西濛·莫爾生於1948年，在英國、塞浦路斯和馬耳他度過童年時代，畢業於牛津大學基布爾學院，獲得動物學學位。大器晚成的他39歲纔齣版第一部小說《喀邁拉》，卻一舉奪得瞭麥基特裏剋奬。接二連三齣版瞭幾部作品後，《孟德爾的侏儒》再度奠定瞭他在大西洋兩岸的文學地位，《紐約時報》將這本書描述為一部“有雄心勃勃的主題和詼諧的小說”。

2009年，他受到二十年代建於捷剋城市布爾諾的圖根達特彆墅的啓發，西濛?莫爾創作瞭涵蓋建築、愛情、時代及命運的《玻璃屋》，入選當年布剋奬短名單。2012年，莫爾構思巧妙的驚悚小說《天上掉下的女孩》又為他在歐美文學世界裏贏得瞭不小的贊譽。

雖然筆耕不輟，但是莫爾始終沒有放棄他的專業。在過去的三十年中，他一直跟妻子及兩個孩子居住在意大利，在羅馬教授生物學。

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Honeymooners Viktor and Liesel Landauer are filled with the optimism and cultural vibrancy of central Europe of the 1920s when they meet modernist architect Rainer von Abt. He builds for them a home to embody their exuberant faith in the future, and the Landauer House becomes an instant masterpiece. Viktor and Liesel, a rich Jewish mogul married to a thoughtful, modern gentile, pour all of their hopes for their marriage and budding family into their stunning new home, filling it with children, friends, and a generation of artists and thinkers eager to abandon old-world European style in favor of the new and the avant-garde. But as life intervenes, their new home also brings out their most passionate desires and darkest secrets. As Viktor searches for a warmer, less challenging comfort in the arms of another woman, and Liesel turns to her wild, mischievous friend Hana for excitement, the marriage begins to show signs of strain. The radiant honesty and idealism of 1930 quickly evaporate beneath the storm clouds of World War II. As Nazi troops enter the country, the family must leave their old life behind and attempt to escape to America before Viktor's Jewish roots draw Nazi attention, and before the family itself dissolves.

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