When Margaret Lea opened the door to the past, what she confronted was her destiny. All children mythologize their birth...So begins the prologue of reclusive author Vida Winter's collection of stories, which are as famous for the mystery of the missing thirteenth tale as they are for the delight and enchantment of the twelve that do exist. The enigmatic Winter has spent si...(展开全部)

When Margaret Lea opened the door to the past, what she confronted was her destiny. All children mythologize their birth...So begins the prologue of reclusive author Vida Winter's collection of stories, which are as famous for the mystery of the missing thirteenth tale as they are for the delight and enchantment of the twelve that do exist. The enigmatic Winter has spent si...(展开全部)

From the bestselling author of Alias Grace and the MaddAddam trilogy, here is the #1 New York Times bestseller and seminal work of speculative fiction from the Booker Prize-winning author. Now a Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss, Samira Wiley, and Joseph Fiennes. Includes a new introduction by Margaret Atwood. Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the ...(展开全部)

From the award-winning author of Possession comes an ingenious novel about love and literary sleuthing: a dazzling fiction woven out of one man’s search for fact. Here is the story of Phineas G. Nanson, a disenchanted graduate student who decides to escape the world of postmodern literary theory and immerse himself in the messiness of “real life” by writing a biography of a...(展开全部)

From the bestselling author of Alias Grace and the MaddAddam trilogy, here is the #1 New York Times bestseller and seminal work of speculative fiction from the Booker Prize-winning author. Now a Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss, Samira Wiley, and Joseph Fiennes. Includes a new introduction by Margaret Atwood. Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the ...(展开全部)

The man in the grey overcoat is murdering single men across France. The killings appear random, and yet... he shakes hands with each victim before putting a bullet through his heart. The only witness is placed for his own safety inside the ultimate locked room: a concrete windowless bunker with walls one metre thick and covered by two metres of earth, with interior bolts and se...(展开全部)

每個人都有自己的悲傷，雖然輪廓、大小、重量各異，但是悲傷的顏色對我們每個人都是一樣的…… 當瑪格麗特打開通往過去的大門時，她面對的卻是自己的命運。 瑪格麗特自小在父親經營的古書店幫忙，個性內向，平時喜歡讀傳記，也嘗試過替古人寫傳。一天，她突然收到知名暢銷女作家薇妲?溫特的來信。溫特一直過著隱居的生活，非常神秘低調，從未明白道出自己的出身背景，反倒編造了很多離奇故事來唬弄採訪的記者。但是，由於年事已高，加上病痛纏身，她決定說出自己真正的人生故事，於是寫信請瑪格麗特來為她寫傳。 出於好奇，同樣深居簡出的瑪格麗特來到約克郡見溫特。按照溫特的?述，她的母親美麗而任性，父親、哥哥都聽從於她，而母親的一對雙胞胎女兒則是行為怪異。她對女作家的故事既著迷，又疑惑，無法完全相信。於是她開始著手調查這個家族，依照自己的調查結果將這個家族的故事拼接起來。 然而，尋找真相的...(展开全部)

每個人都有自己的悲傷，雖然輪廓、大小、重量各異，但是悲傷的顏色對我們每個人都是一樣的…… 當瑪格麗特打開通往過去的大門時，她面對的卻是自己的命運。 瑪格麗特自小在父親經營的古書店幫忙，個性內向，平時喜歡讀傳記，也嘗試過替古人寫傳。一天，她突然收到知名暢銷女作家薇妲?溫特的來信。溫特一直過著隱居的生活，非常神秘低調，從未明白道出自己的出身背景，反倒編造了很多離奇故事來唬弄採訪的記者。但是，由於年事已高，加上病痛纏身，她決定說出自己真正的人生故事，於是寫信請瑪格麗特來為她寫傳。 出於好奇，同樣深居簡出的瑪格麗特來到約克郡見溫特。按照溫特的?述，她的母親美麗而任性，父親、哥哥都聽從於她，而母親的一對雙胞胎女兒則是行為怪異。她對女作家的故事既著迷，又疑惑，無法完全相信。於是她開始著手調查這個家族，依照自己的調查結果將這個家族的故事拼接起來。 然而，尋找真相的...(展开全部)

A tense, page-turning psychological drama about the making and breaking of a family—and a woman whose experience of motherhood is nothing at all what she hoped for—and everything she feared

蕾切尔·库什纳，1968年生于俄勒冈州，毕业于加州大学洛杉矶分校，后获得哥伦比亚大学艺术硕士学位，长期从事艺术领域的报道。 库什纳的第二部长篇小说《喷火器》获2013年度美国国家图书奖最终提名，也是《纽约时报》2013年度小说。她的处女作长篇《来自古巴的电报》获得2008年度美国国家图书奖最终提名，荣登《纽约时报》畅销榜和年度好书榜。 她的小说已被翻译成15种语言，她的小说、散文可见诸《纽约客》《哈泼斯》《纽约时报》《巴黎评论》等报刊。 蕾切尔·库什纳获得2013年度古根海姆奖金，现居洛杉矶。