书目

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

内容简介

Itallbeginswithaletter.FallinlovewithPenguinDropCaps，anewseriesoftwenty-sixcollectibleandhardcovereditions，eachwithatypecovershowcasingagorgeouslyillustratedletterofthealphabet.InadesigncollaborationbetweenJessicaHischeandPenguinArtDirectorPaulBuckley，theseriesfeaturesuniquecoverartbyHische，asuperstarintheworldoftypedesignandillustration，whoseworkhasappearedeverywherefromTiffany&Co.toWesAnderson'srecentfilmMoonriseKingdomtoPenguin'sownbestsellersCommittedandRulesofCivility.WithexclusivedesignsthathaveneverbeforeappearedonHische'shugelypopularDailyDropCapblog，thePenguinDropCapsseriesdebutedwithan'A'forJaneAusten'sPrideandPrejudice，a'B'forCharlotteBrönte'sJaneEyre，anda'C'forWillaCather'sMyÁntonia.Itcontinueswithmoreperennialclassics，perfecttogiveaselegantgiftsortoshowcaseonyourownshelves.RisforRushdie.SetinanexoticEasternlandscapepeopledbymagiciansandfantastictalkinganimals，SalmanRushdie’sclassicchildren’snovelHarounandtheSeaofStoriesinhabitsthesameimaginativespaceasGulliver’sTravels，AliceinWonderland，andTheWizardofOz.Haroun，a12-year-oldboysetsoutonanadventuretorestorethepoisonedsourceoftheseaofstories.Ontheway，heencountersmanyfoes，allintentondrainingtheseaofallitsstorytellingpowers.

作者简介

SalmanRushdieistheauthorofelevennovels—Grimus,Midnight’sChildren(forwhichhewontheBookerPrizeandtheBestoftheBooker),Shame,TheSatanicVerses,HarounandtheSeaofStories,TheMoor’sLastSigh,TheGroundBeneathHerFeet,Fury,ShalimartheClown,TheEnchantressofFlorence,andLukaandtheFireofLife—andonecollectionofshortstories:East,West.Hehasalsopublishedthreeworksofnonfiction:TheJaguarSmile,ImaginaryHomelands:EssaysandCriticism1981–1991,andStepAcrossThisLine,coeditedtwoanthologies,MirrorworkandBestAmericanShortStories2008,andpublishedJosephAnton:AMemoir.HisnumerousliteraryprizesincludetheBookerPrizeforMidnight'sChildrenandtheWhitbreadPrizeforTheSatanicVerses.JessicaHischeisaletterer,illustrator,typographer,andwebdesigner.ShecurrentlyservesontheTypeDirectorsClubboardofdirectors,hasbeennamedaForbesMagazine"30under30"inartanddesignaswellasanADCYoungGunandoneofPrintMagazine’s"NewVisualArtists".ShehasdesignedforWesAnderson,McSweeney's,Tiffany&Co,PenguinBooksandmanyothers.SheresidesprimarilyinSanFrancisco,occasionallyinBrooklyn.,,,

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