"I've been summoned. Thursday, ten sharp". Thus begins a day in the life of a young factory worker in totalitarian Romania. Her crime? Sewing notes into the linings of men's suits bound for Italy. "Marry me" the notes say, with her name and address. As she rides the tram to her interrogation, she thinks over the events and people of her life under terror. In her distraction, sh...(展开全部)

From the winner of the IMPAC Award and the Nobel Prize, a fierce novel about a young Romanian woman's discovery of betrayal in the most intimate reaches of her life "I've been summoned. Thursday, ten sharp." Thus begins one day in the life of a young clothing-factory worker during Ceaucescu's totalitarian regime. She has been questioned before; this time, she believes, will be...(展开全部)

A twentieth-century classic, Appointment in Samarra is the first and most widely read book by the writer Fran Leibowitz called “the real F. Scott Fitzgerald.” In December 1930, just before Christmas, the Gibbsville social circuit is electrified with parties and dances, where the music plays late into the night and the liquor flows freely. At the center of the social elite ...(展开全部)

In a well-appointed examination in London, a young woman unburdens herself to a certain Dr. Seligman. Though she can barely see above his head, she holds forth about her life and desires, her struggles with her sexuality and identity. Born and raised in Germany, she has been living in London for several years, determined to break free from her family origins and her haunted hom...(展开全部)

In a well-appointed examination in London, a young woman unburdens herself to a certain Dr. Seligman. Though she can barely see above his head, she holds forth about her life and desires, her struggles with her sexuality and identity. Born and raised in Germany, she has been living in London for several years, determined to break free from her family origins and her haunted hom...(展开全部)

Hailed as "breathtakingly suspenseful," Jean Hanff Korelitz’s The Plot is a propulsive read about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it. Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he’s teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain what’s left of his self-respect; he hasn’t writte...(展开全部)

he internationally beloved author of Kitchen and Dead-End Memories returns with a beautiful and heartfelt story of a young woman haunted by her childhood and the inescapable bitterness that inevitably comes from knowing the truth. Yayoi, a 19-year-old woman from a seemingly loving middle-class family, has lately been haunted by the feeling that she has forgotten something impor...(展开全部)

乔·希尔，1972年生，有着茶壶寻常的丰富想象力和创作力，踏踏实实地码了十年的文字，终修成正果，小有成就。 乔·希尔小说题材和风格擅长描写人性黑暗的一面，与深沉难解的恐惧渊源。2006年开始发表作品，他不仅被誉为“二十一世纪悬疑小说的最耀眼新星”，而且还是《纽约时报》的畅销书作家。2007年他的第一部长篇小说Heart-Shaped Box（中文翻译名《心型礼盒》）惊艳文坛，为他赢得了全球百万读者的盛誉。2017年又以The Fireman获轨迹奖年度最佳惊悚恐怖小说首奖。

乔·希尔，1972年生，有着茶壶寻常的丰富想象力和创作力，踏踏实实地码了十年的文字，终修成正果，小有成就。 乔·希尔小说题材和风格擅长描写人性黑暗的一面，与深沉难解的恐惧渊源。2006年开始发表作品，他不仅被誉为“二十一世纪悬疑小说的最耀眼新星”，而且还是《纽约时报》的畅销书作家。2007年他的第一部长篇小说Heart-Shaped Box（中文翻译名《心型礼盒》）惊艳文坛，为他赢得了全球百万读者的盛誉。2017年又以The Fireman获轨迹奖年度最佳惊悚恐怖小说首奖。

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies wo...(展开全部)