希拉里·斯波林，是亨利·马蒂斯的传记《绘画大师马蒂斯》一书的作者。希拉里·斯波林凭借该书获得2005年度惠特布莱德奖。她也为小说家艾维·康普顿-伯内特写过传记并荣获海涅曼文学奖和库珀奖。她是《观察家》报的文学编辑。她还定期为《观察家》报和《每日电讯报》撰写评论。

Follow the story of Beatrice in Volume One, "Lady Pokingham," where sordid adventures in the sexual underworld are commonplace, and virginal fantasies, flagellation, and Catholic guilt manifest themselves as streams of erotic poetry. In Volume Two, "La Rose d'Amour," a young man is influenced by his lusty young cousins, who invite him to join an illicit club of debauchery and b...(展开全部)

“There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon.” Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of Americas greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, his many works published as black-spine Penguin Classics for the first time and will feature eye-catching, newly commissioned art. Penguin Classics is proud to present these seminal works to a new generation ...(展开全部)

对于潜水员基诺来说，找到一颗瑰丽的珍珠意味着他贫困的家庭有望过上更好的生活。 梦想蒙蔽了他的双眼，让他看不到珍珠给引发的贪婪和灾祸。斯坦贝克的这部经典作品揭示了美国梦的荒谬——财富可以解决一切问题——以及我们是如何从纯真中堕落继而又重返纯真的。

对于潜水员基诺来说，找到一颗瑰丽的珍珠意味着他贫困的家庭有望过上更好的生活。 梦想蒙蔽了他的双眼，让他看不到珍珠给引发的贪婪和灾祸。斯坦贝克的这部经典作品揭示了美国梦的荒谬——财富可以解决一切问题——以及我们是如何从纯真中堕落继而又重返纯真的。

The Lovely Bones is the story of a family devastated by a gruesome murder -- a murder recounted by the teenage victim. Upsetting, you say? Remarkably, first-time novelist Alice Sebold takes this difficult material and delivers a compelling and accomplished exploration of a fractured family's need for peace and closure. The details of the crime are laid out in the first few page...(展开全部)

the lovely bone：让你读后久久不能释怀却又心生希望的小说、一桩悬疑惊惧的人间悲剧,一个风趣温馨的心灵疗愈故事 此书在《纽约时报》排行榜上高居榜首近三十周，连续在榜七十余周。两年来畅销不衰。被美国“每月读书会”选为推荐书。并获“美国年度最佳小说”奖，入选“英国年度好书大奖”。在法国《读书》杂志评出的“2003年二十本量佳图书”中名列第二。目前读书以英、法、日、中等多种版本风靡各国，销量已突破五百万册，由此书改编的电影亦将由《指环王》导演彼特·杰克逊执导。 《可爱的骨头》故事是阴郁的，它描述了一个十多岁少女被强奸谋杀后的思维。叙事者是死者本人，小说第一句话是：“1993年12月6日，我被谋害时不过14岁。”主角讲述了她的被害对家庭的影响、警局的调查以及她进入天堂后的情况。作者以14岁女孩苏茜的眼光自天堂向下俯视，像“一条在天空浮沉的鱼”...(展开全部)

Once in a generation a novel comes along that taps a vein of universal human experience, resonating with readers of all ages. THE LOVELY BONES is such a book -- a #1 bestseller celebrated at once for its artistry, for its luminous clarity of emotion, and for its astonishing power to lay claim to the hearts of millions of readers around the world. "My name was Salmon, ...(展开全部)