书目

Pricksongs and Descants. Robert Coover

内容简介

Inhiscarnivalesqueandriotouslyinventive"Pricksongs&Descants"RobertCooverremakesoldstories:ofRedRidingHood,HanselandGretel,andBeauty(whomarriedherBeastandspendsalifetimesufferinghisdoggystink).Andhereshapeshisown:amanmakesrepeating,re-imaginedjourneysinanofficeelevator(whilehisfellowriderstauntandtempthim),andintheseminal,fractal"TheBabysitter"everymomentinasinglenightisplayedandreplayed,everyhopeandthreatofsexandviolencedoneandundone.Coover'sdark,wilfil,comicimaginationrevelsbrilliantlyincontradictions,amasterofchaos.

作者简介

RobertCooveristheauthoroftwenty-somebooksoffictionandplays,hismostrecentbeingNoirandAChildAgain.HehasbeennominatedfortheNationalBookAwardandawardednumerousprizesandfellowships,includingtheWilliamFaulknerAward,theReaLifetimeAchievementAwardfortheShortStory,andaLannanFoundationLiteraryFellowship.HisplayshavebeenproducedinNewYork,LosAngeles,Paris,London,andelsewhere.AtBrownUniversity,heteaches"CaveWriting"(awritingworkshopinimmersivevirtualreality),andotherexperimentalelectronicwritingandmixedmediaworkshops,anddirectstheInternationalWritersProject,afreedom-to-writeprogram.

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