Sixteen year-old Anya's parents have been murdered because her father was the head of a notorious underworld gang. Now she is determined to keep herself and her siblings away from that world. But her father's relatives aren't so keen to let them go. When Anya's violent ex-boyfriend is poisoned with contaminated chocolate - chocolate that is produced illegally by Anya's criminal...(展开全部)

In 2083, chocolate and coffee are illegal, paper is hard to find, water is carefully rationed, and New York City is rife with crime and poverty. And yet, for Anya Balanchine, the sixteen-year-old daughter of the city's most notorious (and dead) crime boss, life is fairly routine. It consists of going to school, taking care of her siblings and her dying grandmother, trying to av...(展开全部)

In 2083, chocolate and coffee are illegal, paper is hard to find, water is carefully rationed, and New York City is rife with crime and poverty. And yet, for Anya Balanchine, the sixteen-year-old daughter of the city's most notorious (and dead) crime boss, life is fairly routine. It consists of going to school, taking care of her siblings and her dying grandmother, trying to av...(展开全部)

加·泽文Gabrielle Zevin 美国知名作家、编剧。毕业于哈佛大学英美文学系，已出版了九本小说，作品被翻译成三十多种语言。14岁时，她写了一封关于“枪与玫瑰乐团”的信函投给当地报社，措施激烈，意外获得该报的乐评人一职，迈出了成为作家的第一步。 一直以来，她对书、书店以及爱书人的未来，都充满见解。她的第八本小说《岛上书店》在2014年以无人能及的高票数，获选美国独立书商选书桂冠图书，在中国已成为现象级畅销书，是无数书店常推常新的作品。2016年和2018年，泽文两次来华，在北京、上海、苏州三地签售，接连在中国掀起全民阅读热潮。 书店、爱情、死亡、女性觉醒……加·泽文一直在用轻盈的文字、充满想象力的故事和洞见，书写深刻的人生话题。《巧克力时代》三部曲是她作品中女性主题的延续，反乌托邦的瑰丽外衣下包裹着成长的挣扎和顿悟，就像书中所描绘的巧克力一样：...(展开全部)

Each one of us has a medley of "faces" that composes our individual personality: intelligence, anger, love, jealousy, helplessness, courage, and many more. We're often quick to judge these characteristics as either positive or negative, without recognizing that we need each of them in order to become fuller, more balanced human beings. Originally written in 1978 by renowned p...(展开全部)

A suspense writer comes upon several murder stories on his computer that are written in his own unique style. He doesn't remember writing them, but it is not impossible for him, as a man who suffered memory loss, to be their author. Soon a journey takes him to northwest China along the ancient Silk Road. He is shocked to learn that the murders in the stories really happened in ...(展开全部)

A book to treasure from one of our literary greats. A powerful collection of stories exploring love and longing from the award-winning author of This Mortal Boy. Fiona Kidman’s early stories about New Zealand women’s experiences scandalised readers with their vivid depictions of the heartbreaks and joys of desire, illicit liaisons and unconventional love. Her writing made her a...(展开全部)

A book to treasure from one of our literary greats. A powerful collection of stories exploring love and longing from the award-winning author of This Mortal Boy. Fiona Kidman’s early stories about New Zealand women’s experiences scandalised readers with their vivid depictions of the heartbreaks and joys of desire, illicit liaisons and unconventional love. Her writing made her a...(展开全部)