A re-envisaging of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, from the Man Booker Prize-winner and our great chronicler of Jewish life. ‘Who is this guy, Dad? What is he doing here?’ With an absent wife and a daughter going off the rails, wealthy art collector and philanthropist Simon Strulovitch is in need of someone to talk to. So when he meets Shylock at a cemetery in Cheshire’s ...(展开全部)

Winter, a cemetery, Shylock. In this provocative and profound interpretation of “The Merchant of Venice,” Shylock is juxtaposed against his present-day counterpart in the character of art dealer and conflicted father Simon Strulovitch. With characteristic irony, Jacobson presents Shylock as a man of incisive wit and passion, concerned still with questions of identity, parenthoo...(展开全部)

霍华德·雅各布森 Howard Jacobson，英国犹太裔小说家、专栏作家，在剑桥大学塞尔文学院任教，自诩为 “犹太裔的简·奥斯丁”。他的主要作品包括：《强大的华尔泽》《此刻谁抱歉？》《卡鲁奇之夜》（入围2006年布克奖长名单）、《爱情迫害狂》等。2010年凭喜剧 小说《芬克勒问题》摘得布克奖。 霍华德·雅各布森最擅长描写人们在自我身份认同问题上的挣扎，文风幽默睿智，却力道十足，辛辣讽刺。选定改写《威尼斯商人》后遭友人嘲笑，觉得他会自砸招牌。但他坚持，并表示一定要独辟蹊径，让剧中的犹太人夏洛克发出不同的声音。

At once a fiendishly devious mystery, a beguiling love story, and a brilliant symposium on the power of art, My Name Is Red is a transporting tale set amid the splendor and religious intrigue of sixteenth-century Istanbul, from one of the most prominent contemporary Turkish writers. The Sultan has commissioned a cadre of the most acclaimed artists in the land to create a great ...(展开全部)

作者简介： 安•布拉谢尔：美国人，《纽约时报》畅销书作者，《牛仔裤的夏天》系列小说的作者。安∙布拉谢尔是个狂热的书迷，2001年她创作了小说《牛仔裤的夏天》，全球销量5000万册，该书稳居《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜，成为席卷全美国的文化热潮，赢得了读者和评论界的一致好评。

作者简介： 安•布拉谢尔：美国人，《纽约时报》畅销书作者，《牛仔裤的夏天》系列小说的作者。安∙布拉谢尔是个狂热的书迷，2001年她创作了小说《牛仔裤的夏天》，全球销量5000万册，该书稳居《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜，成为席卷全美国的文化热潮，赢得了读者和评论界的一致好评。

Unabridged CDs, 8 CDs, 10 hours Read by TBA From the New York Times -bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and The Last Summer (of You and Me) comes an imaginative, inspired, magical book-a love story that lasts more than a lifetime.

From the New York Times -bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and The Last Summer (of You and Me) comes an imaginative, inspired, magical book-a love story that lasts more than a lifetime. Daniel has spent centuries falling in love with the same girl. Life after life, crossing continents and dynasties, he and Sophia (despite her changing name an...(展开全部)

From the New York Times -bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and The Last Summer (of You and Me) comes an imaginative, inspired, magical book-a love story that lasts more than a lifetime. Daniel has spent centuries falling in love with the same girl. Life after life, crossing continents and dynasties, he and Sophia (despite her changing name an...(展开全部)

Unabridged CDs, 8 CDs, 10 hours Read by TBA From the New York Times -bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and The Last Summer (of You and Me) comes an imaginative, inspired, magical book-a love story that lasts more than a lifetime.