保罗·比第（Paul Beatty），生于1962年，美国当代著名作家、诗人，先后获得波士顿大学心理学学士学位、布鲁克林大学艺术硕士学位。 20世纪90年代，保罗·比第以诗人身份崭露头角，出版诗集《大银行收了小银行》《小王，大王，2》等；90年代中期投入小说创作，1996年出版小说处女作《白人男孩曳步舞》，被《纽约时报》称赞为“天赋之作”，随后出版《岩石》《梦乡》。 2015年，出版耗时五年写就的小说《背叛》，于当年捧回全美书评家协会奖，横扫《纽约时报》等数十家媒体年度书榜，次年一举拿下布克奖，成为美国历史上第一位获得布克奖的作家。 保罗·比第现居纽约，在哥伦比亚大学教授创意写作。

A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, Paul Beatty's The Sellout challenges the sacred tenets of the United States Constitution, urban life, the civil rights movement, the father-son relationship, and the holy grail of racial equality--the black Chinese restaurant. Born in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens-...(展开全部)

A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, Paul Beatty's The Sellout challenges the sacred tenets of the United States Constitution, urban life, the civil rights movement, the father-son relationship, and the holy grail of racial equality--the black Chinese restaurant. Born in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens-...(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)