This is probably the first large-scale photographic essay dedicated to the Asian continent's natural wonders. The 44 regions this handsome volume explores-some famous, some almost unknown, all extensively narrated and gorgeously illustrated-are Asia's calling card; it is a continent that still preserves huge expanse of pristine nature and amazing biodiversity hotspots. Their s...(展开全部)

This is probably the first large-scale photographic essay dedicated to the Asian continent's natural wonders. The 44 regions this handsome volume explores-some famous, some almost unknown, all extensively narrated and gorgeously illustrated-are Asia's calling card; it is a continent that still preserves huge expanse of pristine nature and amazing biodiversity hotspots. Their s...(展开全部)

An Orange Prize Finalist A Man Booker Prize Nominee Winner of the 2009 Betty Trask Prize A Guardian First Book Award Nominee Jake is in the tailspin of old age. His wife has passed away, his son is in prison, and now he is about to lose his past to Alzheimer’s. As the disease takes hold of him, Jake’s memories become increasingly unreliable. What happened to his daughter? Is...(展开全部)

An Orange Prize Finalist A Man Booker Prize Nominee Winner of the 2009 Betty Trask Prize A Guardian First Book Award Nominee Jake is in the tailspin of old age. His wife has passed away, his son is in prison, and now he is about to lose his past to Alzheimer’s. As the disease takes hold of him, Jake’s memories become increasingly unreliable. What happened to his daughter? Is...(展开全部)

Born in Japanese-occupied Taiwan, raised in the scholarly traditions of ancient China by his grandfather but forced into the Japanese educational system, Hu Taiming, the protagonist of Orphan of Asia, ultimately finds himself estranged from all three cultures. Wu's autobiographical novel, completed in 1945, is widely regarded as a classic of modern Asian literature and a groun...(展开全部)

In the middle of tending to the everyday business at her vintage-clothing shop and sidestepping her married boyfriend’s attempts at commitment, Iris Lockhart receives a stunning phone call: Her great-aunt Esme, whom she never knew existed, is being released from Cauldstone Hospital—where she has been locked away for more than sixty-one years. Iris’s grandmother Kitty always c...(展开全部)

2002年贝蒂特拉斯克奖、2005年毛姆文学奖得主、荣获2007年亚马逊年度选书 玛姬•欧法洛：1972年出生于北爱尔兰的科尔伦，她是英国最负盛名的小说家，处女作《你走了以后》获得英国《卫报》“25年来最佳小说”，是英国最大连锁书店“水石”(Warterstones)评选出的“影响未来25年的25位作家”之一。 玛姬曾在香港和英国两地从事过新闻工作，担任过英国独立报的副文学编辑，也曾教授过创意写作。在成为专职作家之前，她曾当过餐厅服务生、快递员、教师与剧场经理，也在香港当过记者，在伦敦担任《周日独立报》副总编辑。这些丰富的职场经历，虽未完全反映在她的作品里，但多少影响了她从少年时期即已开展的写作活动。 玛姬的作品多涉及家庭关系、家族秘密及个人情感，探讨不可违逆的意外与灾难对家庭的影响，她的笔法细巧而充满热情，擅于以层层剥茧的手法将一个寻常的故事写得鲜...(展开全部)

2002年贝蒂特拉斯克奖、2005年毛姆文学奖得主、荣获2007年亚马逊年度选书 玛姬•欧法洛：1972年出生于北爱尔兰的科尔伦，她是英国最负盛名的小说家，处女作《你走了以后》获得英国《卫报》“25年来最佳小说”，是英国最大连锁书店“水石”(Warterstones)评选出的“影响未来25年的25位作家”之一。 玛姬曾在香港和英国两地从事过新闻工作，担任过英国独立报的副文学编辑，也曾教授过创意写作。在成为专职作家之前，她曾当过餐厅服务生、快递员、教师与剧场经理，也在香港当过记者，在伦敦担任《周日独立报》副总编辑。这些丰富的职场经历，虽未完全反映在她的作品里，但多少影响了她从少年时期即已开展的写作活动。 玛姬的作品多涉及家庭关系、家族秘密及个人情感，探讨不可违逆的意外与灾难对家庭的影响，她的笔法细巧而充满热情，擅于以层层剥茧的手法将一个寻常的故事写得鲜...(展开全部)

A leathery bog-man transforms an old love affair; a sweet, gruesome gift is sent by the wife of an ex-lover; landscape paintings are haunted by the ghost of a young girl. This dazzling collection of ten short stories takes us into familiar Atwood territory to reveal the logic of irrational behaviour and the many textures lying beneath ordinary life.

In each of these tales Margaret Atwood deftly illuminates the single instant that shapes a whole life: in a few brief pages we watch as characters progress from the vulnerabilities of adolescence through the passions of youth into the precarious complexities of middle age.By superimposing the past on the present, Atwood paints interior landscapes shaped by time, regret, and lif...(展开全部)