In the blistering, dry summer, the waters of Thornfield Reservior have been depleted, revealing the ruins of the small Yorkshire village that lay at its bottom, bringing with it the unidentified bones of a brutally murdered young woman. Detective Chief Inspector Banks faces a daunting challenge: he must unmask a killer who has escaped detection for half a century. Because the d...(展开全部)

During a blistering summer, drought has depleted Thornfield Reservoir, uncovering the remains of a small village called Hobb's End - hidden from view for over 40 years. For a curious young boy this resurfaced hamlet has become a magical playground...until he unearths a human skeleton. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks is given the impossible task of identifying the victim - ...(展开全部)

ある冬の寒い日、病弱の母と二人暮らしの猪瀬東の家に、一人の男が訪ねてくる。 昔の猪瀬家の使用人で今は金貸しをしているという松岡末治は、困窮する母と東に援助を申し出る。 最初は不信感を抱く東だったが、松岡はかつての恩を返したいだけだと告げる。 そんな松岡に徐々に惹かれるようになる東。 しかし、松岡はいつまで経っても一線を画す態度で…? 生まれも育ちも異なる二人が共に巡る春夏秋冬

"A passionately felt, deeply poetic book. It has philosophy. It has humor. It has its share of nerve-tingling adventures...set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKREVIEW Edward Abbey lived for three seasons in the desert at Moab, Utah, and what he discovered about the land before him, the world around him, and the hea...(展开全部)

爱德华・阿比，出生于美国西南部宾西尼亚州的一个农场。除了《孤独的沙漠》以外，他的代表作还有《痛苦的猴群》、《黑日》、《山火》、《勇敢的牛仔》、《回家》、《阿比的路》、《好消息》、《河下游》、《石盐与樱桃派》等。他于1989年3月去世，享年62岁。

爱德华・阿比，出生于美国西南部宾西尼亚州的一个农场。除了《孤独的沙漠》以外，他的代表作还有《痛苦的猴群》、《黑日》、《山火》、《勇敢的牛仔》、《回家》、《阿比的路》、《好消息》、《河下游》、《石盐与樱桃派》等。他于1989年3月去世，享年62岁。

"A passionately felt, deeply poetic book. It has philosophy. It has humor. It has its share of nerve-tingling adventures...set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKREVIEW Edward Abbey lived for three seasons in the desert at Moab, Utah, and what he discovered about the land before him, the world around him, and the hea...(展开全部)

Inspired by a real event of the murder of a woman in rural Mexico, Hurricane Season takes place in a world filled with superstitions and violence-violence that poisons everything around. The Witch is dead. After a group of children playing in the murky waters of the irrigation canals discover her decomposing corpse, the village is rife with rumours and suspicions about the murd...(展开全部)

The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse - by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals - propels the whole village into an investigation of how and why this murder occurred. Rumours and suspicions spread. As the novel unfolds in a dazzling linguistic torrent, with each unreliable narrator lingering on new details, new acts of depravity or brutality, Fern...(展开全部)