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作者:MarioPuzo
出版时间:2003-09-04
书籍简介:
Alexander moved over to his favourite chair in the corner of the large chamber. 'Sit, my children, sit with me,' he gently ordered them…'We are a family,' he told his children. 'And the loyalty of the family must come before everything and everyone else. We must learn from each other, protect each other, and be bound first and foremost to each other. For if we honour that commitment, we will never be vanquished – but if we falter in that loyalty, we will all be condemned…' What is a family? Mario Puzo first answered that question, unforgettably, in his landmark bestseller "The Godfather"; with the creation of the Corleones, he forever redefined the concept of blood loyalty. Now, thirty years later, Puzo enriches us all with his ultimate vision of the subject, in a masterpiece that crowns his remarkable career: the story of the greatest crime family in Italian history – the Borgias. In "The Family", this singular novelist transports his readers back to fifteenth-century Rome and reveals the extravagance and intrigue of the Vatican as surely as he once revealed the secrets of the Mafia. Their intermingled stories constitute a symphony of human emotion and behaviour, from pride to romance to jealousy to betrayal and murderous rage. And their time, place, and characters are recaptured in all their earthy, human grandeur, with the unerring insight and compassion that were Mario Puzo's great gifts.
作者简介:
马里奥•普佐（Mario Puzo，1920-1999）
通俗小说教父，美国最成功的畅销小说作家之一。他的代表作《教父》开启了黑帮小说的全新时代，一经问世便占领《纽约时报》畅销小说榜67周，在短短两年内创下2000万册销量奇迹，至今仍是美国出版史上头号畅销书。
《波吉亚家族》在普佐作品中独树一帜，写作焦点从现代美国转移到了文艺复兴时期的意大利，讲述当时极具争议的波吉亚家族的故事，是普佐倾注最多心血和热忱的作品。
本书也是普佐的遗作。1999年普佐去世时，本书最后一章尚未写完，后由他的密友卡罗尔•吉诺续写完成。
