The year is 1857. In Krishnapur, the British community carries on its serene existence, complacently ignoring the rumours of trouble among the native troops elsewhere in Hindustan. Life is dull, but the trappings of Civilisation must be earnestly preserved. Only the Collector, Mr Hopkins, senses danger. When the sepoys in the nearby cantonment rise in bloody revolt, the Britis...(展开全部)

The year is 1857. In Krishnapur, the British community carries on its serene existence, complacently ignoring the rumours of trouble among the native troops elsewhere in Hindustan. Life is dull, but the trappings of Civilisation must be earnestly preserved. Only the Collector, Mr Hopkins, senses danger. When the sepoys in the nearby cantonment rise in bloody revolt, the Britis...(展开全部)

From Ismail Kadare, winner of the inaugural Man Booker International Prize -a novelist in the class of Coetzee, Pamuk, Marquez, and Rushdie-the stunning new translation of one of his major works. In the early fifteenth century, as winter falls away, the people of Albania know that their fate is sealed. They have refused to negotiate with the Ottoman Empire, and war is now inevi...(展开全部)

伊斯梅尔•卡达莱（1936— ） 阿尔巴尼亚当代最著名的作家和诗人，1936年出生于阿尔巴尼亚南部山城吉诺卡斯特，1954年以诗集《青春的热忱》初登文坛，随后转向小说创作，其作品迄今已在四十多个国家出版。代表作有《亡军的将领》《破碎的四月》《梦幻宫殿》《金字塔》等，在国际上广受好评。评论家称赞他的作品“其诗意的散文和叙事的灵巧，堪称炉火纯青”。曾荣获多个知名国际文学奖项，包括2005年布克国际文学奖、2009年西班牙阿斯图里亚斯亲王奖，以及2015年以色列耶路撒冷文学奖等。

伊斯梅尔•卡达莱（1936— ） 阿尔巴尼亚当代最著名的作家和诗人，1936年出生于阿尔巴尼亚南部山城吉诺卡斯特，1954年以诗集《青春的热忱》初登文坛，随后转向小说创作，其作品迄今已在四十多个国家出版。代表作有《亡军的将领》《破碎的四月》《梦幻宫殿》《金字塔》等，在国际上广受好评。评论家称赞他的作品“其诗意的散文和叙事的灵巧，堪称炉火纯青”。曾荣获多个知名国际文学奖项，包括2005年布克国际文学奖、2009年西班牙阿斯图里亚斯亲王奖，以及2015年以色列耶路撒冷文学奖等。

From Ismail Kadare, winner of the inaugural Man Booker International Prize -a novelist in the class of Coetzee, Pamuk, Marquez, and Rushdie-the stunning new translation of one of his major works. In the early fifteenth century, as winter falls away, the people of Albania know that their fate is sealed. They have refused to negotiate with the Ottoman Empire, and war is now inevi...(展开全部)

In the mist-shrouded haze of the past, the world of Azeroth teemed with wondrous creatures of every kind. Mysterious Elves and hardy Dwarves walked among tribes of man in relative peace and harmony -- until the arrival of the demonic army known as Burning Legion shattered the world's tranquility forever. Now Orcs, Dragons, Goblins, and Trolls all vie for supremacy over the s...(展开全部)

The Remains of the Day is a profoundly compelling portrait of the perfect English butler and of his fading, insular world postwar England. At the end of his three decades of service at Darlington Hall, Stevens embarks on a country drive, during which he looks back over his career to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving ;a great gentleman. ; But lurking in his...(展开全部)

An elderly butler is on a five-day motoring trip through the West Country in the 1950s. The climax of his journey is to be a reunion with his former housekeeper. This 1989 Booker Prize-winner attempts to capture a period in British history and draw a portrait of a man in old age.

In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel The Day of the Triffids to moderate acclaim. Fifty-two years later, this horrifying story is a science fiction classic, touted by The Times (London) as having “all the reality of a vividly realized nightmare.” Bill Masen, bandages over his wounded eyes, misses the most spectacular meteorite shower England has ever seen. Removing his...(展开全部)