The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern...(展开全部)

In an eighteen-year playing career for Cobh Ramblers, Nottingham Forest (under Brian Clough), Manchester United (under Sir Alex Ferguson) and Celtic, Roy Keane dominated every midfield he led to glory. Aggressive and highly competitive, his attitude helped him to excel as captain of Manchester United from 1997 until his departure in 2005. Playing at an international level for n...(展开全部)

英国著名当代奇幻作家，新史诗奇幻流派领军 人物，曾为电影剪辑师。他以《第一律法》三部曲 一战成名，善于将高度现实主义的人物描绘和高度 戏剧化的情节转折相结合，在欧美幻想文坛上打下 了深深的烙印。其作品风格独特，特点鲜明，多次 入围各类幻想文学大奖，迄今为止《第一律法》系 列已被翻译为数十国语言，《破碎之海》系列图书 更是斩获了美国2015年轨迹奖。

英国著名当代奇幻作家，新史诗奇幻流派领军 人物，曾为电影剪辑师。他以《第一律法》三部曲 一战成名，善于将高度现实主义的人物描绘和高度 戏剧化的情节转折相结合，在欧美幻想文坛上打下 了深深的烙印。其作品风格独特，特点鲜明，多次 入围各类幻想文学大奖，迄今为止《第一律法》系 列已被翻译为数十国语言，《破碎之海》系列图书 更是斩获了美国2015年轨迹奖。

英国著名当代奇幻作家，新史诗奇幻流派领军 人物，曾为电影剪辑师。他以《第一律法》三部曲 一战成名，善于将高度现实主义的人物描绘和高度 戏剧化的情节转折相结合，在欧美幻想文坛上打下 了深深的烙印。其作品风格独特，特点鲜明，多次 入围各类幻想文学大奖，迄今为止《第一律法》系 列已被翻译为数十国语言，《破碎之海》系列图书 更是斩获了美国2015年轨迹奖。

Duration: 11:34:06 AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick! "Bennett's tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it's especially reminiscent of Toni Morrison's 1970 debut novel, The Bluest Eye." —Kiley Reid, Wall Street Journal "A story of absolute, universal timelessness ...For any era, it's an accomplished, affectin...(展开全部)

Since the 1970s, Lawrence Block has been writing award-winning novels and short fiction featuring Matthew Scudder. Now, with both himself and his detective half a century older, the author found himself charged with writing a book about his protagonist. And he decided he wasn't the right person for the job. LB: "What was Matt's family like? How did he spend his childhood? What ...(展开全部)

Since the 1970s, Lawrence Block has been writing award-winning novels and short fiction featuring Matthew Scudder. Now, with both himself and his detective half a century older, the author found himself charged with writing a book about his protagonist. And he decided he wasn't the right person for the job. LB: "What was Matt's family like? How did he spend his childhood? What ...(展开全部)

The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector’s consummate final novel, may well be her masterpiece. Narrated by the cosmopolitan Rodrigo S.M., this brief, strange, and haunting tale is the story of Macabéa, one of life’s unfortunates. Living in the slums of Rio and eking out a poor living as a typist, Macabéa loves movies, Coca-Cola, and her rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be ...(展开全部)

克拉丽丝•李斯佩克朵Clarice Lispector 1920年12月10日出生于乌克兰的犹太家庭，出生不久即随父母移居巴西。她于1944年出版处女作《濒于狂野的心》，在巴西引起很大反响，之后陆续出版了小说《光》和《围困之城》，同时期完成《黑暗中的苹果》与短篇集《家庭纽带》的创作。20世纪60年代以降，克拉丽丝的写作才能获得公众承认，小说《黑暗中的苹果》获得卡门•多洛雷斯奖，儿童文学作品《爱思考的兔子奇事》获得卡伦加奖，并因其文学成就获得联邦大区文化基金会奖。1977年12月9日，克拉丽丝去世；次年，最后的作品《生命的吹息》出版。