朱莉娅·斯图亚特(Julia Stuart),英国新生代畅销作家、记者。在校学习法语、西班牙语和新闻学,曾赴法国与西班牙教授英语,并在新闻界打拼多年,1999年获得国际特赦组织英国媒体奖期刊类奖(Amnesty International UK Media Awards )。
本书甫出版即荣登畅销书榜,成为当年美国独立书商的“八月选书”,也被NPR的选书人列为年度最爱图书第一名。
斯图亚特极擅长描写恋爱中笨拙的男子。他们不善言辞,不懂得抓住机会,不会讨人欢心、曲意奉承。胸中虽有柔情万千,却无法宣之于口,他们只会沉着脸,闷闷地努力,守护着自己内心的一方小天地。
Brimming with charm and whimsy, this exquisite novel set in the Tower of London has the transportive qualities and delightful magic of the contemporary classics Chocolat and Amélie .
Balthazar Jones has lived in the Tower of London with his loving wife, Hebe, and his 120-year-old pet tortoise for the past eight years. That’s right, he is a Beefeater (they really do live there). It’s no easy job living and working in the tourist attraction in present-day London.
Among the eccentric characters who call the Tower’s maze of ancient buildings and spiral staircases home are the Tower’s Rack & Ruin barmaid, Ruby Dore, who just found out she’s pregnant; portly Valerie Jennings, who is falling for ticket inspector Arthur Catnip; the lifelong bachelor Reverend Septimus Drew, who secretly pens a series of principled erotica; and the philandering Ravenmaster, aiming to avenge the death of one of his insufferable ravens.
When Balthazar is tasked with setting up an elaborate menagerie within the Tower walls to house the many exotic animals gifted to the Queen, life at the Tower gets all the more interesting. Penguins escape, giraffes are stolen, and the Komodo dragon sends innocent people running for their lives. Balthazar is in charge and things are not exactly running smoothly. Then Hebe decides to leave him and his beloved tortoise “runs” away.
Filled with the humor and heart that calls to mind the delightful novels of Alexander McCall Smith, and the charm and beauty of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society , The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise is a magical, wholly original novel whose irresistible characters will stay with you long after you turn the stunning last page.
伦敦塔,一个满是历史沧桑感的地方,到处是几百年几百年的忧伤,连老鼠家族都有几百年的悠久。有时这种东西太沉重,会让住在里面的人一日一日的也沉重起来。那些至死也出不去囚犯们,死后的灵魂恶作剧般惊扰活人,却不是骇人的,只是浓重的忧伤,散发着霉腐的味道,再大的落...
评分 评分空气弥漫着成都冬季常有的潮湿和阴冷,哪怕穿的再多也觉得暖和不起来。 这本书是在圣诞节的午后,我和朋友窝在书店沙发里抱着渐渐冷却的红茶看完的,一口气读完有一种说不出来的满足。 “我们可能以同样的方式爱着彼此,但并不意味着会以同样的方式表露悲伤。” 不一定所有的...
评分豆瓣读书推荐给我的一本书,被书的封皮吸引了,哈哈。 发现自己理解英式幽默尚未脱离词典的帮助,还需不断努力! 虽然读得很慢,不过故事还是很吸引人的。小动物什么的最有爱了。 PS:作者真是年轻啊
评分伦敦塔的守塔人 巴尔萨泽 琼斯 ,原本拥有一个幸福快乐、充满了温情的小家庭。但是,自从琼斯夫妇的儿子迈洛突然急病死亡之后,这个家庭就沉浸在巨大的悲痛之中。而且,在那些悲伤的日子里,琼斯夫妇也开始彼此疏远了。悲伤痛苦把这对不幸的夫妇捆绑在同一个屋檐下的同时,又在...
一个慢热的温情故事,伦敦塔和地铁失物招领处,各国元首送给女王的诡异动物都是看点和笑点
评分古老神秘又有着阴暗历史的伦敦塔,收集各种雨水的守塔人,在家骂人用希腊语的守塔人的妻子,死在睡梦里的他们的儿子,写色情小说的神父,全英国最老的断尾巴的龟,家犬般的长胡子的猪,抑郁的信天翁,地铁失物招领处的假眼……怪人、怪事、怪场景,语言又有英国人一贯的冷幽默,不由人不爱。
评分挺好玩的
评分伦敦塔秘密动物园~台湾已经有翻译版~
评分伦敦塔秘密动物园~台湾已经有翻译版~
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