公元2012年10月11日,一次超高能量的强子对撞机实验引发了无人能够想象的后果。世界范围内,时间场被扭曲,每隔二十个小时,一切都会还原到10月11日早上6点47分的状态,除了人们的记忆之外。时间的循环无穷无尽,一个不可思议的新纪元由此开始。韩方,北京一名最普通的大学生,和朋友们一起经历了这个新纪元最初的震惊和灾难。在每况愈下的混乱局势中,他们必须设法自救。此后的世界被疯狂和愚昧所席卷,他们的生活分崩离析,在黑暗的时代中仍坚守着希望。经历种种劫难后,一个自称受到时间之神指引的神秘教派又在全球范围兴起,教主保罗似乎掌握了幕后真相,通过精心安排的计划把人类带向不可知的未来。 当令人窒息的真相逐步揭开时,韩方发现,在这片时间的废墟上,他和一个神秘的少女竟然肩负着世界最后的希望,可他们将如何拯救这
Giventheimportanceofwhattheydo,andthecontroversiesthatoftensurroundthem,andtheviolentpeopletheysometimesconfront,itisremarkablethatinthehistoryoftheUSAonlyfouractivefederaljudgeshavebeenmurdered. JudgeRaymondFawcettjustbecamenumberfive. Hisbodywasfoundinthesmallbasementofalakesidecabinhehadbuilthimselfandfrequentlyusedonweekends.WhenhedidnotshowupforatrialonMondaymorning,hislawclerkspanicked,calledtheFBI,andinduecoursetheagentsfoundthecrimescene.Therewasnoforcedentry,nostruggle,justtwodeadbodies-JudgeFawcettandhisyoungsecretary. IdidnotknowJudgeFawcett,butIknowwhokilledhim,andwhy. Iamalawyer,andIaminprison. It'salongstory.
With an Introduction by Roger Clark, University of Kent at Canterbury Castigated for offending against public decency, Madame Bovary has rarely failed to cause a storm. For Flaubert's contemporaries, the fascination came from the novelist's meticulous account of provincial matters. For the writer, subject matter was subordinate to his anguished quest for aesthetic perfection. For his twentieth-century successors the formal experiments that underpin Madame Bovary look forward to the innovations of contemporary fiction. Flaubert s protagonist in particular has never ceased to fascinate. Romantic heroine or middle-class neurotic, flawed wife and mother or passionate protester against the conventions of bourgeois society, simultaneously the subject of Flaubert s admiration and the butt of his irony - Emma Bovary remains one of the most enigmatic of fictional creations. Flaubert's meticulous approach to the craft of fiction, his portrayal of contemporary reality, his representation of an unforgettable cast of char
Thackeray'supper-classRegencyworldisanoisyandjostlingcommercialfairground,predominantlydrivenbyacquisitivegreedandsoullessmaterialism,inwhichthenarratorhimselfplaysabrilliantlyversatileroleasaserio-comicobserver.AlthoughsubtitledANovelwithoutaHero,VanityFairfollowsthefortunesoftwocontrastingbutinter-linkedlives:throughtheretiringAmeliaSedleyandthebrilliantBeckySharp,Thackerayexaminesthepositionofwomeninanintenselyexploitativemaleworld. 穷画家的女儿蓓姬·夏普,自幼失去父母,但绝顶聪明。她以半工半读的方式从寄宿学校毕业后,由一名家庭小教师起步,牢牢抓住每一个机会,削尖了脑袋钻进维多利亚时代的上流社会,成为一颗光芒四射的交际明星。这一尤物的发迹历程,在滑铁卢战役波澜壮阔的历史大背景映衬下,展现了堪称世界文学中最成功的一个女冒险家艺术形象。萨克雷的词锋犀利,机智幽默,解剖人生精妙入微。本书问世将近160年来,一直被誉为一面
Baldacci's instant New York Times bestselling thriller is the story of a ragtag group of conspiracy theorists who gather to find the hidden truth behind the actions of the power elite in Washington, D.C.
Homer'sgreatepicdescribesthemanyadventuresofOdysseus,Greekwarrior,ashestrivesovermanyyearstoreturntohishomeislandofIthacaaftertheTrojanWar.Hiscolourfuladventures,hisendurance,hisloveforhiswifeandsonhavethesamepowertomoveandinspirereaderstodayastheydidinArchaicGreece,2800yearsago.Thispoemhasbeentranslatedmanytimesovertheyears,butChapman'ssinewy,gorgeousrendering(1616)standsinaclassofitsown.ChapmanbelievedhimselfinspiredbythespiritofHomerhimself,andmatchesthebreadthandpoweroftheoriginalwithacomplexandstunningidiomofhisown.JohnKeatsexpressedhisadmirationfortheresultingworkinthefamoussonnet,'OnfirstlookingintoChapman'sHomer':'MuchhaveItravelledintherealmsofgold...'
Thehighly-anticipatednovelfromthebest-sellingauthorof‘TheJoyLuckClub’and‘TheBonesetter’sDaughter’.Onanill-fatedartexpeditionoftheSouthernShanStateinBurma,elevenAmericansleavetheirFloatingIslandResortforaChristmasmorningtour–anddisappear.Throughthetwistsoffate,curses,andjustplainhumanerror,theyfindthemselvesdeepintheBurmajungle,wheretheyencounteratribeawaitingthereturnoftheleaderandthemythicalbookofwisdomthatwillprotectthemfromtheravagesanddestructionoftheMyanmarmilitaryregime.FilledwithAmyTan'ssignature'idiosyncratic,sympatheticcharacters,hauntingimages,historicalcomplexity,significantcontemporarythemes,andsuspensefulmystery'(LosAngelesTimes),‘SavingFishfromDrowning’seducesthereaderwithafa?adeofBuddhistillusions,magicaltricks,andlightcomedy,evenastheabsurdandpicaresquespiralintoagrippingmoralitytaleabouttheconsequencesofintentions–bothgoodandbad–andofthesharedresponsibilitythatindividualsmustacceptfortheactionsofothers.