内容简介
Adelightful,witty,spiritedcollectionofshortpiecesandessaysbytheinimitableE.B.White.Beautifullywritten,fullofvitality,humor,loveoflife,andthefreespirit,theseshortpiecesareclassicsmeanttobereadandre-readwithgreatdelight."Thereofthecountry'sgreatliterarytreasures."--NewYorkTimes.
作者简介
E.B.White,theauthorofsuchbelovedclassicsasCharlotte'sWeb,StuartLittle,andTheTrumpetoftheSwan,wasborninMountVernon,NewYork.HegraduatedfromCornellUniversityin1921and,fiveorsixyearslater,joinedthestaffofTheNewYorkermagazine,theninitsinfancy.HediedonOctober1,1985,andwassurvivedbyhissonandthreegrandchildren.Mr.White'sessayshaveappearedinHarper'smagazine,andsomeofhisotherbooksare:OneMan'sMeat,TheSecondTreefromtheCorner,LettersofE.B.White,EssaysofE.B.White,andPoemsandSketchesofE.B.White.Hewoncountlessawards,includingthe1971NationalMedalforLiteratureandtheLauraIngallsWilderAward,whichcommendedhimformakinga"substantialandlastingcontributiontoliteratureforchildren."Duringhislifetime,manyyoungreadersaskedMr.Whiteifhisstoriesweretrue.Inaletterwrittentobesenttohisfans,heanswered,"No,theyareimaginarytales...Butreallifeisonlyonekindoflife—thereisalsothelifeoftheimagination."
