Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gunwielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins...(展开全部)

Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gunwielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins...(展开全部)

安·帕契特之前写过三本小说，被《纽约时报》评为“年度好书”的《利亚尔斯神圣的赞助人》、荣获珍妮特·海丁格·卡夫卡最佳小说奖的《塔夫脱》，以及《魔术师的助理》。她为诸多出版物执笔，其中包括《ELLE》、《GQ》、《巴黎评论》、《美食》和《VOGUE》。她生活在田纳西的纳什维尔。

Synopsis The poignant -- and at times very funny -- new novel from the author of THE MAGICIAN'S ASSISTANT, shortlisted for the Orange Prize. Latin terrorists storm an international gathering hosted by an underprivileged country to promote foreign interest and trade, only to find that their intended target, the President, has stayed home to watch his favourite soap opera on TV. ...(展开全部)

莫泊桑（Guy de Maupassant），生于法国诺曼底一个没落的贵族家庭，童年在诺曼底乡村度过，青少年时期在鲁昂中学就读，1869年到巴黎学习法律。1870年普法战争爆发后，莫泊桑应征入伍。战争结束后，他回到巴黎，先后就职于海军部和教育部，业余开始从事文学创作，并得益于文学大师福楼拜的教诲。经过苦心锤炼，莫泊桑的文学创作技巧日趋成熟。1880年，莫泊桑因《羊脂球》而一举成名，此后，他辞去公职，笔耕不辍。但私生活上的随意导致了他身体上的疾病，加上精神疾病的困扰，最终使他病魔缠身。莫泊桑曾于1892年自杀未遂，翌年在巴黎去世。莫泊桑的创作生涯虽然短暂，然而作品颇丰。在短短的十余年间，他共完成了三百多篇短篇小说，被誉为“短篇小说之王”。此外他还创作了《一生》、《俊友》等6部长篇小说。莫泊桑的写作素材来源于生活，他对日常生活和周围事物的观察和体验细致而...(展开全部)

切萨雷•帕韦塞（Cesare Pavese，1908—1950） 意大利诗人、小说家、文学评论家和翻译家，二十世纪意大利最重要的知识分子之一。他的创作标志着意大利“新文学”的开始，对意大利文坛产生了决定性的影响。主要作品有诗集《艰难之活》，小说《月亮与篝火》《美丽的夏天》，对话体作品《与琉喀对话》等。

Ce roman, unique dans la littérature yéménite et célèbre dans tout le monde arabe, n’est pas seulement un roman d’amour et d’amitié, c’est aussi une initiation au désir, un plaidoyer pour la liberté, un roman social et politique qui met en scène, dans les années 1940, l’oppression du régime de l’imamat et de la religion ainsi que l’exploitation des femmes.

切萨雷•帕韦塞（Cesare Pavese，1908—1950） 意大利诗人、小说家、文学评论家和翻译家，二十世纪意大利最重要的知识分子之一。他的创作标志着意大利“新文学”的开始，对意大利文坛产生了决定性的影响。主要作品有诗集《艰难之活》，小说《月亮与篝火》《美丽的夏天》，对话体作品《与琉喀对话》等。

George Bowling, the hero of this comic novel, is a middle-aged insurance salesman who lives in an average English suburban row house with a wife and two children. One day, after winning some money from a bet, he goes back to the village where he grew up, to fish for carp in a pool he remembers from thirty years before. The pool, alas, is gone, the village has changed beyond rec...(展开全部)

George Bowling, the hero of this comic novel, is a middle-aged insurance salesman who lives in an average English suburban row house with a wife and two children. One day, after winning some money from a bet, he goes back to the village where he grew up, to fish for carp in a pool he remembers from thirty years before. The pool, alas, is gone, the village has changed beyond rec...(展开全部)