Matt Haig was born in Sheffield, England in1975. He writes books for both adults and children, often blending the worlds of domestic reality and outright fantasy, with a quirky twist. His bestselling novels are translated into 28 languages. The Guardian has described his writing as 'delightfully weird' and the New York Times has called him 'a novelist of great talent' whose writing is 'funny, riveting and heartbreaking'.
His novels for adults are The Last Family in England, narrated by a labrador and optioned for film by Brad Pitt; The Dead Fathers Club (2006), an update of Hamlet featuring an 11-year-old boy; The Possession of Mr Cave (2008), about a man obsessed with his daughter's safety, and The Radleys (2010) which won Channel 4's TV Book Club public vote and was shortlisted for a Galaxy National Book Award (UK). The film rights to all his adult novels have been sold. His next adult novel is The Humans (2013).
His multi-award winning popular first novel for children, Shadow Forest, was published in 2007 and its sequel, The Runaway Troll, in 2009. His most recent children's novel is To Be A Cat (2012).
Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries. Tom has lived history--performing with Shakespeare, exploring the high seas with Captain Cook, and sharing cocktails with Fitzgerald. Now, he just wants an ordinary life.
So Tom moves back to London, his old home, to become a high school history teacher--the perfect job for someone who has witnessed the city's history first hand. Better yet, a captivating French teacher at his school seems fascinated by him. But the Albatross Society, the secretive group which protects people like Tom, has one rule: never fall in love. As painful memories of his past and the erratic behavior of the Society's watchful leader threaten to derail his new life and romance, the one thing he can't have just happens to be the one thing that might save him. Tom will have to decide once and for all whether to remain stuck in the past, or finally begin living in the present.
信天翁寿命很长,可是又称作“笨鸟”,因为它们的栖息地是海洋,在陆地上它们十分的驯顺。 在信天翁社会里谁都不得不接受海德里希的操纵与控制,就像是一直飞没有脚不能降落休息的鸟儿一样,生命注定不能自由。很多古人都希望通过炼丹飞升成仙,能青春永驻。可是活得那么久真的...
评分乱七八糟的一点浅思。 从作品来说部分情节是非常吸引文学女孩的设置,和莎士比亚的交情,以及和菲兹杰拉德的相遇,实在是太过奇妙有趣。 关于爱情“有人说,只要你有过真正的爱情,在爱逝去后,任何人都无法和当时的爱人相提并论。”四百年来都在爱一个人是什么样的感受,爱过...
评分文/舒念 拿到这本书是一个美好的意外,我对奇幻类小说的了解不多,翻开这本书的时候还带着一点疑虑,《时光边缘的男人》,会不会是尼摩船长这样的传奇人物,又或是亨特与克莱尔那样时间错位的爱情。然而读过之后,才会发现这是一本传奇与爱情兼具的“历史小说”。 一个活了439...
评分标题即代表了我对这本书的全部感想。 《时光边缘的男人》 这本书刚出版的时候,就引起了不小的轰动,卷福抢先拿下了这本书的版权,大概意思就是卷福要当主演,很快就要有卷福的新电影可以看咯。 简单介绍一下,《时光边缘的男人》 ,讲述的是生命周期很长的一群人的生活。主人...
评分看过日本作家佐野洋子的绘本《活了一百万次的猫》,他活了一百万次,死了一百万次,生命变得不再是生命的意义,最后落入了虚无。活着最后变成了不断的变化,最后一次,猫幸福地死去,不再复活,因为它爱了,爱过,它的身体变得柔软,生命又回归到了最初的意义。 看《时光边缘的...
作者其他的两本书我都能读得进去,这本不知道怎么回事就是找不到那切入的点。可能是刚看完那本震撼我的EDUCATED,还是有hangover。
评分the future is you.
评分作者其他的两本书我都能读得进去,这本不知道怎么回事就是找不到那切入的点。可能是刚看完那本震撼我的EDUCATED,还是有hangover。
评分似乎大部分探讨人生意义的书,最后都会归结到同样的一句话:活在当下。说起来容易,但Tom Hazard活了四百多年还是没做到。 全书有点虎头蛇尾,越写到后来越勉强,Tom对Camille的爱意莫名其妙,然后匆匆一枪突然就结局了。
评分The way you stop time is by stopping being ruled by it
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