科尔姆·托宾是具有国际声誉的爱尔兰当代著名作家。他1955年生于爱尔兰东南部一个积极投身爱尔兰独立运动的家庭，毕业于都柏林大学，主修历史和英文。 自1990年发表处女作小说《南方》以来，托宾已出版七部长篇小说、两部短篇小说集、一部中篇小说、两个戏剧和多部游记、散文集。《黑水灯塔船》（1999）、《大师》（2004）、《玛利亚的自白》（2012）先后入围布克奖决选名单，《大师》荣获2006年度IMPAC都柏林国际文学奖等多个文学奖项。《布鲁克林》获2009年度英国科斯塔最佳小说奖。他的最新作品是长篇小说《诺拉·韦伯斯特》（2014）。2011年，英国《观察家报》将其选入“英国最重要的三百位知识分子”，同年，他获得爱尔兰笔会文学奖，以表彰他对爱尔兰文学做出的贡献。2014年，他当选美国艺术与文学院外籍荣誉院士。 托宾的作品主要描写爱尔兰社会、移居他乡者的...(展开全部)

科尔姆·托宾是具有国际声誉的爱尔兰当代著名作家。他1955年生于爱尔兰东南部一个积极投身爱尔兰独立运动的家庭，毕业于都柏林大学，主修历史和英文。 自1990年发表处女作小说《南方》以来，托宾已出版七部长篇小说、两部短篇小说集、一部中篇小说、两个戏剧和多部游记、散文集。《黑水灯塔船》（1999）、《大师》（2004）、《玛利亚的自白》（2012）先后入围布克奖决选名单，《大师》荣获2006年度IMPAC都柏林国际文学奖等多个文学奖项。《布鲁克林》获2009年度英国科斯塔最佳小说奖。他的最新作品是长篇小说《诺拉·韦伯斯特》（2014）。2011年，英国《观察家报》将其选入“英国最重要的三百位知识分子”，同年，他获得爱尔兰笔会文学奖，以表彰他对爱尔兰文学做出的贡献。2014年，他当选美国艺术与文学院外籍荣誉院士。 托宾的作品主要描写爱尔兰社会、移居他乡者的...(展开全部)

Nora Webster is the heartbreaking new novel from one of the greatest novelists writing today. It is the late 1960s in Ireland. Nora Webster is living in a small town, looking after her four children, trying to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. She is fiercely intelligent, at times difficult and impatient, at times kind, but she is trapped by her circumstances, an...(展开全部)

Nora Webster is the heartbreaking new novel from one of the greatest novelists writing today. It is the late 1960s in Ireland. Nora Webster is living in a small town, looking after her four children, trying to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. She is fiercely intelligent, at times difficult and impatient, at times kind, but she is trapped by her circumstances, an...(展开全部)

You just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane. Enjoy the flight.

It's tough being the middle mouse. No one's paying any attention to Nora, so she decides to do something her family can't ignore: make noise. Nora slams windows, bangs doors, and upsets furniture, to no avail. It's not until she crashes out the door--and the house goes strangely silent--that her family realizes: a noisy Nora is much better than no Nora at all. Awards: An ALA ...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.Winner of The Story Prize • A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book • One of USA Today’s top 10 books of the yearRecalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and co...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.Winner of The Story Prize • A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book • One of USA Today’s top 10 books of the yearRecalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and co...(展开全部)

Published for the first time in 1979 by Rizzoli, A Man is the passionate story of Alekos Panagulis, hero of the Greek Resistance and Fallaci’s partner. On May 1, 1976, Alexandros Panagulis, known as Alekos, the lonely hero of the Greek riot against tyranny and power, died tragically in a suspicious car crash. During his funeral, millions of people crowded the streets of Athens ...(展开全部)