内容简介
NicholasandtheGangcontains16storiesaboutNicholas,theFrenchschoolboy,andhisfriends,manyofwhomarefamiliarfromtheotherbooksintheseries:there'sAlec,who'salwayseating;Cuthbert,who'salwaystopoftheclass;Matthew,who'salwaysbottomoftheclass;andMaryJane,thelittlegirlwithblondepigtailswholivesnextdoor.Asusual,thechildrengetintoallkindsoftrouble,eventhoughtheyhavetheverybestintentions.Inthisbook,theytrytomakefriendswiththeownerofanewbookshopneartheirschool,takepartinachaoticradiointerview,andplayanunusuallymessygameofchess.
作者简介
Jean-JacquesSempe(b.1932)isoneoftheworld'smostsuccessfulillustratorsandcartoonists.Heistheillustratoroftheclassicchildren's-bookcharacter,Nicholas,andauthorofacollectionofsomethirtyalbumsofhiscartoonsandgraphicnovels,allpublishedortobepublishedbyPhaidon.Hisworld-renownedillustrationsandcartoonsarefeaturedonthecoveroftheNewYorkerandinParisMatch.ReneGoscinny(1926-1977)istheworld-famouswriterandcreator,alongwithAlbertUderzo,oftheadventuresofAsterixtheGaul.BorninParis,GoscinnylivedinBuenosAiresandNewYorkbeforereturningtoFranceinthe1950swherehemetJean-JacquesSempe.TheycollaboratedonpicturestripsandthenstoriesaboutNicholas,thepopularFrenchschoolboy.Aninternationallysuccessfulchildren'sauthorwhoalsowonawardsforhisanimatedcartoons,Goscinnydiedin1977.AntheaBellwasawardedtheIndependentForeignFictionPrizeandtheHelenandKurtWolffPrize(USA)in2002forhertranslationofW.G.Sebald'sAusterlitz.HermanyworksoftranslationfromFrenchandGerman(forwhichshehasreceivedseveralotherawards)includetheNicholasbooksand,withDerekHockridge,theentireAsterixtheGaulsagabyReneGoscinnyandAlbertUderzo.