One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

作者 Ken Kesey著
出版社 Penguin
出版时间 1976年5月
ISBN 9780140043129
定价 125.80

内容简介

Fromgettingthebestvaluefromtheboulangerietoorderingasteakwithoutgettingsneeredat,anA-to-ZguidetofittinginenFran?aisEnglishmanCharlesTimoneywasthrownintoFrenchlifeheadfirsttwenty-fiveyearsagowhenheandhiswifemovedtohernativeFrance.HehadstudiedFrenchinschool,buthismemoryofvocabularylistsandconjugationdrillsprovednomatchforday-to-dayliving.Asheblunderedhiswaytowardfluency,hekeptalistofwordsandphrasesthatwonderfully(sometimeswickedly)epitomizedaspectsoftheFrenchculture-andwereusedonlybynativespeakers.PardonMyFrenchtacklesthedelightfulabsurditiesofFrenchlifeandlanguageandsteersreaderspastthepotentialembarrassmentsofspeakingFrenchinFrance.Itisabooknostudent,traveler,orlanguagemavenshouldbewithout.

作者简介

KenKeseywasbornin1935andgrewupinOregon.HegraduatedfromtheUniversityofOregonandlaterstudiedatStanfordwithWallaceStegner,MalcolmCowley,RichardScowcroft,andFrankO'Connor.OneFlewOvertheCuckoo'sNest,hisfirstnovel,waspublishedin1962.Hissecondnovel,SometimesaGreatNotion,followedin1964.HisotherbooksincludeKesey'sGarageSale,DemonBox,Caverns(withO.U.Levon),TheFurtherInquiry,SailorSong,andLastGoRound(withKenBabbs).Histwochildren'sbooksareLittleTrickertheSquirrelMeetsBigDoubletheBearandTheSeaLion.KenKeseydiedonNovember10,2001.

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