Life After Life: A Novel

图书标准信息

• 作者 Kate Atkinson 著
• 出版社 Back Bay Books
• 出版时间 2014-01
• ISBN 9780316176491
• 定价 153.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 560页

【内容简介】

"OneofthebestnovelsI'vereadthiscentury.KateAtkinsonisamarvel.Therearen'tenoughbreathlessadjectivestodescribeLIFEAFTERLIFE:Dazzling,witty,moving,joyful,mournful,profound."--GillianFlynn,authorofGoneGirlWhatifyoucouldliveagainandagain,untilyougotitright?

Onacoldandsnowynightin1910,UrsulaToddisborn,thethirdchildofawealthyEnglishbankerandhiswife.Shediesbeforeshecandrawherfirstbreath.Onthatsamecoldandsnowynight,UrsulaToddisborn,letsoutalustywail,andembarksuponalifethatwillbe,tosaytheleast,unusual.Forasshegrows,shealsodies,repeatedly,inanynumberofways.Ursula'sworldisinturmoil,facingtheunspeakableevilofthetwogreatestwarsinhistory.Whatpowerandforcecanonewomanexertoverthefateofcivilization--ifonlyshehasthechance?

Wildlyinventive,darklycomic,startlinglypoignant--thisisKateAtkinsonatherabsolutebest.

【作者简介】

KateAtkinson'sfirstnovel,BehindtheScenesattheMuseum,wasnamedEngland'sWhitbreadBookoftheYearin1996.Sincethen,shehaswrittensevenmoreground-breaking,bestsellingbooks,mostrecentlyStartedEarly,TookMyDog.ShelivesinEdinburgh,Scotland.