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.
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...
评分读者和书之间的关系无非两种:新欢,或是旧爱。 若你已经读过作家之前的作品,不管是一本或是多本,必定会有先入为主的感触。遣词方式、惯用的转折,更重要的是作品的内核。小说的气质复杂,恰如人的立体。当旧爱换了副面貌铺陈在眼前,你免不了细细辨认那些似曾相识...
评分我想,成名作家最大的烦恼莫过于如何延续或是突破自我的创作生涯,他或她们不喜欢也不希望当自己的新作品呈现给读者时,所得到的反馈是令人失望的自我重复,渐而陷入江郎才尽的一潭死水,这对于任何一位作者而言都是不得不面对的挑战。显而易见,新作品担负的重任不仅要表现出...
评分这是作者继哈利。波特系列之后的第一部作品,个人认为这本书已经从儿童文学开始上升到文学的范畴了,作者在这本书里加入了自己对于人生的感慨,于是威登一家成为了全书的主线,我仿佛看到了作者在对自己未成名之前的生活的一种感慨和唏嘘(作者以前也是个贫穷的单亲妈妈)。 这...
评分不可否认,评分极低,在英美的网站上得分甚至不如《五十度灰》,只有在加拿大以及德国、意大利、西班牙等少数欧洲国家勉强拿到三星半,其余的多为三星。 罗琳的新书为什么会出现如此大的落差呢?分析起来,原因如下: (1)罗琳原本是一个畅销书作家,写的是类型小说,阅读性...
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。
评分Such a depressing book. NOT recommended for casual readers.
评分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。
评分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。
评分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。
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