UK edition By day the city works. By night it plays, and everyone is invited to the game: the rich the poor, the adventurous and the tame. Sometimes, the playground turns deadly. Sometimes, the homicide detectives from the 87th Precinct are invited, too... The victim had a knife plunged in her chest. The husband was glad, and didn't hide it. From the beginning, Detective Carell...(展开全部)

A San Francisco Chronicle and Kirkus Best Book of the Year A gorgeously unique, fully illustrated exploration into the phenomenology of reading—how we visualize images from reading works of literature, from one of our very best book jacket designers, himself a passionate reader. What do we see when we read? Did Tolstoy really describe Anna Karenina? Did Melville ever really tel...(展开全部)

石黑一雄，日裔英国小说家，1954年生于日本长崎，与奈保尔、拉什迪并称为“英国文坛移民三雄”。石黑一雄的作品并不多，但几乎每部作品都获得重要的文学奖项：《远山淡影》获温尼弗雷德•霍尔比纪念奖，《浮世画家》获惠特布莱德年度最佳小说奖，《长日将尽》获布克奖，《无可慰藉》获切尔特纳姆文学艺术奖，《浮世画家》《我辈孤雏》和《莫失莫忘》均入围布克奖决选名单；1995年英女王授予石黑一雄文学领域的大英帝国勋章，1998年获法国文学艺术骑士勋章，2017年因“以其巨大的情感力量，发掘了隐藏在我们与世界的虚幻联系之下的深渊”而获诺贝尔文学奖。

石黑一雄，日裔英国小说家，1954年生于日本长崎，与奈保尔、拉什迪并称为“英国文坛移民三雄”。石黑一雄的作品并不多，但几乎每部作品都获得重要的文学奖项：《远山淡影》获温尼弗雷德•霍尔比纪念奖，《浮世画家》获惠特布莱德年度最佳小说奖，《长日将尽》获布克奖，《无可慰藉》获切尔特纳姆文学艺术奖，《浮世画家》《我辈孤雏》和《莫失莫忘》均入围布克奖决选名单；1995年英女王授予石黑一雄文学领域的大英帝国勋章，1998年获法国文学艺术骑士勋章，2017年因“以其巨大的情感力量，发掘了隐藏在我们与世界的虚幻联系之下的深渊”而获诺贝尔文学奖。

New York Times Bestseller: Brilliant but nave country doctor David Newcome courts tragedy when he invites a stranger into his home.In the English factory town of Calderbury, few figures are as respect

New York Times Bestseller: Brilliant but nave country doctor David Newcome courts tragedy when he invites a stranger into his home.In the English factory town of Calderbury, few figures are as respect

马修•托马斯（Matthew Thomas），作家，出生于美国纽约，毕业于芝加哥大学。获美国霍普金斯大学文学硕士及美国加州大学欧文分校艺术硕士双学位。 《不属于我们的世纪》是马修倾注10年心血完成的小说处女作，故事围绕着爱尔兰裔美国女人艾琳的一生展开。在丈夫身患早发性阿 尔茨海默病之后，家庭三人的生活与个人追求都遭受了强烈的冲击，作者淋漓尽致地刻画了普通中产阶级家庭的现实矛盾与痛楚。这本史诗色彩的家庭小说，流动着深沉而动人的情感，更浓缩着美国社会半个多世纪以来的民生百态和世事变迁。 2013年4月，《不属于我们的世纪》成为轰动伦敦书展的话题大书，西蒙·舒斯特以超过百万美元的天价买下版权，其电影版权由好莱坞第一文学制片人斯科特·鲁丁购得。作品于夏天一经问世，便获得极高评价，同时入围包括弗莱厄蒂-邓南首作奖、英国弗里奥文学奖、英国布莱克纪念奖、都柏林国际...(展开全部)

刘震云，1958年生于河南延津县。1982年北京大学中文系毕业。小说素以下笔辛辣和关注民生为特点。 曾创作长篇小说 《故乡天下黄花》 《故乡相处流传》 《故乡面和花朵》(四卷) 《一腔废话》 《手机》 《我叫刘跃进》 《一句顶一万句》等； 中短篇小说

“You should be here; he’s simply magnificent.” These are the final words a biologist hears before his wife dies at the hands of Godzilla. The words haunt him as he studies the Kaiju (Japan’s giant monsters) on an island reserve, attempting to understand the beauty his wife saw. “The Return to Monsterland” opens Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone, a collection of twelve fabuli...(展开全部)

Fiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. "A combination of the mystical, magical, and marvelous, Sequoia Nagamatsu weaves a collection of bold, hysterical, and moving tales into an unforgettable debut. From shape- shifters, to star-makers, to babies made of snow, the characters in WHERE WE GO WHEN ALL WE WERE IS GONE form a community of longing, of the surreal, of wonder. What ...(展开全部)