Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child, a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle, a...(展开全部)

Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child, a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle, a...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child, a three-year-old American Indian girl named ...(展开全部)

芭芭拉·金索沃 Barbara Kingsolver，美国当代著名作家。美国人文领域最高荣誉“国家人文勋章”获得者。生于1955年，在肯塔基州乡间长大。迄今出版了7部长篇小说，其中有5部全美销量超100万册。作品被翻译成20多种语言，入选美国高中和大学文学课程。曾获英国橘子文学奖、南非国家图书奖、爱德华·艾比生态小说奖、戴顿文学和平奖等。代表作有《毒木圣经》《豆树青青》《纵情夏日》《罅隙》等。

柳原汉雅（Hanya Yanagihara），1975年生于洛杉矶，现居纽约，日裔美国小说家、旅行作家。1995年毕业于史密斯女子学院，曾担任过出版社营销助理，2007年成为旅游杂志编辑，2015年开始担任《纽约时报》旗下的时尚杂志《T》的副主编。她的第二部小说A Little Life曾入围2015年布克奖和国家图书奖。

柳原汉雅（Hanya Yanagihara），1975年生于洛杉矶，现居纽约，日裔美国小说家、旅行作家。1995年毕业于史密斯女子学院，曾担任过出版社营销助理，2007年成为旅游杂志编辑，2015年开始担任《纽约时报》旗下的时尚杂志《T》的副主编。她的第二部小说A Little Life曾入围2015年布克奖和国家图书奖。

A passionate and informative celebration of trees and of man’s ingenuity in exploiting their resources: the perfect gift for anyone who cares about the natural world Trees are marvels of nature, still-standing giants of extraordinary longevity. In a beautifully written sequence of essays, anecdotes, and profiles of species from yew to scots pine, Max Adams explores both the ama...(展开全部)

A passionate and informative celebration of trees and of man’s ingenuity in exploiting their resources: the perfect gift for anyone who cares about the natural world Trees are marvels of nature, still-standing giants of extraordinary longevity. In a beautifully written sequence of essays, anecdotes, and profiles of species from yew to scots pine, Max Adams explores both the ama...(展开全部)

Thirty years in the making, William Gass's second novel first appeared on the literary scene in 1995, at which time it was promptly hailed as an indisputable masterpiece. The story of a middle aged professor who, upon completion of his massive historical study, Guilt and Innocence in Hitler's Germany, finds himself writing a novel about his own life instead of the introduction ...(展开全部)

The year is 1975 and Reno—so-called because of the place of her birth—has come to New York intent on turning her fascination with motorcycles and speed into art. Her arrival coincides with an explosion of activity in the art world—artists have colonized a deserted and industrial SoHo, are staging actions in the East Village, and are blurring the line between life and art. Reno ...(展开全部)