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。

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)

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)

《我的名字叫红》（My Name Is Red）是土耳其作家奥尔罕·帕穆克的作品。小说讲述1590年末的伊斯坦布尔，国王苏丹秘密委托制作一本伟大的书籍，颂扬他的生活与帝国。四位当朝最优秀的细密画家齐聚京城，分工合作，精心绘制这本旷世之作。此时离家12年的青年黑终于回到他的故乡——伊斯坦布尔，迎接他归来的除了爱情，还有接踵而来的谋杀案。 1590年末的伊斯坦布尔，国王苏丹秘密委制一本伟大的书籍，颂扬他的生活与帝国。四位当朝最优秀的细密画家齐聚京城，分工合作，精心绘制这本旷世之作。此时离家12年的青年黑终于回到他的故乡——伊斯坦布尔，迎接他归来的除了爱情，还有接踵而来的谋杀案…… 一位细密画家失踪了，随即被发现死于深井中，奉命为苏丹绘制抄本的长者也惨遭杀害。遇害的画家究竟是死于画师间的夙仇、爱情的纠葛、还是与苏丹的这次秘密委托有关？苏丹要求宫廷绘画大师奥...(展开全部)

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)