The Stars Shine Down

西德尼·谢尔顿（Sidney Sheldon 1917—2007） 当代美国著名作家。2007年1月30日在洛杉矶逝世，享年89岁。他是世界上唯一集奥斯卡奖、托尼奖和爱伦·坡奖于一身的作家，前17本小说全部登上过《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜的榜首。根据吉尼斯世界纪录的记载，他是世界上被翻译得最多的作家，他的作品被译成51种语言，引介到180个国家和地区，全球总销量超过3亿册。

出版者:Warner Books

作者:Sidney Sheldon

页数:416

出版时间:1993-09-01

价格:USD 7.99

装帧:Mass Market Paperback

isbn号码:9780446364768

图书标签:英文原版SidneySheldon小说西德尼·谢尔顿英文美国美国文学虚构类

The Stars Shine Down is Sidney Sheldons twelfth and most passionate novel, set against the glamorous world of international business and featuring a complex and compelling heroine faced with a series of life-shattering decisions.

Lara Cameron is young and beautiful. Rising from a past she seeks to repress, she achieves her wildest ambition, creating a much envied business empire. Then, overnight, all that has gone before, her fortune, her achievements, and her marriageeverythingis at risk.

Paul Martin, a brilliant but mysterious lawyer who is captivated by Lara, finally is faced with her desire for independence and his own compulsion no to let her go.

Howard Keller, Laras longtime friend and mentor, is torn between loyalty to her and maintaining a terrifying secret, one that must never be revealedespecially to Lara.

It is Philip Adler who offers Lara an exciting new world, but at a devastating price that threatens to destroy them both.

From Scotland to Nova Scotia, New York to London, Rome to Reno, The Stars Shine Down is classic Sidney Sheldon, featuring the startling shocks and amazing surprises millions of readers have come to expect and love. It is also a highlight in a continuum of virtuoso performances by the man everyone turns to for irresistible romance, cliff-hanger suspense, and the totally unexpected.

读后感

应该是：小镇少女拉腊凭借自己的聪明才智和女人的特殊资本，涉足只有男人才敢问津的房地产开发业。她在商场中屡经风险，但在黑手党头目的暗中帮助下，竟奇迹般地化险为夷。她飞黄腾达、成了炙手可热的房地产开发业的巨头。但她在感情上却陷入摆脱不了的危机之中……  

Sidney Sheldon1993年9月出版的小说，开篇的场景是1992.9.10地产大亨Lara Cameron的生日晚宴，暴雨中私人飞机穿云而过，风驰电掣匆忙赶赴到富丽堂皇的晚宴大厅却空无一人……巨大的悬念一直贯穿到最后一章，不得不承认，的确在意料之外。 整部小说就是 Iron Butterfly的奋斗史...  

用户评价

An unexpected ending.

第二本Sidney Sheldon很过瘾

典型的Sheldon叙事风格，结尾潦草了，像很多美剧的模式。

第二本Sidney Sheldon很过瘾

看了几本Sidney的书以后再看这本，缺少了一些惊喜，文字一贯的简洁流畅，情节曲折生动。但都是一种模式，总是一个美丽无比，家境坎坷却颇具才干、满腹抱负的女主角，如何从卑微的社会地位走向令人炫目的成功。在这披荆斩棘的道路中所作的一个冒险决定会成为隐患，并在小说结尾全盘爆发，然后女主角辛苦挣来的一切都化为须有。不过，这本小说的结尾还是让我吃惊了一下，并且安排了一个好结局, I like that!!