Empire Falls, Maine: once a thriving hub of industry, this small town nestles in a bend of the vast and winding Knox River, and has always been the empire of the wealthy Whiting family. Now the last Mrs Whiting presides like a black widow spider over its declining fortunes. She harbours a grudge against her employee Miles Groby, who runs the Whiting-owned Empire Grill, but hope...(展开全部)

With Empire Falls Richard Russo cements his reputation as one of America’s most compelling and compassionate storytellers. Miles Roby has been slinging burgers at the Empire Grill for 20 years, a job that cost him his college education and much of his self-respect. What keeps him there? It could be his bright, sensitive daughter Tick, who needs all his help surviving the...(展开全部)

A student has gone missing in Edinburgh. She's not just any student, though, but the daughter of well-to-do and influential bankers. There's almost nothing to go on until DI John Rebus gets an unmistakable gut feeling that there's more to this than just another runaway spaced out on unaccustomed freedom. Two leads emerge: a carved wooden doll in a toy coffin, found in the stude...(展开全部)

With Empire Falls Richard Russo cements his reputation as one of America’s most compelling and compassionate storytellers. Miles Roby has been slinging burgers at the Empire Grill for 20 years, a job that cost him his college education and much of his self-respect. What keeps him there? It could be his bright, sensitive daughter Tick, who needs all his help surviving the...(展开全部)

By the time he was twenty-three, Michael Davenport had learned to trust his own scepticism...Young, newly married and intensely ambitious, Michael Davenport is a minor poet trying to make a living as a writer. His adoring wife Lucy has a private fortune that he won't touch in case it compromises his art. She in turn is never quite certain of what is expected of her. All she kno...(展开全部)

In Young Hearts Crying , Yates movingly portrays a man and a woman from their courtship and marriage in the 1950s to their divorce in the 70s, chronicling their heartbreaking attempts to reach their highest ambitions. Michael Davenport dreams of being a poet after returning home from World War II Europe, and at first he and his new wife Lucy enjoy their life together. But as t...(展开全部)

By the time he was twenty-three, Michael Davenport had learned to trust his own scepticism...Young, newly married and intensely ambitious, Michael Davenport is a minor poet trying to make a living as a writer. His adoring wife Lucy has a private fortune that he won't touch in case it compromises his art. She in turn is never quite certain of what is expected of her. All she kno...(展开全部)

In Young Hearts Crying , Yates movingly portrays a man and a woman from their courtship and marriage in the 1950s to their divorce in the 70s, chronicling their heartbreaking attempts to reach their highest ambitions. Michael Davenport dreams of being a poet after returning home from World War II Europe, and at first he and his new wife Lucy enjoy their life together. But as t...(展开全部)

作者：米歇尔·佐纳（Michelle Zauner） 1989年出生于韩国首尔，一岁时随父母移居美国，在美国俄勒冈州长大。2011年毕业于布林莫尔学院创意写作专业。2021年出版处女作《妈妈走后》（Crying in H Mart）。2022年，米歇尔入选《时代周刊》“年度最具影响力的100位人物”。 米歇尔还是歌手、吉他手、词曲作者，创作了很多深受乐迷喜爱的流行音乐，在日式早餐乐队（Japanese Breakfast）中担任主唱，该乐队被提名2022年第64届格莱美音乐奖年度新人奖。 - 译者：蔡雯婷 毕业于西南林业大学英语专业，热爱阅读和翻译，已出版《苹果派》《白色驯鹿传奇》《汤姆·斯威夫特和他的摩托车》《流星来的那一夜》等译作。

作者：米歇尔·佐纳（Michelle Zauner） 1989年出生于韩国首尔，一岁时随父母移居美国，在美国俄勒冈州长大。2011年毕业于布林莫尔学院创意写作专业。2021年出版处女作《妈妈走后》（Crying in H Mart）。2022年，米歇尔入选《时代周刊》“年度最具影响力的100位人物”。 米歇尔还是歌手、吉他手、词曲作者，创作了很多深受乐迷喜爱的流行音乐，在日式早餐乐队（Japanese Breakfast）中担任主唱，该乐队被提名2022年第64届格莱美音乐奖年度新人奖。 - 译者：蔡雯婷 毕业于西南林业大学英语专业，热爱阅读和翻译，已出版《苹果派》《白色驯鹿传奇》《汤姆·斯威夫特和他的摩托车》《流星来的那一夜》等译作。