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)

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)

饥饿的毛毛虫，从周一到周日，从一个苹果两个梨……到十种杂食到一大片叶子，最后蜕变成美丽花蝴蝶。 On Monday he ate through one apple. But he was still hungry. On Tuesday he ate through two pears, but he was still hungry. On Wednesday he ate though three plums, but he was still hungry. On Thursday he ate through four strawberries, but he was still hungry.......' On Saturday, he eats so much he has a stomachache....but puts it r...(展开全部)

布鲁斯•查特文（Bruce Chatwin，1940-1989） 英国旅行作家、小说家和记者。一九四〇年生于谢菲尔德，曾是苏富比最年轻的董事之一，但他放弃了这份工作。一九七二年始，他为《星期日泰晤士报》工作，三年之后用一份电报宣告又一次离开：“去巴塔哥尼亚六个月。”这趟旅行成就了查特文的第一本书《巴塔哥尼亚高原上》，从此走上旅行与写作之路。《歌之版图》甫一出版即荣登《星期日泰晤士报》畅销书榜首，《乌兹》获一九八八年布克奖提名。他的三部作品被改编成电影：《维达总督》（电影名《眼镜蛇》）、《黑山之上》和《乌兹》。他于一九八九年一月去世。一九九六年，散文集《躁动的解析》出版。二〇一九年，德国导演沃纳•赫尔佐格的纪录片《游牧者：追随布鲁斯•查特文的足迹》上映。

布鲁斯•查特文（Bruce Chatwin，1940-1989） 英国旅行作家、小说家和记者。一九四〇年生于谢菲尔德，曾是苏富比最年轻的董事之一，但他放弃了这份工作。一九七二年始，他为《星期日泰晤士报》工作，三年之后用一份电报宣告又一次离开：“去巴塔哥尼亚六个月。”这趟旅行成就了查特文的第一本书《巴塔哥尼亚高原上》，从此走上旅行与写作之路。《歌之版图》甫一出版即荣登《星期日泰晤士报》畅销书榜首，《乌兹》获一九八八年布克奖提名。他的三部作品被改编成电影：《维达总督》（电影名《眼镜蛇》）、《黑山之上》和《乌兹》。他于一九八九年一月去世。一九九六年，散文集《躁动的解析》出版。二〇一九年，德国导演沃纳•赫尔佐格的纪录片《游牧者：追随布鲁斯•查特文的足迹》上映。

布鲁斯•查特文（Bruce Chatwin，1940-1989） 英国旅行作家、小说家和记者。一九四〇年生于谢菲尔德，曾是苏富比最年轻的董事之一，但他放弃了这份工作。一九七二年始，他为《星期日泰晤士报》工作，三年之后用一份电报宣告又一次离开：“去巴塔哥尼亚六个月。”这趟旅行成就了查特文的第一本书《巴塔哥尼亚高原上》，从此走上旅行与写作之路。《歌之版图》甫一出版即荣登《星期日泰晤士报》畅销书榜首，《乌兹》获一九八八年布克奖提名。他的三部作品被改编成电影：《维达总督》（电影名《眼镜蛇》）、《黑山之上》和《乌兹》。他于一九八九年一月去世。一九九六年，散文集《躁动的解析》出版。二〇一九年，德国导演沃纳•赫尔佐格的纪录片《游牧者：追随布鲁斯•查特文的足迹》上映。

On the Black Hill is an elegantly written tale of identical twin brothers who grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home. They till the rough soil and sleep in the same bed, touched only occasionally by the advances of the twentieth century. In depicting the lives of Benjamin and Lewis and their interactions with their small local community Chatwin comments movingly ...(展开全部)