Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1969. On a hot January evening that he will remember for decades, Elias Cole first catches sight of Saffia Kamara, the wife of a charismatic colleague. He is transfixed. Thirty years later, lying in the capital's hospital, he recalls the desire that drove him to acts of betrayal he has tried to justify ever since. Elsewhere in the hospital, Kai, a gift...(展开全部)

Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1969. On a hot January evening that he will remember for decades, Elias Cole first catches sight of Saffia Kamara, the wife of a charismatic colleague. He is transfixed. Thirty years later, lying in the capital's hospital, he recalls the desire that drove him to acts of betrayal he has tried to justify ever since. Elsewhere in the hospital, Kai, a gift...(展开全部)

阿敏娜妲·芙娜（Aminatta Forna），生于苏格兰，长于西非，现居伦敦。2007年，被《名利场》评为非洲最重要的新作家之一。 其处女作《在水面跳舞的恶魔》（The Devil That Danced on the Water）获得2003年萨缪尔·约翰逊奖决选，《祖先石》（Ancestor Stones）获得2008年项豪斯顿·莱特遗产奖、都柏林文学奖的提名，及被《华盛顿时报》列为2006年最有影响力的文学作品。 阿敏娜妲也为杂志、报纸、广播和电视写稿，撰写了一部关于非洲历史与艺术的电视纪录片。

With the death of her aunt, Maria Stepanova is left to sift through an apartment full of faded photographs, old postcards, letters, diaries, and heaps of souvenirs: a withered repository of a century of life in Russia. Carefully reassembled with calm, steady hands, these shards tell the story of how a seemingly ordinary Jewish family somehow managed to survive the myriad persec...(展开全部)

With the death of her aunt, the narrator is left to sift through an apartment full of faded photographs, old postcards, letters, diaries, and heaps of souvenirs: a withered repository of an entire century of life in Russia. Carefully reassembled with calm, steady hands, these shards tell the story of an ordinary family that somehow managed to survive the myriad persecutions and...(展开全部)

Dying is easy. Coming back to life is hard. At least that's what Miles Vorkosigan thinks and he should know, having done both once already. That was when he last visited the planet of Jackson's Whole, while rescuing his brother. Thanks to quick thinking on the part of his staff, and incredible artistry on the part of the specialist who revived him, his first death won't be his ...(展开全部)

戴维·鲍尔达奇：美国《纽约时报》《出版人周刊》等权威媒体公认的畅销书作家，也是世界上最受欢迎的畅销书作家之一。 1996年以小说《绝对权力》在文学界名声大振。随后，作品被改编为电影，由伊斯特·伍德担任导演和主演。主要作品包括《黑日堡垒》《遗忘角》《记忆怪才》《职业杀手》《越狱者》等。戴维总共出版了30余部小说，均以不俗的口碑和优异的销量跻身国内外各大畅销书排行榜。他的小说被译为超过45种语言之多，在全球80多个国家和地区发行，全球销量1.1亿册销量。

From one of the 20th century's great writers comes one of the finest autobiographies of our time. Speak, Memory was first published by Vladimir Nabokov in 1951 as Conclusive Evidence and then assiduously revised and republished in 1966. The Everyman's Library edition includes, for the first time, the previously unpublished "Chapter 16"--the most significant unpublished piec...(展开全部)

Just when you thought he couldn't top himself, Dean Koontz has done it again with a novel that will chill you to the bone and demonstrate why he has earned the distinction "America's most popular suspense novelist" (Rolling Stone). A Dean Koontz novel is not just an unforgettable read--it is a life-changing experience. As anyone who has ever read one of his novels knows, he cre...(展开全部)

编辑推荐 她爱吃，闻到糖炒栗子的香味就迈不开腿；赶时髦，动乱年代也要用废电线圈烫头发；追爱豆，追到比弗利山庄与格里高利•派克拥抱合影……她生于1946年，是名副其实的名门之后，却比谁都贴近今天的年轻人。她是上海的女儿，或者说她就是上海，在时代的新旧交替间看似驯顺，又有固执的坚守，外圆内方，自得其乐。于是，笔下流出的文字……，寻常巷弄蛰伏着传奇，别具强盛的生趣。尽管离去已5年，她关于生活的那股子热腾劲，依然在纸面上兴致勃勃，感染着做书和读书的人。 名人推荐 将程乃珊和其他都市描摹比较，我的意见是，程乃珊不可替代。不只材料拥有的优势，更重要的是，文学营养的品质差异。 ——作家 王安忆 程乃珊是上海的女儿，上海哺育了程乃珊，她也以自己的充满感情的个性文字，回报了这座城市。 ——作家 赵丽宏 对乃珊而言，书房乃是战场，是其生命的维系。她每日躲进狭小的书房，奋...(展开全部)