An electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush, two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape--trying not just to survive but to find a home. Ba dies in the night; Ma is already gone. Newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their existence. Fleeing the threats of their western mining tow...(展开全部)

这部激动人心的处女作以美国淘金热的暮色为背景，讲述了一对兄妹在荒凉的土地上逃亡的故事，他们不仅要生存，还要寻找家园。 爸爸在夜里死去；妈妈早已离去。露西和萨姆是移民家庭的孤儿，他们突然孤身一人，置身于这片拒绝他们存在的土地上。为了逃离西部矿业小镇的威胁，他们出发去埋葬他们的父亲，这是仅有的能让他们摆脱过去的方式。 一路上，他们发现了巨大的野牛骨骼、老虎的爪印、一片荒芜景象的幽灵，以及家族秘密、兄弟姐妹之间的竞争，以及对另一种未来的一瞥。 《金山的成色》既史诗般恢弘，又充满私密感，将中国象征主义、重塑历史与极具原创性的语言和叙事手法融为一体。它既是一个令人难忘的冒险故事，也是一个令人难忘的兄妹故事，也标志着文学界一个令人震撼的新声音的诞生。从广义上讲，它探讨了一个不断扩张的国家中的种族问题，以及移民被允许归属何处的问题。 但一页一页地讲述着那些维系家庭...(展开全部)

An electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush, two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape--trying not just to survive but to find a home. Ba dies in the night; Ma is already gone. Newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their existence. Fleeing the threats of their western mining tow...(展开全部)

这部激动人心的处女作以美国淘金热的暮色为背景，讲述了一对兄妹在荒凉的土地上逃亡的故事，他们不仅要生存，还要寻找家园。 爸爸在夜里死去；妈妈早已离去。露西和萨姆是移民家庭的孤儿，他们突然孤身一人，置身于这片拒绝他们存在的土地上。为了逃离西部矿业小镇的威胁，他们出发去埋葬他们的父亲，这是仅有的能让他们摆脱过去的方式。 一路上，他们发现了巨大的野牛骨骼、老虎的爪印、一片荒芜景象的幽灵，以及家族秘密、兄弟姐妹之间的竞争，以及对另一种未来的一瞥。 《金山的成色》既史诗般恢弘，又充满私密感，将中国象征主义、重塑历史与极具原创性的语言和叙事手法融为一体。它既是一个令人难忘的冒险故事，也是一个令人难忘的兄妹故事，也标志着文学界一个令人震撼的新声音的诞生。从广义上讲，它探讨了一个不断扩张的国家中的种族问题，以及移民被允许归属何处的问题。 但一页一页地讲述着那些维系家庭...(展开全部)

This is how a family keeps a secret…and how that secret ends up keeping them. This is how a family lives happily ever after…until happily ever after becomes complicated. This is how children change…and then change the world. This is Claude. He’s five years old, the youngest of five brothers, and loves peanut butter sandwiches. He also loves wearing a dress, and dreams of being ...(展开全部)

This is how a family keeps a secret…and how that secret ends up keeping them. This is how a family lives happily ever after…until happily ever after becomes complicated. This is how children change…and then change the world. This is Claude. He’s five years old, the youngest of five brothers, and loves peanut butter sandwiches. He also loves wearing a dress, and dreams of being ...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.Winner of The Story Prize • A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book • One of USA Today’s top 10 books of the yearRecalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and co...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.Winner of The Story Prize • A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book • One of USA Today’s top 10 books of the yearRecalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and co...(展开全部)

In his best-known book, THE REMAINS OF THE DAY, Kazuo Ishiguro advances the butler's story, not by giving, but by withholding both information and emotion. This novel is about a woman who lived in Nagasaki after the bomb was dropped. We don't hear the explosion. We don't even hear the names of the dead. And yet it's very clear that something perfectly wretched has gone on. Is s...(展开全部)

In his best-known book, THE REMAINS OF THE DAY, Kazuo Ishiguro advances the butler's story, not by giving, but by withholding both information and emotion. This novel is about a woman who lived in Nagasaki after the bomb was dropped. We don't hear the explosion. We don't even hear the names of the dead. And yet it's very clear that something perfectly wretched has gone on. Is s...(展开全部)