The story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. In a story where past and present confuse, she relives scenes of Japan's devastation in the wake of World War II.

In his best-known book, THE REMAINS OF THE DAY, Kazuo Ishiguro advances the butler's story, not by giving, but by withholding both information and emotion. This novel is about a woman who lived in Nagasaki after the bomb was dropped. We don't hear the explosion. We don't even hear the names of the dead. And yet it's very clear that something perfectly wretched has gone on. Is s...(展开全部)

In his best-known book, THE REMAINS OF THE DAY, Kazuo Ishiguro advances the butler's story, not by giving, but by withholding both information and emotion. This novel is about a woman who lived in Nagasaki after the bomb was dropped. We don't hear the explosion. We don't even hear the names of the dead. And yet it's very clear that something perfectly wretched has gone on. Is s...(展开全部)

The story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. In a story where past and present confuse, she relives scenes of Japan's devastation in the wake of World War II.

"A remarkable life story, reminiscent of Out of Africa ."-- Vogue In 1949, Rosamond Halsey Carr, a young fashion illustrator living in New York City, accompanied her dashing hunter-explorer husband to what was then the Belgian Congo. When the marriage fell apart, she decided to stay on in neighboring Rwanda, as the manager of a flower plantation. Land of a Thousand Hills is...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 罗莎蒙德·哈尔西·卡尔（1912—2006）是一位美国的人道主义者和作家，也是卢旺达最后一位外国种植园主。她在卢旺达经营着一所儿童孤儿院，直至2006年去世。 安·霍华德·哈尔西是罗莎蒙德的侄女，为撰写这本回忆录，曾在非洲居住过一段时间，与姑妈一起工作。她现居美国宾夕法尼亚州的唐宁敦。 【译者简介】 陈薇薇，译者，从事翻译十余载，译有《法国简史》《北方的观念》《蒙娜丽莎传奇》《概率统治世界》等。

【作者简介】 罗莎蒙德·哈尔西·卡尔（1912—2006）是一位美国的人道主义者和作家，也是卢旺达最后一位外国种植园主。她在卢旺达经营着一所儿童孤儿院，直至2006年去世。 安·霍华德·哈尔西是罗莎蒙德的侄女，为撰写这本回忆录，曾在非洲居住过一段时间，与姑妈一起工作。她现居美国宾夕法尼亚州的唐宁敦。 【译者简介】 陈薇薇，译者，从事翻译十余载，译有《法国简史》《北方的观念》《蒙娜丽莎传奇》《概率统治世界》等。

【作者简介】 罗莎蒙德·哈尔西·卡尔（1912—2006）是一位美国的人道主义者和作家，也是卢旺达最后一位外国种植园主。她在卢旺达经营着一所儿童孤儿院，直至2006年去世。 安·霍华德·哈尔西是罗莎蒙德的侄女，为撰写这本回忆录，曾在非洲居住过一段时间，与姑妈一起工作。她现居美国宾夕法尼亚州的唐宁敦。 【译者简介】 陈薇薇，译者，从事翻译十余载，译有《法国简史》《北方的观念》《蒙娜丽莎传奇》《概率统治世界》等。

An electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush, two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape--trying not just to survive but to find a home. Ba dies in the night; Ma is already gone. Newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their existence. Fleeing the threats of their western mining tow...(展开全部)

这部激动人心的处女作以美国淘金热的暮色为背景，讲述了一对兄妹在荒凉的土地上逃亡的故事，他们不仅要生存，还要寻找家园。 爸爸在夜里死去；妈妈早已离去。露西和萨姆是移民家庭的孤儿，他们突然孤身一人，置身于这片拒绝他们存在的土地上。为了逃离西部矿业小镇的威胁，他们出发去埋葬他们的父亲，这是仅有的能让他们摆脱过去的方式。 一路上，他们发现了巨大的野牛骨骼、老虎的爪印、一片荒芜景象的幽灵，以及家族秘密、兄弟姐妹之间的竞争，以及对另一种未来的一瞥。 《金山的成色》既史诗般恢弘，又充满私密感，将中国象征主义、重塑历史与极具原创性的语言和叙事手法融为一体。它既是一个令人难忘的冒险故事，也是一个令人难忘的兄妹故事，也标志着文学界一个令人震撼的新声音的诞生。从广义上讲，它探讨了一个不断扩张的国家中的种族问题，以及移民被允许归属何处的问题。 但一页一页地讲述着那些维系家庭...(展开全部)