These and more than thirty other stories by Francine Prose, Kelly Link, Jim Shepard, Lydia Millet, and many other extraordinary writers make up this thrilling celebration of fairy tales—the ultimate literary costume party. Spinning houses and talking birds. Whispered secrets and borrowed hope. Here are new stories sewn from old skins, gathered by visionary editor Kate Bernheime...(展开全部)

Highly acclaimed for The End of Eddy, Edouard Louis in Who Killed My Father rips into France’s long neglect of the working class and its overt contempt for the poor, accusing the complacent French—at the minimum—of negligent homicide. “Racism,” he quotes Ruth Gilmore, “is the exposure of certain groups to premature death.” And Louis goes to visit the ugly gray town of his child...(展开全部)

迈克尔•莫波格（Michael Morpurgo）：英国作家、学者、文学家，著有《岛王》《战马》《蝴蝶狮》《柑橘与柠檬啊》等百余部作品，2003年获英国“儿童文学桂冠作家”荣誉。他的作品曾入围卡内基奖、德国青少年文学奖等知名大奖，荣获惠特布莱德图书奖、蓝彼得童书奖、红房子童书奖等多个奖项，被翻译为多国文字广泛传播，也曾被翻拍成电影、电视剧、舞台剧，甚至歌剧，经典代表作品《战马》曾被改编搬上舞台和大银幕。1976 年，他和妻子克莱尔创建慈善项目“城市儿童农庄”，以启发孩子们对大自然的喜爱，并从中学得如何与自然共处。 克莱尔•莫波格 （Clare Morpurgo）：慈善家，英国作家迈克尔•莫波格的妻子。她生于英国伦敦，在德文郡长大，是企鹅图书公司创始人艾伦•莱恩（Allen Lane）的女儿。她早年的经历影响了她的一生，并在很大程度上促使她创建了“城市...(展开全部)

A lavish, keepsake collection of poetry, beautiful artwork, and unforgettable treasures from acclaimed children’s book author Michael Morpurgo, woven around a girl’s adventures on a countryside walk. Pippa loves staying with her Aunty Peggy. She loves going for walks, whether it is sunny or cold — long, wandering walks where her wellies take her. Follow Pippa into the bea...(展开全部)

She Loves Me is a paean to women: beautiful and ugly, kind and nasty, monogamous and promiscuous. In ninety-seven short chapters this seductive novel contemplates love and hate and sex and desire from the point of view of a narrator who considers himself a grand lover -- a man who just may be in love with all the women in the world. Using the verbal pyrotechnics that have won h...(展开全部)

Illus. in color. A baby bird, fallen from his nest, sets out to find his mother.

First published in France in 2013, My Mother Laughs is the final book written by the legendary and beloved Belgian artist and director Chantal Akerman (1950–2015) before her death. A moving and unforgettable memoir, the book delves deeply into one of the central themes and focuses of Akerman’s often autobiographical films: her mother, who was the direct subject of her final fil...(展开全部)

First published in France in 2013, My Mother Laughs is the final book written by the legendary and beloved Belgian artist and director Chantal Akerman (1950–2015) before her death. A moving and unforgettable memoir, the book delves deeply into one of the central themes and focuses of Akerman’s often autobiographical films: her mother, who was the direct subject of her final fil...(展开全部)

作者 香特尔·阿克曼（Chantal Akerman,1950-2015） 比利时战后最为杰出的女性导演，母亲为自奥斯维辛集中营生还的波兰犹太人。她18岁时已完成了她的第一部短片《我的城市》。她在26岁时拍摄的《让娜·迪尔曼》是二十世纪最优秀的几部女性主义电影之一，于2022年由英国电影杂志《视与听》票选为“影史最伟大电影第一名”。 译者 史烨婷，浙江大学外国语学院法语语言文化研究所副教授，法国波尔多三大文学博士。主要从事法国当代文学、文学与电影、文学的跨媒介研究。出版专著《法国喜剧的电影改编》，学术译著《法国电影新生代》，译有帕特里克·莫迪亚诺《隐形墨水》、《记忆的小路》，马尔科姆·阿迈尔《时间》等。学术论文、文化散文、书评散见于《外国文学研究》、《文艺争鸣》、《书城》、《外国文艺》、《读库》等期刊杂志。 苗海豫，浙江大学法语专业法国文学方向硕士在...(展开全部)

Pippa loves staying with her Aunty Peggy. She loves going for walks - long, wandering walks where her wellies take her. Follow Pippa into the beautiful countryside as her day unfolds, and the wildlife, animals and people she encounters are complemented by poems from some of our greatest authors, personally chosen by Clare and Michael Morpurgo.