安东尼奥·塔布齐（1943-2012），意大利著名作家、重要的佩索阿研究专家和翻译者，被认为是“卡尔维诺之后意大利最伟大的散文作家”。也是世界著名的短篇小说大师。 塔布齐生于比萨，二十世纪六十年代在他大学期间周游欧洲，追寻自己喜爱作家的足迹，在法国他接触到葡萄牙诗人佩索阿的诗作，深深着迷。他因此学习葡萄牙语，以更好地理解佩索阿。后来他与妻子一起把佩索阿的许多作品译成意大利文，是意大利锡耶纳大学葡萄牙语文学教授。 塔布齐共出版三十多部作品，涵盖中长篇小说、短篇小说集、散文集和戏剧。 他的小说多关注身份追寻，语言细腻诗意，文体创新，作品被翻译成四十种语言，晚年他成为诺贝尔文学奖的有力竞争者。他于1975年发表第一部长篇小说《意大利广场》。1984年出版的《印度夜曲》被认为是他的第一部重要小说，1987年凭该小说获法国美第奇外国小说奖。1994年出版的长篇...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 On Christmas Eve, Scrooge sits in his house with not a kind word for anyone; he just wants to be left alone until the humbug of Christmas is over. But four ghostly visitorshis former business partner, followed by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Comeshow him the error of his ways, and by the time Christmas Day dawns, Scrooge is a cha...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 On Christmas Eve, Scrooge sits in his house with not a kind word for anyone; he just wants to be left alone until the humbug of Christmas is over. But four ghostly visitorshis former business partner, followed by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Comeshow him the error of his ways, and by the time Christmas Day dawns, Scrooge is a cha...(展开全部)

Published before the outbreak of war in 1939, a warning to the complacent, British middle-class of the upheavals taking place on the Continent.

With everyone else sick in bed with a cold on Christmas eve, it is up to Madeline to run the school and she finds a remarkable helper in a rug-selling magician.

It's the night before Christmas and everyone is sick in bed. All except brave Madeline, who is up and about and feeling just fine. Taking care of eleven little girls and Miss Clavel is hard work, but Madeline finds help from a magical merchant peddling flying carpets door-to-door. Now the girls are going on a Christmas journey that will surely make them forget their sniffles a...(展开全部)

It's the night before Christmas and everyone is sick in bed. All except brave Madeline, who is up and about and feeling just fine. Taking care of eleven little girls and Miss Clavel is hard work, but Madeline finds help from a magical merchant peddling flying carpet door-to-door. Now the girls are going on a Christmas journey that will surely make them forget all about their sn...(展开全部)

雷蒙德·布里格斯，1934年出生于英国伦敦南郊的一个工人家庭，15岁进入温布尔顿艺术学校，接受正规的艺术教育。作品丰富，曾两次获得凯特·格林威大奖，并获得过荷兰银画笔奖、英国弗朗西斯·威廉奖等多项大奖。作品被翻译成多种文字，并被改编成动画片。

"In a sequence of enchanting vignettes, Father Christmas makes careful preparations for his annual sleigh ride. . . . One of the most irresistible yuletide books to appear in many years."--Horn Book. A Kate Greenaway Medal Book.

Published before the outbreak of war in 1939, a warning to the complacent, British middle-class of the upheavals taking place on the Continent.