Ramón Martinez is a militant atheist, successful lawyer, and conventional family man. But all of that changes when cancer of the tongue deprives him of the source of his power and livelihood: speech. The Mutations, by Jorge Comensal, is a comedy tracing the metastasis of Ramón’s cancer through his body and in the lives of his family members, colleagues, and doctors, dissecting ...(展开全部)

The continuously accelerating phenomenon of urbanization continues to be one of the great challenges of our time, surfacing repeatedly as an issue in different areas of the world for two hundred years. In a world that has been redefined by a proliferation of communication networks and by a progressive erasure of borders, Mutations reflects on the transformations that these acce...(展开全部)

The continuously accelerating phenomenon of urbanization continues to be one of the great challenges of our time, surfacing repeatedly as an issue in different areas of the world for two hundred years. In a world that has been redefined by a proliferation of communication networks and by a progressive erasure of borders, Mutations reflects on the transformations that these acce...(展开全部)

Hailed as "breathtakingly suspenseful," Jean Hanff Korelitz’s The Plot is a propulsive read about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it. Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he’s teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain what’s left of his self-respect; he hasn’t writte...(展开全部)

he internationally beloved author of Kitchen and Dead-End Memories returns with a beautiful and heartfelt story of a young woman haunted by her childhood and the inescapable bitterness that inevitably comes from knowing the truth. Yayoi, a 19-year-old woman from a seemingly loving middle-class family, has lately been haunted by the feeling that she has forgotten something impor...(展开全部)

乔·希尔，1972年生，有着茶壶寻常的丰富想象力和创作力，踏踏实实地码了十年的文字，终修成正果，小有成就。 乔·希尔小说题材和风格擅长描写人性黑暗的一面，与深沉难解的恐惧渊源。2006年开始发表作品，他不仅被誉为“二十一世纪悬疑小说的最耀眼新星”，而且还是《纽约时报》的畅销书作家。2007年他的第一部长篇小说Heart-Shaped Box（中文翻译名《心型礼盒》）惊艳文坛，为他赢得了全球百万读者的盛誉。2017年又以The Fireman获轨迹奖年度最佳惊悚恐怖小说首奖。

乔·希尔，1972年生，有着茶壶寻常的丰富想象力和创作力，踏踏实实地码了十年的文字，终修成正果，小有成就。 乔·希尔小说题材和风格擅长描写人性黑暗的一面，与深沉难解的恐惧渊源。2006年开始发表作品，他不仅被誉为“二十一世纪悬疑小说的最耀眼新星”，而且还是《纽约时报》的畅销书作家。2007年他的第一部长篇小说Heart-Shaped Box（中文翻译名《心型礼盒》）惊艳文坛，为他赢得了全球百万读者的盛誉。2017年又以The Fireman获轨迹奖年度最佳惊悚恐怖小说首奖。

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies wo...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 It is 1950 and, after a disastrous honeymoon night, Ariah Erskine's young husband throws himself into the roaring waters of Niagara Falls. Ariah, "the Widow Bride of the Falls," begins a relentless seven-day vigil in the mist, waiting for his body to be found. At her side is confirmed bachelor and pillar of the community Dirk Burnaby, who is unexpectedly drawn to her. W...(展开全部)