内容简介
ShortlistedfortheBookerPrize.InasmallEastAngliantown,FlorenceGreendecides,againstpolitebutruthlesslocalopposition,toopenabookshop.Hardboroughbecomesabattleground.Florencehastriedtochangethewaythingshavealwaysbeendone,andasaresult,shehastotakeonnotonlythepeoplewhohavemadethemselvesimportant,butnaturalandevensupernaturalforcestoo.Herfatewillstrikeachordwithanyonewhoknowsthatlifehastreatedthemwithlessthanjustice.
作者简介
PenelopeFitzgeraldwasoneofthemostelegantanddistinctivevoicesinBritishfiction.Threeofhernovels,TheBookshop,TheBeginningofSpringandTheGateofAngelshavebeenshortlistedfortheBookerPrize.ShewonthePrizein1979forOffshore.Herlastnovel,TheBlueFlower,wasthemostadmirednovelof1995,chosennofewerthannineteentimesinthepressasthe'BookoftheYear'.ItwonAmerica'sNationalBookCritics'CircleAward.ShediedinApril2000,attheageofeighty-three.