The people of Mount Salus, Mississippi always felt good about Judge McKelva. He was a quiet, solid reassuring figure, just as a judge should be. Then, ten years after his first wife's death, he marries the frivolous young Wanda Fay. No-one can understand his action, not least his beloved daughter, Laurel, who finds it hard to accept the new bride. It is only some years later, w...(展开全部)

This story of a young woman's confrontation with death and her past is a poetic study of human relations.

This story of a young woman's confrontation with death and her past is a poetic study of human relations. From the Trade Paperback edition.

尤多拉•韦尔蒂（1909—2001） 首位在世时作品入选“美国文库”的文坛巨匠 福克纳之后美国南方最伟大的小说家 三获美国最佳短篇小说奖，六获欧•亨利奖，并囊括普利策小说奖、美国全国图书奖、美国图书评论家奖、美国文学艺术金质奖章、总统自由勋章 雷蒙德•卡佛、托妮•莫里森、艾丽丝•门罗、杜鲁门•卡波蒂、理查德•福特、 乔伊斯•卡罗尔•欧茨……都深受其影响 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 出生于美国密西西比州中产阶级家庭，母亲酷爱阅读，父亲热衷摄影，韦尔蒂自幼深受他们影响。 大萧条时期，韦尔蒂在州政府供职，有机会到各地旅行。旅行途中所见普通人家的生活情景，让她深深着迷。为了捕捉那些场景，她拍了几百张照片，并于1936 年在纽约举办了摄影展。同年，她的第一篇小说也获...(展开全部)

Investors have too often extrapolated from recent experience. In the 1950s, who but the most rampant optimist would have dreamt that over the next fifty years the real return on equities would be 9 per cent per year? Yet this is what happened in the U.S. stock market. The optimists triumphed. However, as Don Marquis observed, an optimist is someone who never had much experience...(展开全部)

Investors have too often extrapolated from recent experience. In the 1950s, who but the most rampant optimist would have dreamt that over the next fifty years the real return on equities would be 9 per cent per year? Yet this is what happened in the U.S. stock market. The optimists triumphed. However, as Don Marquis observed, an optimist is someone who never had much experience...(展开全部)

Almost everything we do generates data. Digital technology is now so pervasive that it's very hard to escape its influence, and with that growth comes fear. But whatever the news has told you about data and technology, think again. Data expert and tech insider Sam Gilbert shows that, actually, this data revolution could be the best thing that ever happened to us. Good Data exam...(展开全部)

A field guide to the twenty-first century, written by one of its most celebrated observers We all sense it―something big is going on. You feel it in your workplace. You feel it when you talk to your kids. You can’t miss it when you read the newspapers or watch the news. Our lives are being transformed in so many realms all at once―and it is dizzying. In Thank You for Being Late...(展开全部)

A field guide to the twenty-first century, written by one of its most celebrated observers We all sense it―something big is going on. You feel it in your workplace. You feel it when you talk to your kids. You can’t miss it when you read the newspapers or watch the news. Our lives are being transformed in so many realms all at once―and it is dizzying. In Thank You for Being Late...(展开全部)

托马斯·弗里德曼，《纽约时报》专栏作家，三次普利策奖得主。他在《纽约时报》的专栏文章，同步在全球超过七百多个媒体上刊登。著有全球畅销书《世界是平的》 、 《世界又热又平又挤》 、 《曾经的辉煌》 。