"Superb.... An engrossing and complicated tale...that touches on every aspect of Victorian society."—Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World "After killing the red-haired man, I took myself off to Quinn's for an oyster supper." So begins the "enthralling" ( Booklist , starred review) and "ingenious" ( Boston Globe ) story of Edward Glyver, booklover, scholar, and ...(展开全部)

The atmosphere of Bleak House, the sensuous thrill of Perfume, and the mystery of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell all combine in a story of murder, deceit, love, and revenge in Victorian England. "After killing the red-haired man, I took myself off to Quinn's for an oyster supper." So begins the extraordinary story of Edward Glyver—booklover, scholar, and murderer. As a yo...(展开全部)

因为死亡是夜之魂； 那永恒的阴影， 所有生命都将坠入其中， 一切希望尽成虚妄。 ----------------------------------------------------------- “杀完一个红发男人，我抽身前往鲲音馆吃晚餐，点了牡蛎。” 一八五四年十月的一个寒夜，伦敦一条阴暗小巷中，一个无辜男人被夺去了生命。杀人者、书痴、学者爱德华·葛莱弗的爱恨情仇从这里拉开帷幕。 遗腹子葛莱弗自幼相信他命中注定会成就伟大事业。他十二岁生日那天，母亲交给他一盒金币，说是不愿透露姓名的朋友赠给他的礼物。在伊顿公学，他遭人陷害，被逐出校门。成年后，他终于发现自己真正的离奇身世，巨大的权势与财富在向他召唤。他要夺回应该属于他的一切！ 从维多利亚时代的伦敦，雾气弥漫的街巷深处那些妓院与鸦片馆，到英格兰乡间显赫的贵族豪宅，葛莱弗的故事充满背叛与欺骗、死亡与...(展开全部)

因为死亡是夜之魂； 那永恒的阴影， 所有生命都将坠入其中， 一切希望尽成虚妄。 ----------------------------------------------------------- “杀完一个红发男人，我抽身前往鲲音馆吃晚餐，点了牡蛎。” 一八五四年十月的一个寒夜，伦敦一条阴暗小巷中，一个无辜男人被夺去了生命。杀人者、书痴、学者爱德华·葛莱弗的爱恨情仇从这里拉开帷幕。 遗腹子葛莱弗自幼相信他命中注定会成就伟大事业。他十二岁生日那天，母亲交给他一盒金币，说是不愿透露姓名的朋友赠给他的礼物。在伊顿公学，他遭人陷害，被逐出校门。成年后，他终于发现自己真正的离奇身世，巨大的权势与财富在向他召唤。他要夺回应该属于他的一切！ 从维多利亚时代的伦敦，雾气弥漫的街巷深处那些妓院与鸦片馆，到英格兰乡间显赫的贵族豪宅，葛莱弗的故事充满背叛与欺骗、死亡与...(展开全部)

"Superb.... An engrossing and complicated tale...that touches on every aspect of Victorian society."—Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World "After killing the red-haired man, I took myself off to Quinn's for an oyster supper." So begins the "enthralling" ( Booklist , starred review) and "ingenious" ( Boston Globe ) story of Edward Glyver, booklover, scholar, and mu...(展开全部)

A dark, poetic mystery about the tribal women of Kulumani and the lionesses that hunt them Told through two haunting interwoven diaries, Mia Couto's Confession of the Lioness reveals the enigmatic world of Kulumani, an isolated village in Mozambique whose traditions and beliefs are threatened when ghostlike lionesses begin hunting and killing the women who live there. Mariamar,...(展开全部)

A dark, poetic mystery about the tribal women of Kulumani and the lionesses that hunt them Told through two haunting interwoven diaries, Mia Couto's Confession of the Lioness reveals the enigmatic world of Kulumani, an isolated village in Mozambique whose traditions and beliefs are threatened when ghostlike lionesses begin hunting and killing the women who live there. Mariamar,...(展开全部)

Mariamar, a woman whose sister was killed in a lioness attack, finds her life thrown into chaos when the outsider Archangel Bullseye, the marksman hired to kill the lionesses, arrives at the request of the village elders. Archangel tracks the lionesses in the wilderness, but the hunt grows more dangerous, until it's no safer inside Kulumani than outside it. As the men of Kuluma...(展开全部)

米亚·科托（Mia Couto）,莫桑比克诗人、小说家，当今非洲葡萄牙语文学的中坚力量。十四岁开始在报刊发表诗歌，已出版作品三十多部，译成二十三种语言，长篇小说处女作《梦游之地》入选“20世纪最伟大的12部非洲小说”，2013年获葡语文学最高奖项卡蒙斯文学奖，与萨拉马戈 同等殊荣；2014年击败村上春树，获得有“美国诺贝尔文学奖”之称的纽斯塔特国际文学奖；2015年凭《耶稣撒冷》入围布克国际文学奖，2017年，最新作品《母狮的忏悔》入选都柏林文学奖短名单，被认为是近年来诺贝尔奖最有力竞争者。他开创性地将葡萄牙语与莫桑比克民族性相融合，使非洲文学焕发出前所未有的新生机。

Mariamar, a woman whose sister was killed in a lioness attack, finds her life thrown into chaos when the outsider Archangel Bullseye, the marksman hired to kill the lionesses, arrives at the request of the village elders. Archangel tracks the lionesses in the wilderness, but the hunt grows more dangerous, until it's no safer inside Kulumani than outside it. As the men of Kuluma...(展开全部)