Grushin's stunning debut drew praise that placed her in the top rank of young literary voices. Now she returns with that rarity: a second novel even more dazzling than her first. The line: the universal symbol of scarcity and bureauA-cracy that exists wherever petty officials are let loose to abuse their powers. The line begins to form on the whispered rumor that a famous exi...(展开全部)

A woman abandons her city life and marriage to return to the place of her childhood, holing up in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Monaro. She does not believe in God, doesn't know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive life almost by accident. As she gradually adjusts to the rhythms of monastic life, she finds herself...(展开全部)

A woman abandons her city life and marriage to return to the place of her childhood, holing up in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Monaro. She does not believe in God, doesn't know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive life almost by accident. As she gradually adjusts to the rhythms of monastic life, she finds herself...(展开全部)

In the summer of 1983, twenty-year-old Nick Guest moves into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: conservative Member of Parliament Gerald, his wealthy wife Rachel, and their two children, Toby-whom Nick had idolized at Oxford-and Catherine, highly critical of her family's assumptions and ambitions. As the boom years of the eighties unfold, Nick, an innocent i...(展开全部)

Witemeyer Returns with Her Trademark Blend of Adventure, Romance, and HumorGrace Mallory is tired of running, of hiding. But when an old friend sends an after-hours telegraph transmission warning Grac

Since March 2000, photographer Joel Sternfeld has been documenting the abandoned elevated railway, the High Line, which runs down the West Side of Manhattan. Sometimes a river of grass, sometimes more like wheat fields of Canada, this unique ruin permits contemplation of nature, and of cityscape. Walking the path of this true time landscape, experiencing the seasons as they unf...(展开全部)

In the summer of 1983, twenty-year-old Nick Guest moves into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: conservative Member of Parliament Gerald, his wealthy wife Rachel, and their two children, Toby-whom Nick had idolized at Oxford-and Catherine, highly critical of her family's assumptions and ambitions. As the boom years of the eighties unfold, Nick, an innocent i...(展开全部)

It is the summer of 1983, and young Nick Guest, an innocent in the matters of politics and money, has moved into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: Gerald, an ambitious new Tory MP, his wealthy wife Rachel, and their children Toby and Catherine. Nick had idolized Toby at Oxford, but in his London life it will be the troubled Catherine who becomes his friend ...(展开全部)

英国当代名作家阿兰·霍林赫斯特(1954-)，生于英格兰一个中产阶级家庭。自幼喜欢歌剧和建筑艺术。1981年，从牛津大学毕业后来到伦敦；1985年，成为《时代文学增刊》的编辑。1988年以长篇处女作《泳池图书馆》一举成名。第二部长篇，1994年出版的《折叠的星星》进入当年布克奖最后候选名单，并获布莱克纪念奖。这两部小说和分别于1998、2004年出版的《咒语》和《美丽曲线》都是同性恋题材。《美丽曲线》获2004年度布克奖，这是布克奖设立36年来第一次颁发给关于同性恋的小说。 本书讲述牛津大学毕业生尼克，从外向来到伦敦四年的生活经历。他住在伦敦一个保守主义议员的家里，先和牙买加裔公务员利奥相恋并发生了关系，后来又迷上了吸食可卡因上瘾的年轻的黎巴嫩裔百万富翁万尼，成为了他的情人、门客和合作者。在万尼罹患艾滋病、丑闻见诸报端之后，尼克遭遇房东的驱逐。小说...(展开全部)

Open the front door and step inside a house exploding with patterns, colors, and Laura Ljungkvistas signature line Young children can follow the line through every room, discovering hidden surprises. From the kitchen with its stocked refrigerator, to the playroom brimming with toys, to the basement with its shiny toolbox, this house is filled with visual treasures. Questions p...(展开全部)