ONE DOOR AWAY FROM HEAVEN
出版时间:
2002-10
版次:
1
ISBN:
9780553582758
定价:
69.00
装帧:
平装
开本:
32开
纸张:
胶版纸
页数:
681页
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Hailed as "America's most popular suspense novelist"(RollingStone) Dean Koontz has entered a rich new phase of his writingcareer that is yielding his most imaginative, meaningful, andpopular work yet.
At the height of his powers as a literary craftsman, he has won theacclaim of critics as well as the allegiance of millions of fansthe world over, transforming the greatest fears and hopes of ourtime into masterworks of dazzling originality and emotionalresonance.
Now, with the stunning depth and virtuosity of his storytelling, hebrings to readers one of his most gripping and richly imaginednovels to date—an intoxicating story of adventure and suspense,mystery and revelation, told with humor, heart, and high art. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania where he graduated fromShippensburg State College (now Shippensburg University). When hewas a senior in college, he won an Atlantic Monthly fictioncompetition and have been writing ever since. His first job aftergraduation was with the Appalachian Poverty Program, where he wasexpected to counsel and tutor underprivileged children on aone-to-one basis. During his first day on the job, he discoveredthat the previous occupier of his position had been beaten up bythe very kids he had been trying to help and had landed in thehospital for several weeks. The following year was filled withchallenge but also tension, and he was more highly motivated thanever to build a career as a writer. he wrote nights and weekends,which he continued to do after leaving the poverty program andgoing to work as an English teacher in a suburban school districtoutside Harrisburg. After a year and a half in that position, hiswife, Gerda, made me an offer he couldn't refuse: "he'll supportyou for five years," she said, "and if you can't make it as awriter in that time, you'll never make it." By the end of thosefive years, Gerda had quit her job to run the business end of hiswriting career. Gerda and he, along with our dog, Trixie, live insouthern California.
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内容简介:
Hailed as "America's most popular suspense novelist"(RollingStone) Dean Koontz has entered a rich new phase of his writingcareer that is yielding his most imaginative, meaningful, andpopular work yet.
At the height of his powers as a literary craftsman, he has won theacclaim of critics as well as the allegiance of millions of fansthe world over, transforming the greatest fears and hopes of ourtime into masterworks of dazzling originality and emotionalresonance.
Now, with the stunning depth and virtuosity of his storytelling, hebrings to readers one of his most gripping and richly imaginednovels to date—an intoxicating story of adventure and suspense,mystery and revelation, told with humor, heart, and high art.
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作者简介:
He was born and raised in Pennsylvania where he graduated fromShippensburg State College (now Shippensburg University). When hewas a senior in college, he won an Atlantic Monthly fictioncompetition and have been writing ever since. His first job aftergraduation was with the Appalachian Poverty Program, where he wasexpected to counsel and tutor underprivileged children on aone-to-one basis. During his first day on the job, he discoveredthat the previous occupier of his position had been beaten up bythe very kids he had been trying to help and had landed in thehospital for several weeks. The following year was filled withchallenge but also tension, and he was more highly motivated thanever to build a career as a writer. he wrote nights and weekends,which he continued to do after leaving the poverty program andgoing to work as an English teacher in a suburban school districtoutside Harrisburg. After a year and a half in that position, hiswife, Gerda, made me an offer he couldn't refuse: "he'll supportyou for five years," she said, "and if you can't make it as awriter in that time, you'll never make it." By the end of thosefive years, Gerda had quit her job to run the business end of hiswriting career. Gerda and he, along with our dog, Trixie, live insouthern California.
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