(加) 埃米莉·圣约翰·曼德尔Emily St. John Mandel 埃米莉·圣约翰·曼德尔1979年出生于不列颠哥伦比亚省西海岸的一个小岛，18岁时离家远赴多伦多舞蹈学院学习现代舞，毕业后成为职业舞蹈演员。目前与丈夫生活在纽约。 曼德尔2002年开始文学创作，短篇作品曾被许多选集收录。2009年起，她陆续创作发表了三部长篇小说《蒙特利尔的最后一夜》《歌手的枪》和《洛拉的四重奏》，均列入美国独立书商协会推荐榜单。 曼德尔2014年的作品《第十一站》备受瞩目，不仅被美国亚马逊网站列为当年度最佳科幻图书，而且入围了美国国家图书奖的决选名单，并在2015年夺得了由英国科幻协会颁发的阿瑟·C.克拉克奖。这部作品也将改编成电影登上大银幕。

A new, international bestseller by the author of The Alchemist tells the story of Maria, a young girl from a Brazilian village, whose first innocent brushes with love leave her heartbroken. At a tender age, she becomes convinced that she will never find true love, instead believing that "Love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer . . ." A chance meeting in Rio takes h...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 A new, international bestseller by the author of The Alchemist tells the story of Maria, a young girl from a Brazilian village, whose first innocent brushes with love leave her heartbroken. At a tender age, she becomes convinced that she will never find true love, instead believing that "Love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer . . ." A chance meeting in Rio...(展开全部)

保罗・科埃略，1947年生于巴西里约热内卢市。他是当今世界最具影响力的作家之一。其作品已被译成56种文字，在150多个国家和地区出版、发行，共售出5100余万册。他的文学作品已为国际评论界所承认，并屡获奖项。其中有《女性》杂志读者奖(法国，1995)、金书奖(南斯拉夫，1995-2000，2004)、克林扎内・卡沃尔奖(意大利，1996)、弗拉亚诺奖(意大利，1996)。他曾被法国政府授予“国家荣誉勋位团骑士勋章”(1999)，还获世界经济论坛水晶奖章(1999)、第13届国际弗雷杰内奖(意大利，2001)、年度班比文学奖(德国，2001)。另外，他的《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》(原著名《炼金术士》)获得了德国最佳小说奖(2002)。2002年，保罗・科埃略当选为巴西文学院院士。

In the J.D. Salinger benchmark "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," Seymour Glass floats his beach mate Sybil on a raft and tells her about these creatures' tragic flaw. Though they seem normal, if one swims into a hole filled with bananas, it will overeat until it's too fat to escape. Meanwhile, Seymour's wife, Muriel, is back at their Florida hotel, assuring her mother not to worr...(展开全部)

Nine Stories is a collection of short stories by American fiction writer J. D. Salinger published in April 1953. It includes two of his most famous short stories, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor". (Nine Stories is the U.S. title; the book is published in many other countries as For Esmé - with Love and Squalor, and Other Stories.) The storie...(展开全部)

From the author of The Last Mughal , an enlightening book that explores with remarkable compassion and expansive insight nine varieties of religious devotion in India today. In portraits of people we might otherwise never know William Dalrymple distills his twenty-five years of travel in India to explore the challenges faced by practitioners of traditional forms of faith in c...(展开全部)

Nine Stories is a collection of short stories by American fiction writer J. D. Salinger published in April 1953. It includes two of his most famous short stories, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor". (Nine Stories is the U.S. title; the book is published in many other countries as For Esmé - with Love and Squalor, and Other Stories.) The storie...(展开全部)

In the J.D. Salinger benchmark "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," Seymour Glass floats his beach mate Sybil on a raft and tells her about these creatures' tragic flaw. Though they seem normal, if one swims into a hole filled with bananas, it will overeat until it's too fat to escape. Meanwhile, Seymour's wife, Muriel, is back at their Florida hotel, assuring her mother not to worr...(展开全部)