克莉斯蒂娜•斯台德（Christina Stead） 澳大利亚著名作家，1902年出生于澳洲，大部分时间旅居欧洲。作品的背景多设定在英、美等欧洲各国。1983年过世。她被推崇为二十世纪最重要的小说家之一，公认为澳大利亚最伟大的作家，著有十五本小说和大量短篇小说。曾获得帕特里克•怀特文学奖，并多次获诺贝尔奖提名。 《爱孩子的男人》是克莉斯蒂娜•斯台德最重要的代表作，本书带有自传色彩，某种程度上影射了现实生活中她与父亲紧绷的关系。淋漓尽致的描绘了一个有史以来最不堪入目的一个家庭，家庭成员之间的困难、挣扎，以及亲密和矛盾。

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"There was a girl in the village who loved horses... She led the horses to drink at the river. She spoke softly and they followed. People noticed that she understood horses in a special way." And so begins the story of a young Native American girl devoted to the care of her tribe's horses. With simple text and brilliant illustrations. Paul Goble tells how she eventually becom...(展开全部)

A tale of an Indian girl who feels a strong kinship with wild horses. She eventually becomes one of them. Ages 5-8 years.

"There was a girl in the village who loved horses... She led the horses to drink at the river. She spoke softly and they followed. People noticed that she understood horses in a special way." And so begins the story of a young Native American girl devoted to the care of her tribe's horses. With simple text and brilliant illustrations. Paul Goble tells how she eventually becom...(展开全部)

Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money, and too much loathing for each other. As Sam uses the children's adoration to feed his own voracious ego, Henny watches in bleak despair, knowing the bitter reality that lies just below his mad visions. A chilling novel of family life, of the relations between parents and children, husbands and wives, The Man Who Lo...(展开全部)

萨维娜·贝尔曼，墨西哥家喻户晓的剧作家、记者和电视节目主持人。1954年生于墨西哥城一个东欧犹太移民家庭，学生时代在伊比利亚美洲大学攻读心理学和墨西哥文学。 她的写作以幽默、讽刺性著称，除了深受家庭背景影响的犹太主题外，主要以女性观点出发，多方剖析诸如专制、暴力、歧视、偏见等两性之间纠结复杂的关系，也探讨人类与动物不同物种之间的关系。她创作的剧本曾四度荣获墨西哥国家编剧奖、胡安·路易斯·德·阿拉尔孔戏剧奖、新闻作品两度荣获墨西哥国家新闻奖。她编剧并制作的电影《后院》代表墨西哥参加2010年奥斯卡最佳外语片奖角逐。此外她还为目前两位墨西哥著名导演阿尔方索·卡隆（《潘神的迷宫》制片）、亚历杭德罗·G. 伊尼亚里图（《鸟人》导演，2015年奥斯卡最佳导演奖得主）分别创作了电影剧本《爱的历史》和《光》。 《在世界中心潜游的女孩》是萨维娜·贝尔曼在2010年创...(展开全部)