约翰·布莱恩是“愤怒的青年”派的主要作家之一。1922年，他出生于英格兰约克郡的一个工人家庭。所以在他的作品中，有许多人物是以约克郡为背景的，他曾就学于布雷德福德，初中毕业后，他曾在家俱店、书店、化学实验室、图书馆工作过。在此期间，他还曾进过函校学校。1957年，他发表了第一部长篇小说《上层的空位》(也译《向上爬》)，一举成名。这部作品被认为是他的代表作。其主题为工人阶级的青年乔·兰普登在社会上的发迹以及随之而发生的性格上的变化。1962年，他又出版了小说《上层的社会》，作为《上层的空位》的续编，但其成就远远不如前部，所以没有引起多大反响。这两部作品典型地代表了布莱思的创作风格和好恶。他总是以当代社会为反映对象，剖析福利国家中的各种社会、文化问题。与金斯莱、艾米斯相比，他的小说不如艾米斯的小说那样情节曲折，也远不如艾米斯那么幽默风趣。在塑造人物时，他...(展开全部)

The bestselling story of Joe Lampton, the original 'angry young man'. The ruthlessly ambitious Joe Lampton rises swiftly from the petty bureaucracy of local government into the unfamiliar world of inherited wealth, fast cars and glamorous women. But the price of success is high and betrayal and tragedy strike as Joe Lampton pursues his goals.

来读一读这些如假包换的"愚蠢"故事吧：《小鸡里肯》（Chicken Licken）、《公主和保龄球》（The Princess and the Bowling Ball）、《真正丑的丑小鸭》（The Really Ugly Duckling）以及《杰克的豆子问题》（Jack's Bean Problem）。 Book Description Looks at some really stupid tales including "Chicken Licken", "The Princess and the Bowling Ball", "The Really Ugly Duckling" and "Jack's Bean Problem".

"Parodic humor here runs riot...irrepressibly zany fun!" -- Kirkus * Caldecott Honor Book * An ABBY Honor Book * Publishers Weekly Top Selling Kids Books of All Time List * ALA Notable Children's Book * New York Times Notable Book of the Year * New York Times Best Illustrated Books of the Year * School Library Journal Best Books of the Year * Booklist Childre...(展开全部)

来读一读这些如假包换的"愚蠢"故事吧：《小鸡里肯》（Chicken Licken）、《公主和保龄球》（The Princess and the Bowling Ball）、《真正丑的丑小鸭》（The Really Ugly Duckling）以及《杰克的豆子问题》（Jack's Bean Problem）。 Book Description Looks at some really stupid tales including "Chicken Licken", "The Princess and the Bowling Ball", "The Really Ugly Duckling" and "Jack's Bean Problem".

"Parodic humor here runs riot...irrepressibly zany fun!" -- Kirkus * Caldecott Honor Book * An ABBY Honor Book * Publishers Weekly Top Selling Kids Books of All Time List * ALA Notable Children's Book * New York Times Notable Book of the Year * New York Times Best Illustrated Books of the Year * School Library Journal Best Books of the Year * Booklist Childre...(展开全部)

Before he died in 2015, Terry Pratchett asked Neil Gaiman to make a television series of the internationally beloved novel they wrote together about the end of the world. And so, Neil began to write. And continued to write until he had six episodes that brought an angel, Aziraphale, and a demon, Crowley, (the only things standing between us and the inevitable Armageddon) to lif...(展开全部)

特里·普拉切特去世前，要求尼尔·盖曼将他们共同撰写的关于世界末日的小说改编成一部受到国际喜爱的电视剧。 接下来发生的事情几乎是……难以形容的。 在六集精彩的剧集中，尼尔在有史以来非凡的电视剧中生动地呈现了天使亚茨拉菲尔和恶魔克劳利（这是我们和不可避免的世界末日之间的障碍）。 在这里您可以找到尼尔编写的剧本，其中包含许多新颖且具有启发性的内容，甚至有几个从未进入剪辑的场景。 这一版本初次收集了所有缺失的部分——从某个《其他四骑士》到一次小小的恶魔般的购物之旅——并揭示了这部剧的秘密，从本质上来说，这部剧以要求不可能的事情而闻名。 走到后台，亲眼目睹魔法。 Before he died, Terry Pratchett asked Neil Gaiman to make a television series of the internationally...(展开全部)

Neil Gaiman’s complete original scripts for the highly anticipated six-episode original series, adapted from the classic novel he wrote with Terry Pratchett. First published nearly thirty years ago, the novel Good Omens has sold more than five million copies worldwide and is beloved by Gaiman and Pratchett fans alike. Collected here are Neil Gaiman’s original scripts for the Go...(展开全部)