DUST satirizes that stratum of English life where all the characters have money, but lack practically every other credential. Murderously urbane, it depicts the breakup of a marriage in the London gentry, where the errant wife suffers from terminal boredom and becomes enamored of a social parasite and professional lunch-goer. The depravity and polished sa...(展开全部)

吉尔·莱波雷 美国当今社科历史领域里一位分量十足的历史学家。她是美国历史学家协会前主席，哈佛大学美国史教授，第41任大卫·伍兹· 肯珀荣誉教授，史密森国家肖像馆前理事长，圣丹斯电影节纪录片评委。在取得耶鲁大学美国史博士学位后，莱波雷加入了哈佛大学历史中心，并先后三次，数年担任哈佛大学历史和文学项目组总负责人。2014 年，莱波雷当选美国艺术与科学院和美国哲学学会会员。 之后屡获殊荣，其作品曾荣获2015 年美国历史图书奖、班克罗夫特奖、拉尔夫· 沃尔多· 爱默生奖、伯克希尔奖，还入围了《时代》杂志年度最佳非虚构书籍、普利策奖和美国国家图书奖等奖项的最终名单。

In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation, an urgently needed reckoning with the beauty and tragedy of American history. Written in elegiac prose, Lepore’s groundbreaking investigation places truth itself—a devotion to facts, pro...(展开全部)

In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation, an urgently needed reckoning with the beauty and tragedy of American history. Written in elegiac prose, Lepore’s groundbreaking investigation places truth itself—a devotion to facts, pro...(展开全部)

'One of the most valuable writers in the world' Deborah Levy My Battle of Hastings is an exploration of how an immigrant, an outsider and a woman can embrace local and national history. In winter 2021, Xiaolu Guo moved into a tiny dilapidated flat on the Hastings seafront, a room of her own where she could spend time writing away from her domestic duties in London. As Russia in...(展开全部)

'One of the most valuable writers in the world' Deborah Levy My Battle of Hastings is an exploration of how an immigrant, an outsider and a woman can embrace local and national history. In winter 2021, Xiaolu Guo moved into a tiny dilapidated flat on the Hastings seafront, a room of her own where she could spend time writing away from her domestic duties in London. As Russia in...(展开全部)

克里斯汀•米勒 曾为《洛杉矶时报》记者，报道政治、战争等相关题材的新闻，现为ProPublica资深记者，在加州大学伯克利分校教授数据新闻学。著有非虚构作品《血腥钱：在伊拉克浪费的数十亿美元、失去的生命和贪婪的公司》。 肯•阿姆斯特朗 曾就职于《芝加哥论坛报》，2017年入职ProPublica。与尼克•佩里合著的《记分牌，宝贝：大学橄榄球、犯罪和共谋的故事》获爱伦•坡奖最佳真实罪案奖。 两人凭借对《谎报》一书中事件的一系列报道获2016年普利策新闻奖。