A descendant of one of Hawaii's largest landowners, Matt King finds his luck changed when his fun-loving, flighty wife Joanie falls into a coma, victim of a boating accident. Matt is left in sole charge of his two daughters, teenage ex-model and recovering drug addict Alex, and Scottie, a feisty ten-year-old. And then Matt discovers Joanie has been having an affair. Deciding to...(展开全部)

马修·柯比，出生于美国犹他州，年少时在马里兰州、加利福尼亚州和夏威夷长大。大学期间，他主修历史，然后又继续攻读心理学硕士学位，而后留校任教。曾出版过数部冒险奇幻类畅销小说，并获得了埃德加奖与PEN文学奖。

High-class call girls billed to Mastercard. A psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads. A hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers. A one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Combine this offbeat cast of characters with Murakami's idiosyncratic prose and...(展开全部)

This wildly propulsive novel by the acclaimed author of A Wild Sheep Chase focuses on a man searching for a former lover who vanished mysteriously from a seedy hotel. But each new clue to Kiki's whereabouts leads him deeper into a labryrinth of physical violence and metaphysical dread. "A world-class writer."--Washington Post Book World

High-class call girls billed to Mastercard. A psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads. A hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers. A one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Combine this offbeat cast of characters with Murakami's idiosyncratic prose and...(展开全部)

This wildly propulsive novel by the acclaimed author of A Wild Sheep Chase focuses on a man searching for a former lover who vanished mysteriously from a seedy hotel. But each new clue to Kiki's whereabouts leads him deeper into a labryrinth of physical violence and metaphysical dread. "A world-class writer."--Washington Post Book World

Narrated in a bold, fearless, unforgettable voice and set against the lush, panoramic backdrop of Hawaii, The Descendants is a stunning debut novel about an unconventional family forced to come together and re-create its own legacy. Matthew King was once considered one of the most fortunate men in Hawaii. His missionary ancestors were financially and culturally progress...(展开全部)

Now a major motion picture starring George Clooney and directed by Alexander Payne Fortunes have changed for the King family, descendants of Hawaiian royalty and one of the state’s largest landowners. Matthew King’s daughters—Scottie, a feisty ten-year-old, and Alex, a seventeen-year-old recovering drug addict—are out of control, and their charismatic, thrill-seeking mother, ...(展开全部)

【關於《遠野物語》】 在這個國家，還有許多比遠野更要幽深的山村。一定有著無數山神和山人的傳說。我──不，我們認為這些傳說必須保存下來……願廣述其事，令平地人戰慄。 ——柳田國男 遠野——日本東北一處被山岳圍繞、與世隔絕的偏僻小村。在這未滿一千平方公里之地，誕生出百年來深深影響當代怪談創作與妖怪文化的經典《遠野物語》。 ——遠野四面環山。群山深處居住著山人。山人的外形像人。但據說他們不是人。 ——也有人說在小正月的夜裡到村裡遊玩的是雪女。據說不只是小正月，雪女也會在冬季的滿月之夜現身。雪女會帶著許多孩子，不知從何處前來村落…… ——據說在其他地方，河童的臉是綠色的；但是遠野的河童，臉是鮮紅色的。佐佐木的曾祖母還小時和朋友在庭院遊玩，有個面色鮮紅的小男孩從樹幹間窺看她們——那應該是河童吧？ 《遠野物語》是民俗學家柳田國男記錄出生遠野的作家佐...(展开全部)

Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother but isn't sure she ever will be. Then, one day, Willa rece...(展开全部)