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.
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我想起這個標題是因為Fats和Krystal第一次不戴套的時候,Fats跟自己說這就是real life. 我暗自揣度彼時Krystal該是多麼沒感覺、無所謂、和絕望啊。雖然曾一度嘗試跟Fats說說自己的事情,Krystal大多數時候錶現的像是一個非常正常的,socially normal的跟同齡人hook up的女...
評分盼到瞭J.K.羅琳的新書,卻不是《哈利·波特》的續集,而是一個全新的故事供成年人閱讀。故事發生在英國西南部一個名叫帕格的小鎮上,剛過不惑之年的巴裏•菲爾布拉澤先生突然病逝。原本生老病死、悲歡離彆是再正常不過的事罷瞭,但平日裏安寜和睦的帕格鎮便從此開始瞭...
評分在世界範圍內,也找不到像J.K.羅琳這樣賣小說的作傢。“哈利·波特”係列大獲成功,全球銷量超過四億五萬冊。而《偶發空缺》的發行方式和保密程度也跟《哈利波特》差不多。中國作為重要的市場之一,大陸中文版也拔得頭籌爭取到瞭亞洲第一個上市的譯本。很難想象一本文學小說首...
評分昨天中午,一個星期的閱讀曆程終於結束的時候,耳機裏傳來蕾哈娜的‘umbrella’,醇厚的女聲有力的打著節拍,“When the sun shines, we’ll shine together.Told you I'll be here forever,Said I'll always be a friend,Took an oath I''ll stick it out till the end.”看著...
評分文/嚴傑夫 年初,《哈利•波特》的大戲纔剛落幕,所有人都還沒來得及揣測羅琳未來的創作計劃,但她新作的消息已經不脛而走:據說是一部沒有瞭魔法和鬼怪的作品,據說是一個完全發生在現實中的故事……。當這些四處傳播的小道消息還未完全散去,羅琳新作的中文版已擺到瞭我的...
圖書標籤: J·K羅琳 英國 成人驚悚 小說 臨時空缺 英文原版 英國 羅琳
我看的是中文版不是英文版
評分我看的是中文版不是英文版
評分從兒童文學轉到現實題材,羅琳首先便想到瞭“揭露”富裕的中産階級社區歲月靜好外錶下掩藏的罪惡和冷漠;這畢竟是每一個有野心的小說傢都用過的套路,想來真是討巧。
評分我看的是中文版不是英文版
評分Such a depressing book. NOT recommended for casual readers.
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