Young Gav can remember the page of a book after seeing it once, and, inexplicably, he sometimes "remembers" things that are going to happen in the future. As a loyal slave, he must keep these powers secret, but when a terrible tragedy occurs, Gav, blinded by grief, flees the only world he has ever known. And in what becomes a treacherous journey for freedom, Gav's greatest test...(展开全部)

The third book in Le Guin's Annals of the Western Shore series--a riveting companion to "Voices" and "Gifts"--is an epic story of survival and self-discovery that speaks to the power of new beginnings and, most importantly, of hope.

The third book in Le Guin's Annals of the Western Shore series--a riveting companion to "Voices" and "Gifts"--is an epic story of survival and self-discovery that speaks to the power of new beginnings and, most importantly, of hope.

Young Gav can remember the page of a book after seeing it once, and, inexplicably, he sometimes "remembers" things that are going to happen in the future. As a loyal slave, he must keep these powers secret, but when a terrible tragedy occurs, Gav, blinded by grief, flees the only world he has ever known. And in what becomes a treacherous journey for freedom, Gav's greatest test...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 谢默斯·希尼(Seamus Heaney,1939-2013)，享誉世界的伟大诗人、剧作家、评论家、翻译家。1939年生于北爱尔兰德里郡，1961年毕业于贝尔法斯特女王大学，当过中学教师，后回母校担任文学教师。二十多岁即以诗集《一位自然主义者之死》享誉诗坛。1972年 和家人移居爱尔兰都柏林。出版《开垦地：诗选1966—1996》《电灯光》《区线与环线》《人之链》等诗集、评论、戏剧多部，《踏脚石：希尼访谈录》对其生平和创作进行了全面解析。曾任美国哈佛大学修辞学教授，英国牛津大学诗学教授，获艾略特诗歌奖、毛姆文学奖、史密斯文学奖等一系列重要奖项。1995年因“作品洋溢着抒情之美，包容着深邃的伦理，批露出日常生活和现实历史的奇迹”获诺贝尔文学奖，被称为“爱尔兰继叶芝之后最伟大的诗人”。 【译者简介】 杨铁军，诗人，翻译家，评论家。生于山西...(展开全部)

A board book edition of the acclaimed picture book offers a beautifully illustrated, richly detailed version of Lear's nonsense verse about the whimsical adventures of the romantic Owl and Pussycat."

"Brett sets Lear's beloved poem of courtly nonsense in a lush, brilliantly lit Caribbean landscape . . . her gorgeously colored double-page spreads combine deadpan realism with the wildest flights of fancy and a mocking undercurrent in setting and character."--Booklist, starred review. Full color.

"The Owl and the Pussycat" is the winner of the 2008 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature (English Language, Illustration).Visions in Poetry is an innovative and award-winning series of classic poems re-interpreted for today's readers by outstanding contemporary artists in distinctively beautiful editions. The sixth Visions in Poetry book is "The Owl and the Pussy...(展开全部)

Kenneth Toomey is an eminent novelist of dubious talent; Don Carlo Campanati is a man of God, a shrewd manipulator who rises through the Vatican to become the architect of church revolution and a candidate for sainthood. These two men are linked not only by family ties but by a common understanding of mankind's frailties. In this epic masterpiece, Anthony Burgess plumbs the dep...(展开全部)