The Wind Is Not a River

图书标准信息

• 作者 Brian Payton 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins
• 出版时间 2014-09
• ISBN 9780062279989
• 定价 149.30元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 320页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Astunningtaleofloveandsurvivalagainstallodds,forfansofColdMountain

April1943.Inthebloodyturmoilofwar,JohnEasley,ajournalistmourninghislostbrother,isdriventoexposeahiddenandgrowingconflict:theJapaneseinvasionandoccupationofAlaska'sAleutianIslands.Butwhenhisplaneisshotdownhemusteithersurrenderorstruggletosurviveinaharshwilderness.

Threethousandmilestothesouth,HelenEasleycannotacceptherhusband'sdisappearance-anabsencethatexposeshersheltered,untestedlife.Desperatetofindandbereunitedwithhim,shesetsoutonaremarkablejourneyfromthesafetyofherSeattlehometothewarinthenorth.

Anevocative,richlyatmospherictaleoflifeanddeath,commitmentandsacrifice,TheWindIsNotaRiver,perfectforfansofColdMountain,isagrippingstoryofsurvivalthatilluminatesthefragilityoflifeandthefiercepoweroflove.

'Beautifullywritten,lyricalandelegiac,TheWindIsNotARiverisanovelyoumustread...JohnEasley'sstruggletosurviveandhiswifeHelen'sstruggletofindhimformthemosttriumphantandheartbreakinglovestoryI'vereadinyears'DavidVann,authorofLEGENDOFASUICIDE

【作者简介】

BrianPaytonhaswrittenfortheNewYorkTimes,LosAngelesTimes,ChicagoTribune,andBostonGlobe.HeliveswithhiswifeinVancouver.