The River Between Us

图书标准信息

• 作者 Richard Peck 著
• 出版社 Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
• 出版时间 2005-04
• ISBN 9780142403105
• 定价 51.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 176页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

RichardPeckisamasterofstoriesaboutpeopleintransition,butperhapsneverbeforehashetoldataleofsuchdramaticchangeasthisone,setduringthefirstyearoftheCivilWar.Thewholecountryischangingin1861-eventhefolksfromamuddylittleIllinoissettlementonthebanksoftheMississippi.Here,fifteen-year-oldTillyPruittfretsoverthefactthatherbrotherisdreamingofbeingasoldierandthathersisterispronetosupernaturalvisions.AboynamedCurrycouldpossiblybecomeadistraction.Thenasteamboatwhistlesplitstheair.TheRobRoyfromNewOrleansdocksatthelanding,andofftheboatsteptworemarkablefigures:avibrant,commandingyoungladyinarustlinghoopskirtandadarker,silentwomaninaplaincloak,withabandannawrappedaroundherhead.Whoarethesetwofascinatingstrangers?Andisthedarkerwomanaslave,standingnowonthefreesoilofIllinois?WhenTilly'smotherinvitesthewomentoboardatherhouse,thewholeworldshiftsforthePruittsandfortheirvisitorsaswell.Withinapage-turningtaleofmystery,adventure,andthecivilianCivilWarexperience,RichardPeckhasspunabreathtakingportraitofthelifelongimpactthatonepersoncanhaveonanother.Thisisanovelofcountlessriches.Finalistforthe2003NationalBookAward,YoungPeople'sLiteratureWinnerofthe2004ScottO'DellAwardforHistoricalFiction

【作者简介】

RichardPeckRichardPeckcreatedGrandmaDowdelinashortstorycalled"ShotgunCheatham'sLastNightAboveGround,"whichbecamethefirstchapterofthisbook.??Hesays,"Grandmaistoosizabletobeconfinedinasinglestory,tosizableandmystifyingtohergrowinggrandchildren,whoineachvisitdiscoverinheradifferentwoman."