許多人如此形容比莉．哈樂黛的演唱方式，She sang her heart out，把心都唱出來了。爵士樂迷都熟悉她的歌聲，搖滾樂迷中聽過她名字的也大有人在，因為U2合唱團1988年登上排行榜的單曲《哈林的天使》（Angel of Harlem）就是獻給她的。歌詞裡說「我在WBLS電台聽到天使的聲音」（”On BLS I heard the sound of an angel”）。天使的聲音聽起來
In this fascinatingly imaginative novel, Julia Blackburn has decimated all the rules, creating a magical tale that is part fable, part allegory, part present, part past, and wholly genuine and poetic.
In 1814 Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on St. Helenad surreal exile that would last until his death six years later. "A resonant meditation on exile, fame, the stories we tell about ourselves (and) the bi
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