When Laurel Estabrook is attacked while riding her bicycle through Vermont’s back roads, her life is forever changed. Formerly outgoing, Laurel withdraws into her photography, spending all her free time at a homeless shelter. There she meets Bobbie Crocker, a man with a history of mental illness and a box of photographs that he won’t let anyone see. When Bobbie dies, Laurel dis...(展开全部)

When Laurel Estabrook is attacked while out riding her bike one Sunday afternoon, her life is changed forever. She begins work at a shelter for the homeless and there meets Bobbie Crocker, a man with a history of mental illness and a box full of photos he won't let anyone see. When Bobbie dies suddenly, Laurel discovers that he was once a successful photographer, and her fascin...(展开全部)

克利斯·波杰里安（Chris Bohjalian）1960年生于纽约，1982年毕业于阿默斯特学院，是《柯梦波丹》、《读者文摘》、《波士顿周日环球杂志》等多家期刊的撰稿人，并辟有个人专栏。他是美国最受欢迎的小说家之一，其作品倾向于围绕普通老百姓面对在不可预见的情况下产生的极其困难的状况，往往侧重于一个具体问题，如无家可归，动物权利和环境保护，并往往以性格为导向，围绕复杂且有缺陷的主角和次要人物循环。他的很多小说故事都发生在真实的佛蒙特州的一些虚构的城镇，以至于让众多读者误认为确有其地。 克利斯?波杰里安迄今已发表小说13部，包括曾入选《出版人周刊》“最佳好书”、“奥普拉读书俱乐部”选书的《纽约时报》畅销作品《助产士》。此外，他也有多本着作登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜。《野牛战士》2002年获颁“新英格兰最佳小说奖”。《旧金山纪事报》描述他的作品为：“平凡...(展开全部)

What happens when Tertuliano M-ximo Afonso, a 38-year-old professor of history, discovers that there is a man living in the same city who is identical to him on every physical detail, but not related by blood at all. And what happens when each of these men attempt to investigate each other's lives? How do we know who we are? What do we mean by identity? What defines us as indiv...(展开全部)

Tertuliano Maximo Afonso is a divorced, depressed history teacher. To lift his spirits, a colleague suggests he rent a certain video. Tertuliano watches the film, unimpressed. But during the night, when he is awakened by noises in his apartment, he goes into the living room to find that the VCR is replaying the video. He watches in astonishment as a man who looks exactly like h...(展开全部)

What happens when Tertuliano M-ximo Afonso, a 38-year-old professor of history, discovers that there is a man living in the same city who is identical to him on every physical detail, but not related by blood at all. And what happens when each of these men attempt to investigate each other's lives? How do we know who we are? What do we mean by identity? What defines us as indiv...(展开全部)

Tertuliano Maximo Afonso is a divorced, depressed history teacher. To lift his spirits, a colleague suggests he rent a certain video. Tertuliano watches the film, unimpressed. But during the night, when he is awakened by noises in his apartment, he goes into the living room to find that the VCR is replaying the video. He watches in astonishment as a man who looks exactly like h...(展开全部)

作者：陀思妥耶夫斯基（1821—1881），“俄国文学三巨头”之一，影响世界文学的重要作家。 译者：臧仲伦（1931—2014）：北京大学教授，中国作家协会会员，中国翻译协会“资深翻译家”，翻译了陀思妥耶夫斯基的大量作品，并与巴金先生合译了赫尔岑的《往事与随想》。

The Double is a remarkable tale in the tradition of doppelgänger literature. As Dostoevsky examines the neurosis and paranoia that cripple a seemingly ordinary man, he produces a thoroughly ‘modern’ nightmare, brilliantly foreshadowing the works of Kafka and Sartre. Mr Golyadkin is a rather middling man, a somewhat insignificant government official. Then one day he meets his ...(展开全部)

"The Double" is a remarkable work of doppelganger literature. As Dostoevsky examines the neurosis and paranoia that cripple a seemingly ordinary man, he produces a thoroughly modern nightmare, brilliantly foreshadowing the works of Kafka and Sartre. Mr. Golyadkin, a minor government official, is a rather middling man. Then one day he meets his "double"--a man with the same name...(展开全部)