简介：平行时空间的相互偎问，无论是真是假，都是一次重要的提醒，后来才发现，自己是改变命运的关键，世界终将破灭，也许我的离开才是最好的结局。 ——Retribution

简介：平行时空间的相互偎问，无论是真是假，都是一次重要的提醒，后来才发现，自己是改变命运的关键，世界终将破灭，也许我的离开才是最好的结局。 ——Retribution

Set in Victorian London and an Essex village in the 1890's, and enlivened by the debates on scientific and medical discovery which defined the era, The Essex Serpent has at its heart the story of two extraordinary people who fall for each other, but not in the usual way. They are Cora Seaborne and Will Ransome. Cora is a well-to-do London widow who moves to the Essex parish of ...(展开全部)

Retribution opens with the raucous festivities surrounding the annual procession to honor the Bodhisattva Guanyin. Changsheng, the young wife of the local coffin maker Liu Laoshi, is raped while making an offering to Guanyin in the hope of increasing her chances of bearing a son. Changsheng hangs herself following the encounter, and Liu Laoshi exacts bloody vengeance on the rap...(展开全部)

莎拉·佩里 英国作家，1979年出生于埃塞克斯。她拥有英国皇家霍洛威学院创意写作博士学位，除了小说写作，也为《卫报》和《金融时报》撰写评论。2016年，莎拉在布拉格被联合国教科文组织授予“文学之都驻地作家”称号。 《埃塞克斯之蛇》是她的第二部作品，书写了关于生命、爱情和信仰之间的隐秘碰撞，是一部充满智慧与波动的小说。这本书获得了多个文学奖项，包括2016年水石年度图书、2017年英国国家图书奖，并入围2017年科斯塔小说奖、2017年英国女性小说奖和2018年都柏林文学奖长名单。由小说改编的同名电视剧已经上映。

One of the most famous and baffling romances in history-between Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex-began in May of 1587, when she was fifty-three and he was just shy of twenty. Their relationship continued until 1601, when the Earl of Essex was beheaded for treason. And, in a succession of brilliant scenes, Strachey portrays the Queen's and the Ear...(展开全部)

羊眼鳥喙、長著一對飛翼，「艾塞克斯之蛇」再度現蹤，是惡兆還是天啟…… 十九世紀末，一個迷信與科學交織的年代，經濟和工業的發達拉大了貧富差距，達爾文的學說引發了信仰危機，外科醫學手術剛有創新革命，階級隔閡仍持續加深。 年輕寡婦珂拉擺脫了不幸的家暴婚姻，帶著保姆和兒子搬離倫敦，來到風光明媚的艾塞克斯郡附近村落。她得以脫掉緊身束衣，追求自己的人生，循著偶像古生物學家瑪麗‧安寧的腳步，一頭栽進熱愛的生物學和考古學之中。 當地盛傳有古老怪物「艾塞克斯之蛇」出沒，相傳這隻怪物1669年當時曾經肆虐黑水河畔，而後突然消失，如今因為一場八年前的地震，彷彿從水底被釋放。關於「牠」的種種傳聞不亞於尼斯湖水怪。珂拉堅信「艾塞克斯之蛇」是某種尚未被發現的古生物，執意解開這個傳說之謎，然而當地的教區牧師威廉則認為這只是老百姓的迷信作祟。 欲望與信念在沼澤裡交融，但真正的奇蹟是...(展开全部)

Something scary is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere twenty years ago. The gender gap in college attendance and graduation rates has widened dramatically. While Emily is working hard at school and getting A’s, her brother Justin is goofing off. He’s more concerned about g...(展开全部)

'The greatest story of our age ... Be very afraid' John Arlidge, Sunday Times Michael Lewis's epic bestseller tells the outrageous story of the multi-millionaires and whizz kids who scammed the banking system in the blink of an eye - and the whistleblowers who tried to stop them. It's hilarious, terrifying and it's all true. 'Thrilling, a masterclass' Robert McCrum, Observer, B...(展开全部)

Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn't know his dad was a god. And he never knew he had a brother. Now brother Spider's on his doorstep about to make Fat Charlie's life more interesting . . . and a lot more dangerous.