书目

Curiosity

内容简介

Award-winningnovelistJoanThomasblendsfactandfiction，passionandscienceinthisstunningnovelsetin19th-centuryLymeRegis，England—theseasidetownthatisthesettingofbothTheFrenchLieutenant'sWomanandJaneAusten'sPersuasion.Morethan40yearsbeforethepublicationofTheOriginofSpecies，12-year-oldMaryAnning，acabinet-maker'sdaughter，foundthefirstintactskeletonofaprehistoricdolphin-likecreature，andspentayearchippingitfromthesoftcliffsnearLymeRegis.Thiswasonlythefirstofmanyimportantdiscoveriesmadebythisincrediblewoman，perhapsthemostimportantpaleontologistofherday.HenrydelaBechewasthesonofagentryfamily，ownersofaslave-workedestateinJamaicawherehespenthischildhood.AsanadolescentbackinEngland，heranawayfrommilitarycollege，andsoonfoundhimselflivingwithhiselegant，cynicalmotherinLymeRegis，wherehepursuedhispassionfordrawingandpaintingthelandscapesandfossilsofthearea.Onemorningonanexpeditiontoseeanextraordinarydiscovery—agiantfossil—hemeetsayoungwomanunlikeanyonehehasevermet…

作者简介

JoanThomas’sdebutnovel,ReadingByLightning(2008),wontheCommonwealthPrizeforBestFirstBook(Canada/Caribbean)andtheAmazon.caFirstNovelAward.Joanhasworkedasateacher,group-homeworker,editor,andastheWritingandPublishingconsultantattheManitobaArtsCouncil.ShewasabookscolumnistandlongtimecontributingreviewerfortheGlobeandMail,andin1996wonaNationalMagazineAward(Silver)forCreativeNon-Fiction.Joan'ssecondnovel,Curiosity,waspublishedinMarchofthisyear.JoanlivesinWinnipeg.,,

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