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

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)

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)

Illus. in color. A baby bird is hatched while his mother is away. Fallen from his nest, he sets out to look for her and asks everyone he meets -- including a dog, a cow, and a plane -- "Are you my mother?" From the Hardcover edition.

Kincaid's new and long-awaited novel is a powerful and unforgettable story of loss, longing, loving, and survival that resonants with the proud insurgence of the human will. The story of Xuela, whose mother dies at the moment she is born, presents "an indeliable portrait of an angry woman" (New York Times) "most comparable, perhaps, to Camus' The Stranger" (Washington Post Book...(展开全部)

A raw and deeply moving memoir from the legendary author of The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness that traces the complex relationship with her mother, Mary Roy, a fierce and formidable force who shaped Arundhati’s life both as a woman and a writer. Mother Mary Comes to Me, Arundhati Roy’s first work of memoir, is a soaring account, both intimate and insp...(展开全部)

Arundhati Roy’s first work of memoir, this is a soaring account, both intimate and inspiring, of how the author became the person and the writer she is, shaped by circumstance, but above all by her complex relationship to the extraordinary, singular mother she describes as ‘my shelter and my storm’. Born out of the onrush of memories and feelings provoked by her mother Mary’s d...(展开全部)

《妈妈的红沙发》故事是，家里发生了火灾，东西被烧光了，但是外婆说：“幸好我们还年轻，可以从头开始。”多么乐观的人生态度！于是外婆、妈妈和孩子三代人开始了努力攒钱重建家园的过程。邻居们送来了桌子、椅子和床，还有比萨、冰淇淋和好多好东西，这让她们很感激。可是，最令她们兴奋和骄傲的是，经过一段时间的省吃俭用，她们终于攒够了钱买了一个漂亮的、舒服的红沙发！这是一本让人心里充满了感动的赞美勇气的、节俭的和团结的书。 小女孩和妈妈买鞋回家后，发现家门前停了消防车，浓烟及大火吞蚀了家中的一切，还好外婆和猫咪都没有事。 当她们搬新家的时候，街坊邻居及亲戚们全都来帮忙，有的送披萨、冰淇淋，有的送窗帘，有的送地毯，有的送餐具，还有的送玩具，然而令人感动的是她们得到了许多的掌声，倍感温馨。 之后，妈妈辛苦工作赚的小费、小女孩削洋葱洗瓶子打工的钱、外婆努力讨价还价节省开...(展开全部)