Vous connaissez le joueur de flûte d'Hamelin, ce sinistre escamoteur d'enfants ? Il a une descendance, quelque part dans les vases du Mississipi et les campagnes perdues du Deep South. Toppi a transposé la partition en jazz funèbre, avec des basses assassines et trilles de saxo tragique. Ami lecteur qui a le blues, évite le Baron Samedi, ne réveille pas la musique qui dort, ell...(展开全部)

This collection of 12 beautifully rendered tales is an elegant, heartbreaking book about men and women and their missed opportunities. A "New York Times" Notable Book.

New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan island, 1746. One rainy evening in November, a handsome young stranger fresh off the boat arrives at a countinghouse door on Golden Hill Street: this is Mr. Smith, amiable, charming, yet strangely determined to keep suspicion shimmering. For in his pocket, he has what seems to be an order for a thousand pounds, a huge sum, and he w...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 It has been a while since Folks lived in the Big House, and an even longer time has passed since there has been a garden at the House. All the animals of the Hill are very excited about the new Folks moving in, and they wonder how things are going to change. Its only a matter of time before the animals of the Hill find out just who is moving in, and they may be a littl...(展开全部)

New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan island, 1746. One rainy evening in November, a handsome young stranger fresh off the boat arrives at a countinghouse door on Golden Hill Street: this is Mr. Smith, amiable, charming, yet strangely determined to keep suspicion shimmering. For in his pocket, he has what seems to be an order for a thousand pounds, a huge sum, and he w...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 It has been a while since Folks lived in the Big House, and an even longer time has passed since there has been a garden at the House. All the animals of the Hill are very excited about the new Folks moving in, and they wonder how things are going to change. Its only a matter of time before the animals of the Hill find out just who is moving in, and they may be a littl...(展开全部)

“A stranger could drive through Miguel Street and just say ‘Slum!’ because he could see no more.” But to its residents this derelict corner of Trinidad’s capital is a complete world, where everybody is quite different from everybody else. There’s Popo the carpenter, who neglects his livelihood to build “the thing without a name.” There’s Man-man, who goes from running for...(展开全部)

“A stranger could drive through Miguel Street and just say ‘Slum!’ because he could see no more.” But to its residents this derelict corner of Trinidad’s capital is a complete world, where everybody is quite different from everybody else. There’s Popo the carpenter, who neglects his livelihood to build “the thing without a name.” There’s Man-man, who goes from running for...(展开全部)

张翎, 浙江温州人。1983年毕业于复旦大学外文系。1986年赴加拿大留学，分别在加拿大的卡尔加利大学及美国的辛辛那提大学获得英国文学硕士和听力康复学硕士。现定居于多伦多市, 在一家医院的听力诊所任主管听力康复师。 二十世纪九十年代中后期开始在海外写作发表。主要作品有长篇小说《邮购新娘》（台湾版名《温州女人》）,《交错的彼岸》, 《望月》（海外版名《上海小姐》）, 中短篇小说集《雁过藻溪》，《盲约》，《尘世》等。曾获第七届十月文学奖（2000），第二届世界华文文学优秀散文奖（2003），首届加拿大袁惠松文学奖（2005），第四届人民文学奖（2006），第八届十月文学奖（2007），《中篇小说选刊》双年度优秀小说奖（2008）。小说多次入选各式转载本和年度精选本。其中篇小说《羊》，《雁过藻溪》和《余震》分别进入中国小说学会2003年度，2005年度和2...(展开全部)

Amazon.com In this winner of the 1990 Edgar Award for best mystery novel， Dave Robicheaux， a former New Orleans policeman， is pursued by a psychopath and flees his home on the Bayou Teche， in the heart of Louisiana， to find a new life in Montana. After settling near the Blackfoot River Canyon， Robicheaux finds himself smack dab in the middle of an illegal Mafia takeover of Ind...(展开全部)