THE STOLEN CHILD is the story of Henry Day, a seven-year-old kidnapped by a strange group living in the dark forest near his home. He is stolen by changelings—ageless beings whose secret community is threatened by encroaching modern life. They give Henry a new name, Aniday, and the gift of agelessness—now and forever, he will be seven years old. In keeping with tradition, the...(展开全部)

Music is one of humanity’s oldest medicines. From the Far East to the Ottoman Empire, Europe to Africa and the pre-colonial Americas, many cultures have developed their own rich traditions for using sound and rhythm to ease suffering, promote healing, and calm the mind. In his latest work, neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author Daniel J. Levitin (This Is Your Bra...(展开全部)

Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

多和田叶子，1960年生于东京。毕业于早稻田大学文学系。1982年赴德国汉堡，继攻读汉堡大学研究生课程之后，修完苏黎世大学的博士课程。1991年，以《失去脚踝》获群像新人奖。1993年，以《狗女婿上门》获芥川奖。2000年，以《雏菊茶的时候》获泉镜花奖。2002年，以 《球形时间》获得日本Bunkamura双偶文学奖，并以《嫌疑犯的夜行列车》获得谷崎润一郎文学奖和伊藤整文学奖。此外还有《掉进海里的名字》、《修女与丘比特之弓》等作品。 获日本最高文学奖芥川龙之介奖（第108回） 首位荣获德国最高文学奖克莱斯特奖（2016）的亚洲作家 日本最著名的“越境”作家。贝克特，乔伊斯，卡夫卡的当代精神传人 多和田叶子以独特的手法运用文字，不断在语言内部缔造新的表现可能。 ——克莱斯特奖获奖理由 在翻译的过程中，往往为了追求中文流畅而抹去异语言带来的陌生感。译者金...(展开全部)

The Bridegroom Was a Dog is perhaps the Japanese-German writer Yoko Tawada’s most famous story. Its initial publication in 1998 garnered admiration from The New Yorker, who praised it as, “fast-moving, mysteriously compelling tale that has the dream quality of Kafka.” The Bridegroom Was a Dog begins with a schoolteacher telling a fable to her students. In the fable, a princess ...(展开全部)

多和田叶子，1960年生于东京。毕业于早稻田大学文学系。1982年赴德国汉堡，继攻读汉堡大学研究生课程之后，修完苏黎世大学的博士课程。1991年，以《失去脚踝》获群像新人奖。1993年，以《狗女婿上门》获芥川奖。2000年，以《雏菊茶的时候》获泉镜花奖。2002年，以 《球形时间》获得日本Bunkamura双偶文学奖，并以《嫌疑犯的夜行列车》获得谷崎润一郎文学奖和伊藤整文学奖。此外还有《掉进海里的名字》、《修女与丘比特之弓》等作品。 获日本最高文学奖芥川龙之介奖（第108回） 首位荣获德国最高文学奖克莱斯特奖（2016）的亚洲作家 日本最著名的“越境”作家。贝克特，乔伊斯，卡夫卡的当代精神传人 多和田叶子以独特的手法运用文字，不断在语言内部缔造新的表现可能。 ——克莱斯特奖获奖理由 在翻译的过程中，往往为了追求中文流畅而抹去异语言带来的陌生感。译者金...(展开全部)

The Bridegroom Was a Dog is perhaps the Japanese-German writer Yoko Tawada’s most famous story. Its initial publication in 1998 garnered admiration from The New Yorker, who praised it as, “fast-moving, mysteriously compelling tale that has the dream quality of Kafka.” The Bridegroom Was a Dog begins with a schoolteacher telling a fable to her students. In the fable, a princess ...(展开全部)

二十多年来，辛西娅·赖兰特（Cynthia Rylant）在阿巴拉契亚山脉的童年往事一直是读者的最爱。大山里的成长历程经赖兰特简朴而抒情的文笔描绘，再配上黛安娜·古德（Diane Goode）的插图，显得优美而柔和。本书曾获得凯迪克荣誉奖（Caldecott Honor Medal）。为庆祝二十周年出版纪念，新书将用铜色纪念带装饰。 Book Description For twenty years, Cynthia Rylant's story of childhood in the Appalachian Mountains has been an enduring favorite. Growing up in the mountains is depicted with a spare, lyrical text and beauti...(展开全部)

Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called Spider Stories .

Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go." And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth f...(展开全部)