Through every family run memories which bind it together - despite everything. The Tulls of Baltimore were no exception. Abandoned by her salesman husband, Pearl is left to bring up her three children alone - Cody, a flawed devil, Ezra, a flawed saint, and Jenny, errant and passionate. Now as Pearl lies dying, stiffly encased in her pride and solitude, the past is unlocked and ...(展开全部)

Through every family run memories which bind it together - despite everything. The Tulls of Baltimore were no exception. Abandoned by her salesman husband, Pearl is left to bring up her three children alone - Cody, a flawed devil, Ezra, a flawed saint, and Jenny, errant and passionate. Now as Pearl lies dying, stiffly encased in her pride and solitude, the past is unlocked and ...(展开全部)

"A book that should join those few that every literate person will have to read." THE BOSTON GLOBE Pearl Tull is nearing the end of her life but not her memory. Ever since 1944 when her husband left her, she has raised her three very different children on her own. Now grown, they have gathered together--with anger, with hope, and with a beautiful, harsh, and dazzling story to t...(展开全部)

"A book that should join those few that every literate person will have to read." THE BOSTON GLOBE Pearl Tull is nearing the end of her life but not her memory. Ever since 1944 when her husband left her, she has raised her three very different children on her own. Now grown, they have gathered together--with anger, with hope, and with a beautiful, harsh, and dazzling story to t...(展开全部)

"A European Gone Girl ." -- The Wall Street Journal An internationally bestselling phenomenon: the darkly suspenseful, highly controversial tale of two families struggling to make the hardest decision of their lives -- all over the course of one meal. It's a summer's evening in Amsterdam, and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant for dinner. Between mouthfuls of foo...(展开全部)

"A European Gone Girl ." -- The Wall Street Journal An internationally bestselling phenomenon: the darkly suspenseful, highly controversial tale of two families struggling to make the hardest decision of their lives -- all over the course of one meal. It's a summer's evening in Amsterdam, and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant for dinner. Between mouthfuls of foo...(展开全部)

荷曼•柯赫（HERMAN KOCH） 荷兰获奖作家，百万级畅销作家，《纽约时报》畅销书作家。他以独特的现实主义讽刺笔调赢得超高人气，成为全球读者热捧的作家，并取得了令人瞩目的国际文学地位。 《命运晚餐》在荷兰一经出版，便缔造了60万册的惊人销量，成为荷兰当年的年度大书，且被评选为欧洲十大年度畅销书之一，雄踞荷兰CPNB畅销排行榜长达105周，斩获荷兰年度大众选择图书奖、美国图书馆协会年度值得关注图书奖、《纽约时报》值得关注的年度图书奖、《科克斯书评》年度小说奖等数个国际图书奖项。《命运晚餐》目前在全球授出55国版权，三度被搬上大银幕，当之无愧地成为荷兰获奖作家的实力代表作。

荷曼•柯赫（HERMAN KOCH） 荷兰获奖作家，百万级畅销作家，《纽约时报》畅销书作家。他以独特的现实主义讽刺笔调赢得超高人气，成为全球读者热捧的作家，并取得了令人瞩目的国际文学地位。 《命运晚餐》在荷兰一经出版，便缔造了60万册的惊人销量，成为荷兰当年的年度大书，且被评选为欧洲十大年度畅销书之一，雄踞荷兰CPNB畅销排行榜长达105周，斩获荷兰年度大众选择图书奖、美国图书馆协会年度值得关注图书奖、《纽约时报》值得关注的年度图书奖、《科克斯书评》年度小说奖等数个国际图书奖项。《命运晚餐》目前在全球授出55国版权，三度被搬上大银幕，当之无愧地成为荷兰获奖作家的实力代表作。

The spaceship Shepherd-1 is on its way to the star closest to the sun. Halfway there, the crew succeeds in using gravitational lensing technology to take sharp pictures of the origin of the universe - and thus obtain the answer that reveals how the cosmos came into being and whether or not God had a hand in it. But no sooner does the crew tell Earth this than the radio communic...(展开全部)

No one has ever ventured deeper into space than the astronauts of Shepherd-1. The aim of their mission: to witness the creation of the cosmos and to see who had a hand in it. The answer never reaches Earth. Shepherd-1 looks functional, but abandoned. Former crew member Benjamin sets off and sends his consciousness to the spaceship. Although an enemy throws clubs between his leg...(展开全部)