David Lodge's extended novella is a delicious contemporary comedy on the perils of celebrity. It concerns a plot for revenge hatched by two writers, Adrian, a distinguished novelist seeking obscurity in a cottage near Gatwick and Sam, a successful scriptwriter who drops in on his old university friend en route to LA. The object of their revenge is one of the new breed of Rottwe...(展开全部)

Adrian Ludlow, a novelist with a distinguished but slightly faded reputation, is living in semi-retirement with his wife, Eleanor, in an isolated cottage beneath the flight path of London's Gatwick airport. Their old friend from college days, Sam Sharp, who has since become a successful screenplay writer, drops by unexpectedly on the way to Los Angeles. Sam is fuming over a sca...(展开全部)

In this superb work of fiction, Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow writes comically and wisely about the tenacious claims of first love. Harry Trellman, an aging, astute businessman, has never belonged anywhere and is as awkward in his human attachments as he is gifted in observing the people around him. But Harry's observational talents have not gone unnoticed by "trillionaire" Sigmun...(展开全部)

Denis Johnson's "Train Dreams" is an epic in miniature, one of his most evocative and poignant fictions. Robert Grainer is a day laborer in the American West at the start of the twentieth century--an ordinary man in extraordinary times. Buffeted by the loss of his family, Grainer struggles to make sense of this strange new world. As his story unfolds, we witness both his shock...(展开全部)

In this superb work of fiction, Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow writes comically and wisely about the tenacious claims of first love. Harry Trellman, an aging, astute businessman, has never belonged anywhere and is as awkward in his human attachments as he is gifted in observing the people around him. But Harry's observational talents have not gone unnoticed by "trillionaire" Sigmun...(展开全部)

弗雷德里克·巴克曼 2016、2017瑞典年度作家。其作品已被翻译超过44种语言，销量超过1300万册。 代表作包括“暖心三部曲”《一个叫欧维的男人决定去死》、《外婆的道歉信》、《清单人生》和惊艳国际的《熊镇》系列。受到林彦俊、马思纯、 张皓宸、 池昌旭、 车银优、 霍思燕 、奥普拉 、汤姆•汉克斯、等名人推荐。 巴克曼的成名源自于某天他把自己和爸爸在宜家吵架的过程写在博客上，狡黠中充满亲情的对话让他瞬间爆红，亲情尤其是父子间的感情也常常在巴克曼日后的作品中出现。《长长的回家路》便是基于此主题而作，是巴克曼写作生涯中非常私人的一本书，它讲述了生活在一个再也无法识别和记忆的世界里的恐惧和爱，也讲述了一个男孩和他的祖父、一个父亲和他的儿子之间的和解与告别。

弗雷德里克·巴克曼 2016、2017瑞典年度作家。其作品已被翻译超过44种语言，销量超过1300万册。 代表作包括“暖心三部曲”《一个叫欧维的男人决定去死》、《外婆的道歉信》、《清单人生》和惊艳国际的《熊镇》系列。受到林彦俊、马思纯、 张皓宸、 池昌旭、 车银优、 霍思燕 、奥普拉 、汤姆•汉克斯、等名人推荐。 巴克曼的成名源自于某天他把自己和爸爸在宜家吵架的过程写在博客上，狡黠中充满亲情的对话让他瞬间爆红，亲情尤其是父子间的感情也常常在巴克曼日后的作品中出现。《长长的回家路》便是基于此主题而作，是巴克曼写作生涯中非常私人的一本书，它讲述了生活在一个再也无法识别和记忆的世界里的恐惧和爱，也讲述了一个男孩和他的祖父、一个父亲和他的儿子之间的和解与告别。

From the author of The History Boys and The Clothes They Stood Up In A deliciously funny novella that celebrates the pleasure of reading. When the Queen in pursuit of her wandering corgis stumbles upon a mobile library she feels duty bound to borrow a book. Aided by Norman, a young man from the palace kitchen who frequents the library, Bennett describes the Queen’s transfor...(展开全部)

From one of England's most celebrated writers, the author of the award-winning "The History Boys," a funny and superbly observed novella about the Queen of England and the subversive power of reading When her corgis stray into a mobile library parked near Buckingham Palace, the Queen feels duty-bound to borrow a book. Discovering the joy of reading widely (from J. R. Ackerley, ...(展开全部)

Thomas Wolfe's "The Lost Boy" is a captivating and poignant retelling of an episode from Wolfe's childhood. The story of Wolfe's brother Grover and his trip to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair is told from four perspectives, each articulating the sentiments of a different family member. "The Lost Boy" also captures beautifully the experiences of growing up at the turn of the cen...(展开全部)