In Japanese folklore, a ghost that arise from the burial of a pregnant woman is an Ubume . The Summer of Ubume is the first of Japan's hugely popular Kyogokudo series, which has 9 titles and 4 spinoffs thus far. Akihiko "Kyogokudo" Chuzenji, the title's hero, is an exorcist with a twist: he doesn't blieve in ghosts. To circumnavigate his clients' inability to come to gri...(展开全部)

In Japanese folklore, a ghost that arise from the burial of a pregnant woman is an Ubume . The Summer of Ubume is the first of Japan's hugely popular Kyogokudo series, which has 9 titles and 4 spinoffs thus far. Akihiko "Kyogokudo" Chuzenji, the title's hero, is an exorcist with a twist: he doesn't blieve in ghosts. To circumnavigate his clients' inability to come to gri...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 S. C. 格温（S. C. Gwynne）, 曾任《时代》杂志分社社长、驻外通讯员和高级编辑。他后来担任《得克萨斯月刊》的执行主编。他在普林斯顿大学主修历史，1974年毕业。他还在约翰斯·霍普金斯大学主修创意写作硕士课程，获得了研究生奖学金，并师从小说家约翰·巴特。他与妻子和女儿住在德克萨斯州的奥斯汀。 【译者简介】 卢树群 新闻编辑、战地记者，长期从事国际新闻采写、编译工作，曾驻阿富汗、缅甸。

【作者简介】 S. C. 格温（S. C. Gwynne）, 曾任《时代》杂志分社社长、驻外通讯员和高级编辑。他后来担任《得克萨斯月刊》的执行主编。他在普林斯顿大学主修历史，1974年毕业。他还在约翰斯·霍普金斯大学主修创意写作硕士课程，获得了研究生奖学金，并师从小说家约翰·巴特。他与妻子和女儿住在德克萨斯州的奥斯汀。 【译者简介】 卢树群 新闻编辑、战地记者，长期从事国际新闻采写、编译工作，曾驻阿富汗、缅甸。

In The Summer Book Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summer—its sunlight and storms—into twenty-two crystalline vignettes. This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophia’s grandmother, nearing the end of hers, as they spend the summer on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. The grandmother is unsentimental ...(展开全部)

In The Summer Book Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summer—its sunlight and storms—into twenty-two crystalline vignettes. This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophia’s grandmother, nearing the end of hers, as they spend the summer on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. The grandmother is unsentimental ...(展开全部)

The award-winning, bittersweet sci-fi tale of a mysterious tunnel, time travel, and young summer love that inspired an anime film. Don’t miss the manga adaptation and the light novel Wait For Me Yesterday in Spring (by the same creators), both also from Seven Seas! One summer morning before school, Kaoru hears an unsettling rumor—of a mysterious tunnel that can grant any wish t...(展开全部)

The award-winning, bittersweet sci-fi tale of a mysterious tunnel, time travel, and young summer love that inspired an anime film. Don’t miss the manga adaptation and the light novel Wait For Me Yesterday in Spring (by the same creators), both also from Seven Seas! One summer morning before school, Kaoru hears an unsettling rumor—of a mysterious tunnel that can grant any wish t...(展开全部)

An elderly artist and her six-year-old grand-daughter while away a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland. As the two learn to adjust to each other's fears, whims and yearnings, a fierce yet understated love emerges - one that encompasses not only the summer inhabitants but the very island itself. Written in a clear, unsentimental style, full of brusque humour,...(展开全部)

An elderly artist and her six-year-old grand-daughter while away a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland. As the two learn to adjust to each other's fears, whims and yearnings, a fierce yet understated love emerges - one that encompasses not only the summer inhabitants but the very island itself. Written in a clear, unsentimental style, full of brusque humour,...(展开全部)