The Casual Vacancy

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.

出版者:Hachette Digital

作者:[英] J·K·罗琳

页数:480

出版时间:2012-9-27

价格:57.00

装帧:eBook

isbn号码:9781405519229

图书标签:J·K罗琳英国成人惊悚小说临时空缺英文原版英國罗琳

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.

读后感

六月底的时候，师傅神秘兮兮地跑到我桌边，揪着耳朵问我愿不愿意去英国待两个月。听上去很诱人呢。虽然要抛夫弃女、背井离乡，可毕竟能亲眼见识一下大名鼎鼎的“日不落帝国”，也是一件令人心向往之的幸事。事实上，我也是用这同样的诱饵把研究生时的好友老丁骗入伙的。后来...  

恺蒂/文，刊于2012-10-21 东方早报·上海书评 　　对于过多宣传和运作的新书，我总是敬而远之。我的孩子年龄都小，是属于后《哈利·波特》的一代，虽然我女儿的 ipod 中也有一整套《哈利·波特》的有声书，但她没赶上那七部童书初版时的空前热闹。最近，罗琳新书《偶...  

《偶发空缺》最大的新闻点是“J.K.罗琳第一部成人小说”，写的是成年人的故事，成年人之间的纠葛和他们的纷扰。二三十个主要人物，个个异常传神，虽俱为麻瓜，可怜可恨之处各不相同。成年人读这本书，心中最隐秘的角落或许会被照亮，但不用担心，世无完人，小说中最完美的人物...  

帕格镇因为巴里的死亡陷入一场争夺议员席位的无硝烟战争，围绕一种基于远离英伦十万八千里的上海在地情怀一般的经济与风俗博弈，展开了一场针对小镇与市区及中间“丛地”之于帕格镇去留的拉锯战。这太不罗琳了，遥想当年，《哈利•波特》的世界，天马行空之下，亦多不列颠风...  

文/严杰夫 年初，《哈利•波特》的大戏才刚落幕，所有人都还没来得及揣测罗琳未来的创作计划，但她新作的消息已经不胫而走：据说是一部没有了魔法和鬼怪的作品，据说是一个完全发生在现实中的故事……。当这些四处传播的小道消息还未完全散去，罗琳新作的中文版已摆到了我的...  

用户评价

我看的是中文版不是英文版

批判社会、揭露人性、记录时代，值得期待

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。

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。

Such a depressing book. NOT recommended for casual readers.