J.K. Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series of seven books, published between 1997 and 2007, which have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, are distributed in more than 200 territories, translated into 73 languages, and have been turned into eight blockbuster films. She has also written two small volumes, which appear as the titles of Harry's schoolbooks within the novels. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages were published by Bloomsbury Children's Books in March 2001 in aid of Comic Relief. In December 2008, The Tales of Beedle the Bard was published in aid of the Children's High Level Group, and quickly became the fastest selling book of the year. As well as an OBE for services to children's literature, J.K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees including the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, France's Legion d'Honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and she has been a Commencement Speaker at Harvard University USA. She supports a wide number of charitable causes through her charitable trust Volant, and is the founder of Lumos, a charity working to transform the lives of disadvantaged children.
When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils...Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations? A big novel about a small town, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other.
盼到了J.K.罗琳的新书,却不是《哈利·波特》的续集,而是一个全新的故事供成年人阅读。故事发生在英国西南部一个名叫帕格的小镇上,刚过不惑之年的巴里•菲尔布拉泽先生突然病逝。原本生老病死、悲欢离别是再正常不过的事罢了,但平日里安宁和睦的帕格镇便从此开始了...
评分读者和书之间的关系无非两种:新欢,或是旧爱。 若你已经读过作家之前的作品,不管是一本或是多本,必定会有先入为主的感触。遣词方式、惯用的转折,更重要的是作品的内核。小说的气质复杂,恰如人的立体。当旧爱换了副面貌铺陈在眼前,你免不了细细辨认那些似曾相识...
评分故事的开端起源于Barry Fairbrother,一位在当地颇尊重和欢迎的地区领袖,因为脑部血管爆裂而死亡。他的突然离世,令到他所在的Pagford小镇的自治委员会出现了一个空缺,这也是小说名字casual vacancy的由来。故事亦围绕着两派人争夺这一空缺位置而展开。 至于为什么夺得这个...
评分读者和书之间的关系无非两种:新欢,或是旧爱。 若你已经读过作家之前的作品,不管是一本或是多本,必定会有先入为主的感触。遣词方式、惯用的转折,更重要的是作品的内核。小说的气质复杂,恰如人的立体。当旧爱换了副面貌铺陈在眼前,你免不了细细辨认那些似曾相识...
评分盼到了J.K.罗琳的新书,却不是《哈利·波特》的续集,而是一个全新的故事供成年人阅读。故事发生在英国西南部一个名叫帕格的小镇上,刚过不惑之年的巴里•菲尔布拉泽先生突然病逝。原本生老病死、悲欢离别是再正常不过的事罢了,但平日里安宁和睦的帕格镇便从此开始了...
批判社会、揭露人性、记录时代,值得期待
评分从儿童文学转到现实题材,罗琳首先便想到了“揭露”富裕的中产阶级社区岁月静好外表下掩藏的罪恶和冷漠;这毕竟是每一个有野心的小说家都用过的套路,想来真是讨巧。
评分批判社会、揭露人性、记录时代,值得期待
评分批判社会、揭露人性、记录时代,值得期待
评分Such a depressing book. NOT recommended for casual readers.
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