이미 뚫려 있던 구멍의 실체와 마주하다! 편혜영의 네 번째 장편소설 『홀(The Hole)』. 2014년 작가세계 봄호를 통해 발표한 단편 《식물 애호》에서 시작된 작품이다. 느닷없는 교통사고와 아내의 죽음으로 완전히 달라진 사십대 대학 교수 '오기'의 삶을 큰 줄기로 삼으면서 장면 사이사이에 내면 심리의 층을 정밀하게 그려내고, 모호한 관계의 갈등을 치밀하게 엮어 팽팽한 긴장감을 조성한다. 이야기는 뉴스에서 흔히 볼 수 있는 교통사고로 시작한다. 그것도 아주 심각한 교통사고. 이 사고로 오기는 아내를 잃고, 스스로는 눈을 깜박이는 것 외에 아무것도 할 수 없는 불구가 되어버린다. 의사의 말대로 ‘의지’가 있어야만 겨우 살 수 있는 상태에 처한 셈이다. 사고 직후 일시적인...(展开全部)

Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, The Hole is by turns reminiscent of Lewis Carroll, David Lynch, and My Neighbor Totoro, but is singularly unsettling Asa’s husband is transferring jobs, and his new office is located near his family’s home in the countryside. During an exceptionally hot summer, the young married couple move in, and Asa does her best to quickly adjust to their new ...(展开全部)

"The Water Hole" is a fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook and art book. Graeme Base takes the reader on a journey of discovery, from the plains of Africa and the jungles of the Amazon to the woodlands of North America and the deserts of the Australian outback. As one rhino gives way to two tigers, with three toucans waiting in the wings, the tale unfolds on many lev...(展开全部)

葛瑞米·贝斯（Graeme Base），世界上最棒的儿童图画书作家之一。他早年创作的字母书《动物王国》（Animalia）于1986年一问世，就立刻受到了国际性的赞誉。此书300万册的全球销量，奠定了其经典名作的地位。 贝斯的作品广受欢迎，获奖连连，包括：《第十一个小时》（The Eleventh Hour）、《来喝水吧》（The Waterhole）、《阿吉的许愿鼓》（Jungle Drums）、《阿诺的花园》（Uno's Garden）、《魔法失窃之谜》（Enigma, a Magical Mystery）、《卡纳克神庙的宝石鱼》（The Jewel Fish of Kamak）、《小不点大象》（Little Elephants）、《吴哥窟的最后一个国王》（The Last King of Angkor Wat）等等。 贝斯现在和他的艺术家妻子萝...(展开全部)

In the tradition of his best-selling alphabet book, Animalia, author and illustrator Graeme Base takes young readers on an exhilarating journey of discovery with an ingenious fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook, and art book. From the plains of Africa and the jungles of the Amazon to the woodlands of North America and the deserts of outback Australia, the an...(展开全部)

作者簡介 片惠英（편혜영） 一九七二年生於韓國首爾，漢陽大學韓國語文學系畢業。二○○○年以第一篇短篇小說處女作《抖落露珠》（SHAKING OFF DEW）獲得《首爾新聞報》年度春季文學獎。作品在韓國文學界甚至世界文壇都受到極大的關注，二○○八年諾貝爾文學獎獲得者、法國作家勒•克萊齊奧（Jean Marie Gustave Le Clézio）對她的作品稱讚有加。 她共出版過四本短篇小說集，《蜀葵花園》（AOI GARDEN）、《去狗窩》（TO THE KENNELS）、《黃昏的求愛》（EVENING COURTSHIP）以及《夜晚流逝》（A NIGHT IS PASSING BY）。兩本長篇小說《灰燼與猩紅》（ASHES AND RED）及《他們去向西方森林》（THEY WENT TO THE FOREST IN THE WEST） 二○一七年曾來...(展开全部)

The best-selling "Water Hole is now a coloring book! Down to the secret watering hole the animals all come. As seasons bring forth drought and flood, they gather there as one. United in their common need, their numbers swell to ten, But hidden deep among the trees lie ten times that again! Now you can color in your own version of "The Water Hole ! Only the outlines of Graem...(展开全部)

Suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the out-set that a strange plague has descended upon the area’s teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of ways — from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable) — but once you’ve got it, that’s it. There’s no turning back. As we inhabit the heads of several key characters ...(展开全部)

Suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the out-set that a strange plague has descended upon the area’s teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of ways — from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable) — but once you’ve got it, that’s it. There’s no turning back. As we inhabit the heads of several key characters ...(展开全部)

【美】乔治.R.R.马丁 《冰与火之歌》作者，多次获得雨果、星云、轨迹和史铎克奖，被时代杂志评选为2011年影响世界的一百人。