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).
From Matt Haig's Twitter: 'It is about a library between life and death where a woman gets to try all her other lives she could have lived. It will be out next September if I actually finish it.
Nora feels swamped by all the bad choices she has made in life and attempts to take her own life. Then, when given the chance to see all the ways her life could have been different, she must finally work out the answer to the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?.'
I found this book is dull to read. But there are some interesting ideas. One of them is why Nora entered this library. Who is given the chance to visit this library? The key idea of the book is that you have made so many mistakes in your life and you want a...
评分 评分If a deep depression induced suicide is given multiple chances of trial and error, namely in a mysterious place called the Midnight Library, can she undo all her regrets and find the "right" life for herself? The premise of this sci-fi/fantasy/speculative m...
评分 评分Effortless and elegant writing by Matt Haig. Perhaps too effortless but I’ll let it slide for Matt Haig having the all-year-round productivity of me three hours before my deadlines. What if we are living the worst possible life amongst the infinite possibl...
真是硬着头皮读完…
评分春节开了这本书,鸡汤有点多,中间停了好久,今天总算看完了。
评分听完了音频版,感觉也没有必要买实体书看,很简单的故事
评分虽然我喜欢喝鸡汤,但是无限流穿越,一下就能猜到结局的这碗鸡汤食之无味,弃之可惜。三星给原版书的质感,比中文书读起来有感觉。
评分非常无聊的一本书 看的发困 就当学英语看吧 逼自己看完了
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