法国杰出的小说家、翻译家、编剧，全世界最受欢迎的法国作家之一，被称为法国的格雷厄姆·格林，作品充满浪漫主义色彩，情节曲折离奇，语言细腻，擅写悬疑小说和爱情小说。创作生涯获奖和荣誉不断，年仅十七岁时创作的处女作《出师不利》便获声望极高的“全体”文学评委奖，随后的作品《灰姑娘的陷阱)获法国侦探小说大奖，《车中拿枪戴墨镜的女人》获法国荣誉奖和英国金匕首奖，《夏日谋杀》获法国双叟文学奖和瑞典马丁·贝克奖，《漫长的婚约》获同盟文学奖。《夏日谋杀》和《漫长的婚约》等均被改编成同名电影，分别由阿佳妮和奥黛丽·塔图主演。雅普瑞索还翻译了塞林格的名著《麦田里的守望者》，并创作了《朋友再见》、《视死如归》、《雨中过客》等电影的剧本。

Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius, Gustave Flaubert. As Geoffrey investigates the mystery of the stuffed parrot Flaubert borrowed from the Museum of Rouen to help research one of his novels, we learn an enormous amount about the writer’s work, family, lovers, thought processes, health and obsessions. But we al...(展开全部)

Which of two stuffed parrots was the inspiration for one of Flaubert's greatest stories? Why did the master keep changing the colour of Emma Bovary's eyes? And why should it matter so much to Geoffrey Braithwaite, a retired doctor haunted by a private secret? In "Flaubert's Parrot", Julian Barnes spins out a multiple mystery of obsession and betrayal (both scholarly and romanti...(展开全部)

Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius, Gustave Flaubert. As Geoffrey investigates the mystery of the stuffed parrot Flaubert borrowed from the Museum of Rouen to help research one of his novels, we learn an enormous amount about the writer’s work, family, lovers, thought processes, health and obsessions. But we al...(展开全部)

Which of two stuffed parrots was the inspiration for one of Flaubert's greatest stories? Why did the master keep changing the colour of Emma Bovary's eyes? And why should it matter so much to Geoffrey Braithwaite, a retired doctor haunted by a private secret? In "Flaubert's Parrot", Julian Barnes spins out a multiple mystery of obsession and betrayal (both scholarly and romanti...(展开全部)

Isabel Archer，来自于纽约，应姨母之邀，来伦敦探望她和她的丈夫Daniel的宅邸拜访。后，Isabel的父亲过世。在葬礼期间，她遇到了她的表亲Ralph Touchett，一个友善而病弱的青年，以及Ralph粗鲁的另据Warburton爵爷。Isabel拒绝了Warburton仓促的求婚，同样她也拒绝了Caspar Goodwood的求婚，尽管CG是个富有魅力的人而且是波士顿十分富有的磨坊继承人。尽管Isabel倾心于CG，但是她不希望通过这样的婚姻降低自己的独立性。她觉得，与CG结婚会让她丧失自由。Ralph的父亲年迈重病，要求他的儿子在自己死后把大部分资产留给Isabel。 Isabel周游大陆，在弗洛伦萨遇见了一个被流放的美国人，（当时对于罪行，尤其是宗教或者政治异见者，有流放海外殖民地以及放弃本国国籍的责罚制度。一般流放可以免除拘...(展开全部)

利萨尔迪（1776—1827）一生写了大量诗歌、散文、小说，抨击贵族和 高级官员的专横统治，谴责教会对人民的愚弄，揭露社会流弊、维护妇女权 利，反对奴役黑人。其作品除代表作《癞皮鹦鹉》外，还有小说《悲伤的夜 晚与欢乐的白天》、《著名骑士堂卡特林·德·拉·法饮达的生平事迹》、 剧本《敏感的黑人》、《火枪手的独脚戏》、诗集《欢乐的时刻》等。

厄尔·德尔·比格斯（一八八四～一九三三），美国作家。一九一三年出版了第一部侦探推理小说《秃子旅店的七把钥匙》，旋即被改编为戏剧，在百老汇上演，令他未满三十岁便一举成名。不过，使比格斯名存侦探推理文学史且尤为人熟知的是他从一九二五年至一九三二年创作的六部以陈查理为主人公的侦探推理小说：《陈查理探案》、《没有上锁的房间》、《中国鹦鹉》、《幕布背后》、《黑骆驼》及《守护神》。陈查理这一美国作家笔下的华人侦探，曾多次被搬上银幕，广受欢迎。

One of the best of the Merrivales. The plot is simple (compared to earlier Carr works) but effective, and produces a shocking surprise at the end. In short, the book is an intelligent romance novel with an impossible crime worked in.

What's your number? No, not your phone number. Your number. You know what I'm talking about, don't you? Nope, wrong again. Not your age. Not your salary either. Your 'number', silly. Do I have to spell it out for you? How many men have you...you know...done it with? When Delilah wakes up one morning in a bed that's not her own, she experiences the biggest regret of her life. No...(展开全部)