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FOUR BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ |
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Cruel Beautiful World Written by Caroline Leavitt At age 16,Lucy is a lonely orphan living with older sister Charlotte and devoted aunt Iris in Waltham,Massachusetts.On the last day of school,she runs away with her 30-year-old teacher,William,and settles in a hillside cottage in rural Pennsylvania,near his new teaching job.Though Lucy feels increasingly isolated,William won't allow her any outlet.Leavitt draws upon a real-life crime that involved a girl she knew in high school.She tells her story from multiple viewpoints,building tension and sympathy for Lucy and Charlotte as tragedy swallows them. |
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By Gaslight Written by Steven Price Price,an award-winning Canadian poet,achieves an extraordinary achievement of Dickensian storytelling in his weighty second novel.His hero is William Pinkerton,son of the founder of the legendary detective agency,who finds clues in his late father's safe to the case of William Shade.This mythic thief had disturbed and upset his father.William tracks a Shade accomplice(共犯),Charlotte Reckitt,to London,only to find she's been found dead in the Thames.Price ably arranges dozens of interlinking plotlines as he spans three continents and several decades,from American Civil War battlefields to Scotland Yard at the end of the 19th Century. |
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The Invisibility Cloak Written by Ge Fei Beijing-based Ge Fei(pen name for Liu Yong)won the 2015 Mao Dun Literature Prize for fiction "describing the changing spirit of Chinese society" over the past century.The Invisibility Cloak,his first English publication,revolves around Cui,a divorced man who creates customized hi-fi speakers for Beijing's newly wealthy and a few intellectuals.Beijing's rapid expansion has left Cui longing for an invisible life away from the city.His chance comes when he agrees to build a world-class sound system for a gangster(匪徒).Ge Fei's nice work,translated from the Chinese by Canaan Morse,should find many fans. |
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Messy Written by Tim Harford The temptation to be neat and tidy may be powerful,but "we would be better served by embracing a degree of mess," Harford argues.His defense of the creative potential of the imperfect,random,vague,difficult,diverse and even dirty is refreshing.Reaching into the arts,politics,business,science and technology,Harford makes an appealing case for opening up to disorder and luck. |
(1)Which author does NOT tell a story in his/her work listed above?
A.Caroline Leavitt.
B.Steven Price.
C.Ge Fei.
D.Tim Harford.
(2)Jack is an American who loves detective stories.He is going to work and live in Beijing for the next three years,and he is very curious about the place he is heading to.Which book will he most likely choose to read now?
A.Cruel Beautiful World.
B.By Gaslight.
C.The Invisibility Cloak.
D.Messy.
(3)This page is intended for people who want to
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A.buy newly-published books at a discount
B.market latest books to friends and family
C.know what books are worthwhile to read
D.understand the current trend in literature