Charles Portis has long been acclaimed as one of America's foremost comic writers. True Grit is his most famous novel--first published in 1968, and the basis for the movie of the same name starring John Wayne and now the film by the Coen brothers starring Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon. It tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by t...(展开全部)

[美] 查尔斯·波蒂斯：美国当代小说家，生于1933年。大学攻读新闻专业，毕业后从事了六年记者工作。1964年，他从报社辞职，自此专注于小说创作，出版了五部长篇小说。他的作品犀利幽默，很多文学评论家将他的风格与马克•吐温的创作相提并论。 他广为流传的作品是《大地惊雷》。这部小说曾两次被改编成电影，其中2010年版由科恩兄弟执导，斩获奥斯卡10项提名。

Jeannette Walls's "The Glass Castle" was "nothing short of spectacular" ("Entertainment Weekly"). Now she brings us the story of her grandmother -- told in a voice so authentic and compelling that the book is destined to become an instant classic. ""Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did."" So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, in Jeannette Walls's magnificent,...(展开全部)

珍妮特•沃尔斯（Jeannette Walls），美国著名记者，撰有《闲聊：流言世界的内幕》、《闲聊：流言如何变成新闻，新闻怎样成为另一场秀》等书。二○○五年出版回忆录《玻璃城堡》，首次公开自己鲜为人知、与众不同的家庭背景和成长经历，从而蜚声文坛。派拉蒙公司买下了此书的电影版权，因《饥饿游戏》在好莱坞大火特火的女星詹妮弗-劳伦斯将担纲主演，和李安合作《少年Pi的奇幻漂流》的制片人吉尔-奈特担当电影制片人。 目前此书已经销售出三十二国版权。二○○九年珍妮特•沃尔斯再度推出新作《半驯之马》（Half Broke Horses），被《纽约时报》评为二○○九年十大好书。这两部作品至今依然高踞各大畅销书排行榜。就在今年7月份，《纽约时报》非虚构类畅销书周榜上，《玻璃城堡》仍名列第7位，距其出版时间已经8年了。

Jeannette Walls's "The Glass Castle" was "nothing short of spectacular" ("Entertainment Weekly"). Now she brings us the story of her grandmother -- told in a voice so authentic and compelling that the book is destined to become an instant classic. ""Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did."" So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, in Jeannette Walls's magnificent,...(展开全部)

You just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane. Enjoy the flight.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.Winner of The Story Prize • A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book • One of USA Today’s top 10 books of the yearRecalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and co...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.Winner of The Story Prize • A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book • One of USA Today’s top 10 books of the yearRecalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and co...(展开全部)

Patrimony , a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordea...(展开全部)