Paradise Alley (P.S.)

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出版社: HarperCollins US
2006-01
ISBN: 9780060875954
定价: 145.10
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 704页
正文语种: 英语
丛书: P.S.
  • AttheheightoftheCivilWar,whatbeginswithstrongwordsandafewbrokenbottleswill,overthecourseoffivedays,escalateintotheworsturbanconflagrationinAmericanhistory.HundredsofthousandsofpoorIrishimmigrantssmolderwithresentmentagainstawarandapresidentthathavecostthemsomanyoftheiryoungmen.WhenwordspreadsthroughoutNewYork'simmigrantwardsthatamilitarydraftisabouttobeimplemented—adraftfromwhichanyrichman'ssonwith$300canbuyanexemption—troublebeginstospillintothestreets.
    DowninthewaterfrontslumofParadiseAlley,threewomen—DeirdreDolanO'Kane,RuthDove,andMaddyBoyle—strugglewiththeirprivatefearsastheywaitforthestormtodescendonthem.Deirdre,whoselace-curtainsensibilitieshavealwayskeptheratarm'slengthfromherneighbors,isdevastatedbythediscoverythatherhusband,Tom,hasbeenwoundedatGettysburg.Inherdesperation,DeirdremustturnforaidandcomforttoRuth,awomanshehasalwaysjudgedasmorallydepraved.
    Ruth,too,hasbeencutofffromherhusband,BillyDove,anex-slave.AtdawnhesetoutfortheColoredOrphans'Asylumuptown,tocollecthislastwages.Buthehasnotreturnedbyday'send,orbythenextmorning.Inthemeantime,Ruthhaslearnedthatdozensofblackmenandwomenhavebeenlynchedorbeatenbyrioters.
    Shebeginstofeartheworst,notjustforBilly,butforherselfandtheirchildren,too—becauseshenowknowsthatheiscoming.HeisDangerousJohnnyDolan,Deirdre'sestrangedbrother,whoafterfourteenyears'exilehasreturnedtoNewYork.Yearsbefore,itwasJohnnywhosavedRuthfromthefamineinIreland,whoarrangedforhersteeragepassagefromDublintoNewYork—andwhobeathermercilesslyuntilshearrangedtohavehimsentawayformurder.
    Evenastheriotbuildstowarditsviolentclimax,DolansearchesrelentlesslyforRuthandDeirdre,carriedalongbytheunrulymob.Intheend,theseremarkablewomenhavenothingbutoneanothertorelyonastheyseektoprotecttheirhomesandfamiliesfromthebrutalityofacity—andanation—gonemad.ParadiseAlleyastoryofraceandhatred,ofloveandwar,ofriskanddauntlesscourage.
    AuthorBiography:ThecriticallyacclaimednovelDreamlandestablishedKevinBakeras"oneofAmerica'sbestnewwriters"(BostonHerald).Now,withParadiseAlley,heemergesasoneofthemostimportantvoicesofhisgeneration.Currentlyatworkonthethirdvolumeofhis"CityofFire"trilogy,Mr.BakerisalsotheauthorofthenovelSometimesYouSeeItComingandservedaschiefhistoricalresearcherforthenonfictionbestsellerTheAmericanCentury.HeismarriedandlivesinNewYorkCity.

    KatyMadisonhasalwayslovedstoriesandbooks.Asachildshewasalwaysluggingabookaround.Inthirdgrade,shefellinlovewiththeromancegenrewhenhermotherfedhervoraciousappetiteforbookswitharomancenovel.Sidetrackedbyreallife,ahusband,kids,andacareeratTheKansasCityStar,wheresheauthoredafewincidentreportsandasystemmanual,shereturnedtoherloveofthegenrewithhergothicromance,TaintedbyTemptation.Katymakesherhomeonatree-linedstreetinKansasCity,Missouri,andthinksthereisnothingbetterthancurlingupinfrontofthefireplacewithagoodbookwhileastormragesoutside.
  • 内容简介:
    AttheheightoftheCivilWar,whatbeginswithstrongwordsandafewbrokenbottleswill,overthecourseoffivedays,escalateintotheworsturbanconflagrationinAmericanhistory.HundredsofthousandsofpoorIrishimmigrantssmolderwithresentmentagainstawarandapresidentthathavecostthemsomanyoftheiryoungmen.WhenwordspreadsthroughoutNewYork'simmigrantwardsthatamilitarydraftisabouttobeimplemented—adraftfromwhichanyrichman'ssonwith$300canbuyanexemption—troublebeginstospillintothestreets.
    DowninthewaterfrontslumofParadiseAlley,threewomen—DeirdreDolanO'Kane,RuthDove,andMaddyBoyle—strugglewiththeirprivatefearsastheywaitforthestormtodescendonthem.Deirdre,whoselace-curtainsensibilitieshavealwayskeptheratarm'slengthfromherneighbors,isdevastatedbythediscoverythatherhusband,Tom,hasbeenwoundedatGettysburg.Inherdesperation,DeirdremustturnforaidandcomforttoRuth,awomanshehasalwaysjudgedasmorallydepraved.
    Ruth,too,hasbeencutofffromherhusband,BillyDove,anex-slave.AtdawnhesetoutfortheColoredOrphans'Asylumuptown,tocollecthislastwages.Buthehasnotreturnedbyday'send,orbythenextmorning.Inthemeantime,Ruthhaslearnedthatdozensofblackmenandwomenhavebeenlynchedorbeatenbyrioters.
    Shebeginstofeartheworst,notjustforBilly,butforherselfandtheirchildren,too—becauseshenowknowsthatheiscoming.HeisDangerousJohnnyDolan,Deirdre'sestrangedbrother,whoafterfourteenyears'exilehasreturnedtoNewYork.Yearsbefore,itwasJohnnywhosavedRuthfromthefamineinIreland,whoarrangedforhersteeragepassagefromDublintoNewYork—andwhobeathermercilesslyuntilshearrangedtohavehimsentawayformurder.
    Evenastheriotbuildstowarditsviolentclimax,DolansearchesrelentlesslyforRuthandDeirdre,carriedalongbytheunrulymob.Intheend,theseremarkablewomenhavenothingbutoneanothertorelyonastheyseektoprotecttheirhomesandfamiliesfromthebrutalityofacity—andanation—gonemad.ParadiseAlleyastoryofraceandhatred,ofloveandwar,ofriskanddauntlesscourage.
    AuthorBiography:ThecriticallyacclaimednovelDreamlandestablishedKevinBakeras"oneofAmerica'sbestnewwriters"(BostonHerald).Now,withParadiseAlley,heemergesasoneofthemostimportantvoicesofhisgeneration.Currentlyatworkonthethirdvolumeofhis"CityofFire"trilogy,Mr.BakerisalsotheauthorofthenovelSometimesYouSeeItComingandservedaschiefhistoricalresearcherforthenonfictionbestsellerTheAmericanCentury.HeismarriedandlivesinNewYorkCity.

  • 作者简介:
    KatyMadisonhasalwayslovedstoriesandbooks.Asachildshewasalwaysluggingabookaround.Inthirdgrade,shefellinlovewiththeromancegenrewhenhermotherfedhervoraciousappetiteforbookswitharomancenovel.Sidetrackedbyreallife,ahusband,kids,andacareeratTheKansasCityStar,wheresheauthoredafewincidentreportsandasystemmanual,shereturnedtoherloveofthegenrewithhergothicromance,TaintedbyTemptation.Katymakesherhomeonatree-linedstreetinKansasCity,Missouri,andthinksthereisnothingbetterthancurlingupinfrontofthefireplacewithagoodbookwhileastormragesoutside.
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