内容简介
Itwasadarkandstormynight;MegMurry,hersmallbrotherCharlesWallace,andhermotherhadcomedowntothekitchenforamidnightsnackwhentheywereupsetbythearrivalofamostdisturbingstranger."Wildnightsaremyglory,"theunearthlystrangertoldthem."Ijustgotcaughtinadowndraftandblownoffcourse.Letmesitdownforamoment,andthenI'llbeonmyway.Speakingofways,bytheway,thereissuchathingasatesseract."Atesseract(incasethereaderdoesn'tknow)isawrinkleintime.TotellmorewouldrobthereaderoftheenjoymentofMissL'Engle'sunusualbook."AWrinkleinTime,"winneroftheNewberyMedalin1963,isthestoryoftheadventuresinspaceandtimeofMeg,CharlesWallace,andCalvinO'Keefe(athlete,student,andoneofthemostpopularboysinhighschool).TheyareinsearchofMeg'sfather,ascientistwhodisappearedwhileengagedinsecretworkforthegovernmentonthetesseractproblem."AWrinkleinTime"isthewinnerofthe1963NewberyMedal.
作者简介
MadeleineL’Engle(1918–2007)wasborninNewYorkCityandattendedSmithCollege.Shewrotemorethan60books,themostfamousofwhichisAWrinkleInTime(1962),winneroftheNewberyAwardin1963.L’EnglecontinuedthestoryoftheMurryfamilyfromAWrinkleInTimewithsevenothernovels(fiveofwhichareavailableasAWrinkleInTimeQuintentfromSquareFish).ShealsowrotethefamousseriesfeaturingtheAustinfamily,beginningwiththenovelMeetTheAustins(1960).L’EnglerevisitedtheAustinsfourmoretimesoverthenextthreedecades,concludingwithTroublingaStarin1994.ThestoryoftheAustinshadsomeautobiographicalelements,mirroringMadeleine’slifeandthelifeofherfamily.MadeleineL’Engle’slastbook,TheJoysofLove,isaromantic,coming-of-agestoryshewrotebackinthe1940s,andisbeingpublishedbyFSG.