A woman known for her viral social media posts travels the world speaking to her adoring fans, her entire existence overwhelmed by the internet - or what she terms 'the portal'. Are we in hell? the people of the portal ask themselves. Are we all just going to keep doing this until we die? Suddenly, two texts from her mother pierce the fray: 'Something has gone wrong,' and 'How ...(展开全部)

This is a story about a life lived in two halves. It's about what happens when real life collides with the increasing absurdity of a world accessed through a screen. It's about living in world that contains both an abundance of proof that there is goodness, empathy, and justice in the universe, and a deluge of evidence to the contrary. It's a meditation on love, language and hu...(展开全部)

FINALIST FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE & A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK OF 2021 "A book that reads like a prose poem, at once sublime, profane, intimate, philosophical, witty and, eventually, deeply moving." --New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice "Wow. I can't remember the last time I laughed so much reading a book. What an inventive and startling writer...I'm so glad I read t...(展开全部)

Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycli...(展开全部)

Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycli...(展开全部)

As this urgent, genre-defying book opens, a woman who has recently been elevated to prominence for her social media posts travels around the world to meet her adoring fans. She is overwhelmed by navigating the new language and etiquette of what she terms "the portal," where she grapples with an unshakable conviction that a vast chorus of voices is now dictating her thoughts. Wh...(展开全部)

哈兰·科本(Harlan Coben，1962—)，美国当代作家，美国三代总统克林顿、小布什、奥巴马最喜欢的畅销书作家，《达?芬奇密码》作者丹·布朗的伯乐，第一位也是迄今为止唯一一位同时包揽国际最权威的埃德加·爱伦坡奖、莎马斯奖和安东尼奖的美国作家，第一位入选图书奥斯卡（英国年度图书奖）的美国人。1995年，他以(Deal Breaker)而走红，赢得评论家和读者的广泛好评。迄今为止，已经连续推出“米隆?波利塔系列小说”(Myron Bolitar series)共十本，并因此获得诸多殊荣。《纽约时报》称赞他的小说是“天才作品”，《洛杉矶时报》认为他的小说“充满洞见”，《休斯顿纪事》指出他的作品“始终给人带来愉悦”。许多报刊一致认为，哈兰·科本的作品是必读书。目前,科本的作品已经至少以三十二种语言出版，每一部作品都是世界范围的畅销书，从而牢固地确立了...(展开全部)

novel, tr w/intro by William Weaver

novel, tr w/intro by William Weaver