内容简介
FromtheBookerPrize-winning,bestsellingauthorofPossession:adeeplyaffectingstoryofasingularfamily.Whenchildren’sbookauthorOliveWellwood’soldestsondiscoversarunawaynamedPhilipsketchinginthebasementofamuseum,shetakeshimintothestorybookworldofherfamilyandfriends.ButthejoyfulbacchanalsOlivehostsatherramblingcountryhouse—andtheseparate,privatebooksshewritesforeachofhersevenchildren—concealmoretreacheryanddarknessthanPhiliphaseverimagined.TheWellwoods’personalstrugglesandhiddendesiresunravelagainstabreathtakingbackdropofthecliff-linedshoresofEnglandtoParis,Munich,andthetrenchesoftheSomme,astheEdwardianperioddissolvesintoWorldWarIandEurope’sgoldeneracomestoanend.,
作者简介
A.S.Byattistheauthorofnumerousnovels,includingthequartetTheVirginintheGarden,StillLife,BabelTowerandAWhistlingWoman;TheBiographer’sTale;andPossession,whichwasawardedtheBookerPrize.Shehasalsowrittentwonovellas,publishedtogetherasAngels&Insects;fivecollectionsofshorterworks,includingTheMatisseStoriesandLittleBlackBookofStories;andseveralworksofnonfiction.Adistinguishedcriticaswellasanovelist,shelivesinLondon.