The sun brightens in the east, reddening the blue-grey haze that marks the distant ocean. The vultures roosting on the hydro poles fan out their wings to dry them. the air smells faintly of burning. The waterless flood ? a manmade plague ? has ended the world. But two young women have survived: Ren, a young dancer trapped where she worked, in an upmarket sex club (the cleanest ...(展开全部)

被誉为“加拿大文学女王”的玛格丽特•阿特伍德是一位勤奋多产的作家，她获得过除诺贝尔文学奖之外的几乎所有的国际文学奖和不计其数的其他奖励和荣誉，并被多伦多大学等十多所国内外大学授予荣誉博士学位，享有很高的国际声誉。其作品已被译成30多种文字。 自从1969年，她出版了第一部长篇小说《可以吃的女人》之后，她的作品频频获奖，这也为她赢得了广泛的国际声誉。她创作的三部优秀长篇小说《女仆的故事》（1985）、《猫眼》（1988）、《别名格雷斯》（1996）曾三次获得布克奖提名，最后凭借第十部小说《盲刺客》摘得了这项最高文学奖的桂冠。 阿特伍德的影响不仅跨越了国界，也跨越了文学领域。她一直十分关注美国文化对加拿大无所不在的强大影响和加拿大日益美国化的倾向；为抗拒这种倾向，她大力支持以推进独立的加拿大民族文化为宗旨的阿南西出版社，做了很多实实在在的工作；她帮助成立...(展开全部)

The long-awaited new novel from Margaret Atwood. The Year of the Flood is a dystopic masterpiece and a testament to her visionary power. The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and the social compact is wearing as thin as environmental stability. Adam One, the kindly leader of the God's Gardeners—a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion, as we...(展开全部)

The long-awaited new novel from Margaret Atwood. The Year of the Flood is a dystopic masterpiece and a testament to her visionary power. The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and the social compact is wearing as thin as environmental stability. Adam One, the kindly leader of the God's Gardeners—a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion, as we...(展开全部)

A Finnish journalist and a photographer out on assignment one June evening suddenly hit a young hare on a country road. The photographer, ultimately unsympathetic, abandons his journalist companion Vatanen, who sets off to find the wounded hare. Vatanen develops a close bond with the hare and in their adventures together, they witness people's avarice, inhumaneness, hypocrisy, ...(展开全部)

A journalist and a photographer set out on an assignment on lovely sunny evening. As they drive through the country they hit a young hare. Vatanen, the journalist, leaves the car and goes in search of the injured creature. The grateful animal adopts Vatanen and together the two scamper through farcical adventures and political scandal.

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A journalist and a photographer set out on an assignment on lovely sunny evening. As they drive through the country they hit a young hare. Vatanen, the journalist, leaves the car and goes in search of the injured creature. The grateful animal adopts Vatanen and together the two scamper through farcical adventures and political scandal.

A Finnish journalist and a photographer out on assignment one June evening suddenly hit a young hare on a country road. The photographer, ultimately unsympathetic, abandons his journalist companion Vatanen, who sets off to find the wounded hare. Vatanen develops a close bond with the hare and in their adventures together, they witness people's avarice, inhumaneness, hypocrisy, ...(展开全部)

克莱尔·弗尼斯，曾就读于剑桥大学，后又获得亚伯丁大学文学硕士学位及英国巴斯斯巴大学写作专业文学硕士学位。毕业后，克莱尔曾在关注无家人士的慈善机构负责处理媒体关系，也曾担任伦敦市市长的新闻发布官员数年。 《鼠年》是她的处女作，在书中，她以细腻的文笔、幽默的言词探索了悲伤、孤独、母女关系、家庭和爱的种种意义。