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84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff 192 pages. Little Brown UK via LBS. $ 10.36 Hanff was in sear...
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84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
192 pages. Little Brown UK via LBS. $ 10.36
Hanff was in search of classic British literature titles that she had been unable to find in New York City when she noticed an ad in The Saturday Review of Literature. She first contacted the shop in 1949 and it fell to Doel to fulfil her requests. In time, a long-distance friendship developed in the form of twenty-year correspondence(通信)between the two and between Hanff and other staff members as well, with an exchange of Christmas packages, birthday gifts and food parcels to help with the post-World War II food shortages in Britain.
Fool by Christopher Moore
311 pages. William Morrow. $26.99
In Fool Christopher Moore takes on Shakespeare, with a retelling of “King Lear” through the eyes of Lear's fool named Pocket. The plot and cast of characters are borrowed more or less from the original, with several Mooreian additions-a second fool, named Drool, and a refrain (叠句)that could come in handy for any adapter of Shakespeare, “There's always a bloody ghost”.
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
372 pages. Bloomsbury. $24.93
Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry rough Rasheed, who is thirty years her senior. Nearly two decades later, in a climate of growing unrest, tragedy strikes fifteen-year-old Laila, who must leave her home and join Mariam's unhappy household. Laila and Mariam are to find comfort in each other to struggle against starvation, cruelty and fear in a desperate life. Their friendship grows as deep as the bond between sisters and as strong as the ties between mother and daughter.
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
541 pages. Knopf. $26.95
Like his main character, Marion Stone, Abraham Verghese is a doctor born in Ethiopia who immigrated to the United States. Marion and his twin brother, Shiva, were left alone at birth when their mother died, and their father, a doctor, disappeared. Fleeing an act of political violence, Marion lands in New York, at a charity hospital called Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, where the events that happen force him to face his past.
1.Which two books mainly focus on friendship?
A.Fool and Cutting for Stone .
B.84, Charing Cross Road and Fool.
C.Cutting for Stone and A Thousand Splendid Suns.
D.84, Charing Cross Road and A Thousand Splendid Suns.
2.Which book is the best choice to learn more about “King Lear”?
A.84, Charing Cross Road. B.Fool.
C.A Thousand Splendid Suns. D.Cutting for Stone.
3.What do we know about Shiva from the passage?
A.He is Mariam's husband. B.He is Laila's mother.
C.He is Verghese’s twin brother. D.He is Marin's twin brother.
4.What can we know from the passage?
A.Cutting for Stone is published by William Morrow.
B.Abraham Verghese was not born in the U. S. A.
C.A Thousand Splendid Suns is a book about history.
D.Fool is the thinnest book and costs the most.
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