The author of The Satanic Verses returns with his most humorous and accessible novel yet. This is the story of Haroun, a 12-year-old boy whose father Rashid is the greatest storyteller in a city so sad that it has forgotten its name. When the gift of gab suddenly deserts Rashid, Haroun sets out on an adventure to rescue his print.

Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a 1990 children's book[1] by Salman Rushdie. It was Rushdie's first novel after The Satanic Verses. It is a phantasmagorical story set in a city so old and ruinous that it has forgotten its name. Haroun and the Sea of Stories is an allegory for several problems existing in society today, especially in India and the Indian subcontinent. It looks ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 A series of fascinating Chinese stories, strong in humor and rich in Chinese wisdom, in which the author has caught admirably the spirit of Chinese life and thought.

在线阅读本书 A series of fascinating Chinese stories, strong in humor and rich in Chinese wisdom, in which the author has caught admirably the spirit of Chinese life and thought.

This collection features one of Maugham's most famous tales, "Rain," concerning the clash between a missionary and a prostitute. It also includes "Macintosh," a psychological study of the competition between two officials; "The Fall of Edward Barnard," a tale of social rebellion that foreshadows "The Razor's Edge"; "The Pool," and other compelling stories of life in the tropics...(展开全部)

[英]威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆 小说家，剧作家。现实主义文学代表人物。 毕业于伦敦圣托马斯医学院，后弃医从文。 在现实主义文学没落期坚持创作，并奠定文学史上经典地位。 倡导以无所偏袒的观察者角度写作，包容看待人性， 尽可能保持作品的客观性和真实性， 反对将小说当作"布道的讲坛"而交由读者自行判断。 1946年，设立萨黙塞特·毛姆奖，奖励优秀年轻作家。 1952年，牛津大学授予名誉博士学位。 1954年，英王室授予"荣誉侍从"称号。

[英]威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆 小说家，剧作家。现实主义文学代表人物。 毕业于伦敦圣托马斯医学院，后弃医从文。 在现实主义文学没落期坚持创作，并奠定文学史上经典地位。 倡导以无所偏袒的观察者角度写作，包容看待人性， 尽可能保持作品的客观性和真实性， 反对将小说当作"布道的讲坛"而交由读者自行判断。 1946年，设立萨黙塞特·毛姆奖，奖励优秀年轻作家。 1952年，牛津大学授予名誉博士学位。 1954年，英王室授予"荣誉侍从"称号。

You can't tell by looking at me that my dad is Poseidon, God of the Sea. It's not easy being a half-blood these days. You mortals can't even see the monsters we have to fight all the time. So when a game of dodgeball turned into a death match against an ugly gang of cannibal giants, I couldn't exactly ask my gym teacher for help. And that was just for starters. This is the ...(展开全部)

For a century, the history of the novel has been written in terms of nations and territories: the English novel, the French novel, the American novel. But what if novels were viewed in terms of the seas that unite these different lands? Examining works across two centuries, "The Novel and the Sea" recounts the novel's rise, told from the perspective of the ship's deck and the a...(展开全部)

For a century, the history of the novel has been written in terms of nations and territories: the English novel, the French novel, the American novel. But what if novels were viewed in terms of the seas that unite these different lands? Examining works across two centuries, "The Novel and the Sea" recounts the novel's rise, told from the perspective of the ship's deck and the a...(展开全部)