Fortune's Rocks: A Novel

图书标准信息

• 作者 Anita Shreve 著
• 出版社 Little Brown & Co
• 出版时间 1999-12
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780316781015
• 定价 301.10元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 320页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Everywherehailedforitsemotionalintensityandunflaggingnarrativemomentum,thismagnificentnoveltransportsustotheturnofthetwentiethcentury,totheworldofaprominentBostonfamilysummeringontheNewHampshirecoast,andtothesocialorbitofaspiritedyoungwomanwhofallsintoapassionate,illicitaffairwithanolderman,withcataclysmicresults.

【作者简介】

"AnitaShreveistheauthorofthenovelsThePilot'sWife,TheWeightofWater,EdenClose,StrangeFitsofPassion,WhereorWhen,andResistance.SheteacheswritingatAmherstCollegeanddivideshertimebetweenMassachusettsandNewHampshire.AnitaShrevebeganwritingfictionwhileworkingasahighschoolteacher.Althoughoneofherfirstpublishedstories,"PasttheIsland,Drifting,"wasawardedanO.HenryPrizein1975,Shrevefeltshecouldn'tmakealivingasafictionwritersoshebecameajournalist.ShetraveledtoAfrica,andspentthreeyearsinKenya,writingarticlesthatappearedinmagazinessuchasQuest,US,andNewsweek.BackintheUnitedStates,sheturnedtoraisingherchildrenandwritingfreelancearticlesformagazines.Shrevelaterexpandedtwoofthesearticles--bothpublishedintheNewYorkTimesMagazine--intothenonfictionbooksRemakingMotherhoodandWomenTogether,WomenAlone.AtthesametimeShrevealsobeganworkingonherfirstnovel,EdenClose.Withitspublicationin1989,shegaveupjournalismforwritingfictionfulltime,thrilled,asshesays,with"therushoffreedomthatIcouldmakeitup."