From the bestselling author of Strange Houses and Strange Pictures comes a mesmerizing novel of eleven strange buildings and one terrible secret.

At the dawn of the nineteenth century, two very different magicians emerge to change England's history. In the year 1806, with the Napoleonic Wars raging on land and sea, most people believe magic to be long dead in England--until the reclusive Mr Norrell reveals his powers, and becomes a celebrity overnight. Soon, another practicing magician comes forth: the young, handsome, a...(展开全部)

At the dawn of the nineteenth century, two very different magicians emerge to change England's history. In the year 1806, with the Napoleonic Wars raging on land and sea, most people believe magic to be long dead in England--until the reclusive Mr Norrell reveals his powers, and becomes a celebrity overnight. Soon, another practicing magician comes forth: the young, handsome, a...(展开全部)

米歇尔•法柏（MICHEL FABER, 1960—） 英国文坛近来最受瞩目的小说家，被誉为狄更斯的接班人，幻想大师罗尔德•达尔与存在主义大师卡夫卡的混合体。他出生于荷兰海牙，在澳洲墨尔本大学主修古典英国文学，现长居苏格兰。法柏因不满英国追随美国加入伊拉克战争，拒绝参选英国最高文学奖布克奖。 1996年，小说集《雨必将落下》获伊恩·圣詹姆斯奖，短篇《鱼》获麦卡伦奖。1997年，《五十万英镑与一个奇迹》获尼尔·甘恩奖。2000年，长篇小说《皮囊之下》, 入围惠特布雷德首作奖短名单。同年，短篇小说《再见，娜塔莉亚》入选2008年版欧·亨利奖小说集。2014年，《异境之书》入围英国顶级科幻小说奖亚瑟.C.克拉克奖短名单，摘得2015苏格兰年度图书桂冠。 他的多部作品被改编成电影、剧集，其中，由斯嘉丽·约翰逊出演的《皮囊之下》入围威尼斯电影节金狮奖与英国电影...(展开全部)

米歇尔•法柏（MICHEL FABER, 1960—） 英国文坛近来最受瞩目的小说家，被誉为狄更斯的接班人，幻想大师罗尔德•达尔与存在主义大师卡夫卡的混合体。他出生于荷兰海牙，在澳洲墨尔本大学主修古典英国文学，现长居苏格兰。法柏因不满英国追随美国加入伊拉克战争，拒绝参选英国最高文学奖布克奖。 1996年，小说集《雨必将落下》获伊恩·圣詹姆斯奖，短篇《鱼》获麦卡伦奖。1997年，《五十万英镑与一个奇迹》获尼尔·甘恩奖。2000年，长篇小说《皮囊之下》, 入围惠特布雷德首作奖短名单。同年，短篇小说《再见，娜塔莉亚》入选2008年版欧·亨利奖小说集。2014年，《异境之书》入围英国顶级科幻小说奖亚瑟.C.克拉克奖短名单，摘得2015苏格兰年度图书桂冠。 他的多部作品被改编成电影、剧集，其中，由斯嘉丽·约翰逊出演的《皮囊之下》入围威尼斯电影节金狮奖与英国电影...(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.

埃里克·弗兰克·拉塞尔（Eric Frank RUSSELL，1905-1978）是英国早期比较有名的科幻小说家，在上世纪三、四十年代创作了大量的优秀科幻作品，于1955年凭借《阿拉玛果沙》（Allamagoosa）获得了当年雨果奖的最佳短篇。他曾是《Fantasy--The Magazine of Science Fiction》杂志某两期的主打人物（尽管该杂志只坚持了三期，分别为1946年12月号、1947年4月号和1947年8月号）。他是第一位为《惊人科幻小说》杂志作出巨大贡献的英国作家，他的科幻处女作《西部英雄鹈鹕传奇》（The Saga of Pelican West）于1937 年出现在该杂志里。他的小说包括《险障》（Sinister Barrier，1943）、《黄蜂》（Wasp，1957）和《大爆炸》（The Great Explos...(展开全部)

Description is the novelistic technique charged with establishing a common world, but in the early twentieth century, there was little agreement about how a common world could be known and represented. Zhang argues that the protagonists in her study responded by shifting description away from visualizing objects to revealing relations—social, formal, and experiential—between di...(展开全部)

Description is the novelistic technique charged with establishing a common world, but in the early twentieth century, there was little agreement about how a common world could be known and represented. Zhang argues that the protagonists in her study responded by shifting description away from visualizing objects to revealing relations—social, formal, and experiential—between di...(展开全部)