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

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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

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...  

这是一本怎样的书呢？ 我说：他是一本，当你拿起来后就不愿意停下；但短暂放下后却需要更大的勇气继续阅读。 它被迫让我看到是，我最不想看到的一面。 这本罗琳的书，在豆瓣上推荐了好久，一直未下决心去看，一方面是我觉得《哈利波特》系列给我的印象太深了，我不想去改变我...  

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...  

“哈母”罗琳的勇气 五年前，享誉全球的“哈利•波特系列”华丽收官，“哈利·波特之母”罗琳放下手中的魔法棒，毅然接过自狄更斯以来的现实主义文学传统的接力棒，以追求自由之心创作了一部振聋发聩...  

用户评价

我看的是中文版不是英文版

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.

Such a depressing book. NOT recommended for casual readers.

Such a depressing book. NOT recommended for casual readers.