In a small New England town in the late 1960s, there lived three witches Alexandra Spoffard, sculptress, could create thunderstorms. Jane Smart, a cellist, could fly. The local gossip columnist, Sukie Rougemont, could turn milk into cream. Divorced but hardly celibate, content but always ripe for adventure, our three wonderful witches one day found themselves quite under the sp...(展开全部)

Toward the end of the Vietnam era, in a snug little Rhode Island seacoast town, wonderful powers have descended upon Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie, bewitching divorcées with sudden access to all that is female, fecund, and mysterious. Alexandra, a sculptor, summons thunderstorms; Jane, a cellist, floats on the air; and Sukie, the local gossip columnist, turns milk into cream. Thei...(展开全部)

约翰•厄普代克（John Updike，1932.3.18—2009.1.27），集小说家、诗人、剧作家、散文家和评论家于一身的美国当代文学大师，作品两获普利策奖和国家图书奖，获得欧•亨利奖等其他众多奖项多达十数次。“性爱、宗教和艺术”是厄普代克毕生追求的创作标的，“美国人、基督徒、小城镇和中产阶级”则是厄普代克独擅胜场的创作主题，他由此成为当之无愧的美国当代中产阶级的灵魂画师，被誉为“美国的巴尔扎克”。

The air of Eastwick breeds witches - women whose powerful longings can stir up thunderstorms and fracture domestic peace. Jane, Alexandra and Sukie, divorced and dangerous, have formed a coven. Into the void of Eastwick breezes Darryl Van Horne, a charismatic magus of a man who entrances the trio, luring them to his mansions...

More than three decades have passed since the events described in John Updike’s The Witches of Eastwick . The three divorcées—Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie—have left town, remarried, and become widows. They cope with their grief and solitude as widows do: they travel the world, to such foreign lands as Canada, Egypt, and China, and renew old acquaintance. Why not, Sukie and Jane ...(展开全部)

More than three decades have passed since the events described in The Witches of Eastwick and the three divorcees – Alexandra, Jane and Sukie – have left town, remarried, and become widows. They cope with their grief and solitude as widows do: they travel the world to exotic lands such as Canada, China and Egypt and renew old acquaintances. And then, one summer, they decide to ...(展开全部)

约翰•厄普代克的新作《东威克的遗孀们》，是其25年前的小说《东威克的巫婆们》的续篇，讲述的是三十年后"今天"的故事。如今年华已逝、婚姻不幸、又都丧夫不久的三位女主角，决定再次回到东威克，共同享受一段夏日时光。斗转星移，物事人非。当初令她们爱恨交织的神秘人，戴瑞•范•霍恩已经死了。她们的丈夫与情人们，也已经与她们阴阳相隔。曾经青春曼妙的身体，早已随着失败的婚姻和无情的复仇不复存在，取而代之的是病痛的折磨与年老体衰。然而，三个女人之间的关系依然微妙而敏感，神奇的魔力依然弥漫在东威克的空气当中。很快她们就发现，这里仍有人对她们曾经的"罪行"耿耿于怀，并且正等着看她们"恶有恶报"。 《东威克的遗孀们》延续了上一部《东威克的巫婆们》当中的整蛊风格与魔幻色彩，并进而再造出一种新的情感愿景。书中对于青春的流逝进行了敏锐的探究，用讽刺的视角观察当代美国生活，是...(展开全部)

This story is about "real witches" - who dress in ordinary clothes, look like ordinary women, but loathe all children. The seven-year-old hero and his grandmother are pitted against them at a witches convention, at which the witches are plotting to exterminate every child in England.

This story is about "real witches" - who dress in ordinary clothes, look like ordinary women, but loathe all children. The seven-year-old hero and his grandmother are pitted against them at a witches convention, at which the witches are plotting to exterminate every child in England.

Meet a hero, a wise old grandmother, and the most gruesome, grotesque gang of witches imaginable!