John Irving returns to the themes that established him as one of our most admired and beloved authors in this absorbing novel of fate and memory. In Avenue of Mysteries, Juan Diego—a fourteen-year-old boy, who was born and grew up in Mexico—has a thirteen-year-old sister. Her name is Lupe, and she thinks she sees what’s coming—specifically, her own future and her brother’s. Lup...(展开全部)

约翰•欧文John Irving 当代文坛无可争议的小说宗师，被公认为在世作家中数一数二的角色。他的作品在赢得文坛推崇的同时深受大众喜爱，被翻译成35种文字，世界各地的书店里几乎都能买到欧文的小说。评论界认为欧文是罕见的承袭了现实主义文学精髓的作家，将他誉为“狄更斯再世”。 ◆日本作家村上春树表示，欧文是自己的文学偶像。他曾将欧文作品译介到日本，采访过欧文，还与欧文在纽约中央公园一同慢跑。 ◆欧文作品三次入围美国国家图书奖，1980年凭借《盖普眼中的世界》摘得桂冠。 ◆欧文作品在好莱坞也炙手可热，先后有5部小说被改编成电影，他本人也是一名杰出编剧。1999年，欧文以《苹果酒屋的规则》拿下奥斯卡金像奖改编剧本奖。 ◆欧文代表作《苹果酒屋的规则》《独居的一年》和《第四只手》均登上过《纽约时报》畅销榜榜首，成为当年炙手可热的经典之作。 ◆欧文1942年生于...(展开全部)

出生于伊朗，从小在社会的底层与中层之间流动，满眼都是社会与人生的创痕，后在美国和瑞士接受高等教育，当代西方最有实力的小说作家。代表作《孔雀哀鸣》（Cry of the Peacock）、《信仰大道上的月光》（Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith）等问世，风行全球，令整个世界文坛大开眼界，一些评论家将之媲美于马尔克斯。曾负责为美国国防部研究伊朗政治，经常就伊朗犹太人历史和流亡主题发表演讲。目前，那海女士与家人居住在洛杉矶，并在南加州大学教授小说写作。

出生于伊朗，从小在社会的底层与中层之间流动，满眼都是社会与人生的创痕，后在美国和瑞士接受高等教育，当代西方最有实力的小说作家。代表作《孔雀哀鸣》（Cry of the Peacock）、《信仰大道上的月光》（Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith）等问世，风行全球，令整个世界文坛大开眼界，一些评论家将之媲美于马尔克斯。曾负责为美国国防部研究伊朗政治，经常就伊朗犹太人历史和流亡主题发表演讲。目前，那海女士与家人居住在洛杉矶，并在南加州大学教授小说写作。

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A young Italian boy has moved to the Welsh hills with his family. He feels isolated and unhappy, a stranger in a strange land. It is only when he makes an unlikely friend, an old man who lets him fly one of his pigeons in a race, that he learns how he can belong. Nicola Davies's beautiful story — an immigrant's tale with powerful resonance in our troubled times — is illustrated...(展开全部)

A city ignited by hate. A man in thrall to power. The ferociously original award-winning bestseller by Poland’s literary phenomenon―his first to be translated into English. It’s 1937. Poland is about to catch fire. In the boxing ring, Jakub Szapiro commands respect, revered as a hero by the Jewish community. Outside, he instills fear as he muscles through Warsaw as enforcer for...(展开全部)

A young Italian boy has moved to the Welsh hills with his family. He feels isolated and unhappy, a stranger in a strange land. It is only when he makes an unlikely friend, an old man who lets him fly one of his pigeons in a race, that he learns how he can belong. Nicola Davies's beautiful story — an immigrant's tale with powerful resonance in our troubled times — is illustrated...(展开全部)