In this stunning new novel, the award-winning Tash Aw charts the overlapping lives of migrant Malaysian workers, forging lives for themselves in sprawling Shanghai. Justin is from a family of successful property developers. Phoebe has come to China buoyed with hope, but her dreams are shattered within hours as the job she has come for seems never to have existed. Gary is a succ...(展开全部)

A Good Morning America Book Club Pick, an Indie Next Pick, and a LibraryReads Pick • Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by The Washington Post, Bustle, Goodreads, and She Reads Perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day—a striking, powerful, and moving love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever. Where ...(展开全部)

[美] 库尔特•冯内古特（Kurt Vonnegut，1922—2007） 20世纪美国极具影响力的黑色幽默文学作家。格雷厄姆•格林推崇他为“美国当代zui有才能的作家”。在1960年代的美国大学校园，冯内古特的小说几乎人手一册，他被称为“几代美国青年的偶像”。 冯内古特擅长以黑色幽默描绘时代的荒谬。当暴力、愚蠢、敌视、仇恨泛滥成灾，绝望的人们遭受无法愈合的创伤。在笑声下，是冯内古特对全人类深切的关爱和疗愈。 他的许多文学创作与其在二战中的亲身经历息息相关。 1945年，年仅23岁的冯内古特遭德军俘虏，被囚禁在德累斯顿战俘营。英美联军发动大轰炸时，冯内古特身处屠场的地下室内。整座城市在炮火中烧成废墟，他是幸存的7名美军战俘之一。 战争在冯内古特心底留下难以磨灭的创伤：“我目睹过德累斯顿的毁灭……我的反应之一当然是笑。上帝知道，这是灵魂在寻找宽慰。”2...(展开全部)

The 1995 Booker Prize finalist finally back in print. Alan Hollinghurst's hypnotic and exquisitely written novel tells the story of Edward Manners, a disaffected 33-year-old who leaves England to earn his living as a language tutor in a Flemish city. Almost immediately he falls in love with one of his pupils, but can only console himself with other, illicit affairs. With this n...(展开全部)

The 1995 Booker Prize finalist finally back in print. Alan Hollinghurst's hypnotic and exquisitely written novel tells the story of Edward Manners, a disaffected 33-year-old who leaves England to earn his living as a language tutor in a Flemish city. Almost immediately he falls in love with one of his pupils, but can only console himself with other, illicit affairs. With this n...(展开全部)

You just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane. Enjoy the flight.