'A thoroughly modern love story' Guardian, Book of the Year Kate Battista is stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and infuriating younger sister Bunny? Dr Battista has other problems. His brilliant young lab assistant, Pyotr, is about to be deported. And without Pyotr, his new scientific breakthrough will fall through... When Dr Ba...(展开全部)

'A thoroughly modern love story' Guardian, Book of the Year Kate Battista is stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and infuriating younger sister Bunny? Dr Battista has other problems. His brilliant young lab assistant, Pyotr, is about to be deported. And without Pyotr, his new scientific breakthrough will fall through... When Dr Ba...(展开全部)

美国当代著名小说家、文学评论家。生于1941年，毕业于美国杜克大学，20世纪60年代开始写作。著有《思家小馆的晚餐》、《呼吸课》、《意外旅客》等作品。1988年，凭借《呼吸课》获得普利策文学奖。 安•泰勒擅长家庭题材，她写小说有如匠人，细致而精准地还原普通人生活的真相：没有绝对的幸福，也没有绝对的苦痛，家也好，爱也好，都需要你像接纳美好一样去直面人性的幽暗。

美国当代著名小说家、文学评论家。生于1941年，毕业于美国杜克大学，20世纪60年代开始写作。著有《思家小馆的晚餐》、《呼吸课》、《意外旅客》等作品。1988年，凭借《呼吸课》获得普利策文学奖。 安•泰勒擅长家庭题材，她写小说有如匠人，细致而精准地还原普通人生活的真相：没有绝对的幸福，也没有绝对的苦痛，家也好，爱也好，都需要你像接纳美好一样去直面人性的幽暗。

This collection of 12 beautifully rendered tales is an elegant, heartbreaking book about men and women and their missed opportunities. A "New York Times" Notable Book.

New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan island, 1746. One rainy evening in November, a handsome young stranger fresh off the boat arrives at a countinghouse door on Golden Hill Street: this is Mr. Smith, amiable, charming, yet strangely determined to keep suspicion shimmering. For in his pocket, he has what seems to be an order for a thousand pounds, a huge sum, and he w...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 It has been a while since Folks lived in the Big House, and an even longer time has passed since there has been a garden at the House. All the animals of the Hill are very excited about the new Folks moving in, and they wonder how things are going to change. Its only a matter of time before the animals of the Hill find out just who is moving in, and they may be a littl...(展开全部)

New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan island, 1746. One rainy evening in November, a handsome young stranger fresh off the boat arrives at a countinghouse door on Golden Hill Street: this is Mr. Smith, amiable, charming, yet strangely determined to keep suspicion shimmering. For in his pocket, he has what seems to be an order for a thousand pounds, a huge sum, and he w...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 It has been a while since Folks lived in the Big House, and an even longer time has passed since there has been a garden at the House. All the animals of the Hill are very excited about the new Folks moving in, and they wonder how things are going to change. Its only a matter of time before the animals of the Hill find out just who is moving in, and they may be a littl...(展开全部)

布鲁斯•查特文（Bruce Chatwin，1940-1989） 英国旅行作家、小说家和记者。一九四〇年生于谢菲尔德，曾是苏富比最年轻的董事之一，但他放弃了这份工作。一九七二年始，他为《星期日泰晤士报》工作，三年之后用一份电报宣告又一次离开：“去巴塔哥尼亚六个月。”这趟旅行成就了查特文的第一本书《巴塔哥尼亚高原上》，从此走上旅行与写作之路。《歌之版图》甫一出版即荣登《星期日泰晤士报》畅销书榜首，《乌兹》获一九八八年布克奖提名。他的三部作品被改编成电影：《维达总督》（电影名《眼镜蛇》）、《黑山之上》和《乌兹》。他于一九八九年一月去世。一九九六年，散文集《躁动的解析》出版。二〇一九年，德国导演沃纳•赫尔佐格的纪录片《游牧者：追随布鲁斯•查特文的足迹》上映。