Best-selling writer Neil Gaiman’s M is for Magic is his first collection for readers of all ages, in the tradition of such Ray Bradbury classics as R is for Rocket and S is for Space.
In M is for Magic, readers will be enchanted by a neighborhood cat that fights a nightly battle to save his family from evil, a hardboiled nursery rhyme story, and many other delights as only Neil Gaiman can provide.
Table of Contents:
* The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds
* Troll Bridge
* Don’t Ask Jack
* How to Sell the Ponti Bridge
* October in the Chair
* Chivalry
* The Price
* How to Talk to Girls at Parties
* Sunbird
* The Witch’s Headstone
* Instructions
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尼尔•盖曼(Neil Gaiman)
欧美文坛新一代幻想文学大师,文学魔术界的精灵王子,畅销小说作家,无数奖项的获得者。他集记者、诗人、词作者、编剧和导演于一身,将想象、趣味与智慧完美结合,被《文学传记辞典》誉为十大后现代作家之一。
他二十七岁开始文学创作,卓越的才华很快为其赢得了许多殊荣。《睡神》系列的《仲夏夜之梦》一举赢得了世界奇幻奖。之后的《美国众神》可谓幻想类文学的奇葩,先后获得雨果奖、星云奖及布拉姆•斯托克奖,成为了盖曼的代表作。源源不断的灵感赋予了他更大的创作热情,此后,《卡罗琳》和《绿字的研究》两获雨果奖,前者也再度问鼎布拉姆•斯托克奖。
如今,尼尔•盖曼更是好莱坞的宠儿和许多制片人眼中的金童。其作品很多都被搬上了银幕,《蜘蛛男孩》、《镜面具》、《乌有乡》、《星尘》等皆有不俗反响。正是像尼尔•盖曼这样的说故事大师,让原本昙花一现的故事元素有了不断的轮回,有了绵亘的新生。
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在你欣赏诗的同时,诗也会改变你,听闻之后,诗歌便植根在人们心底。他将被传承给他们成为他们的一部分,他的旋律将融入思维,它的意象会改变谈吐;他的内容、观点与愿景将成为毕生的追求。在世代交替之后,他们初生的子女便会知晓这首诗,二随着时代的变迁,很快就不会再有子女降生。诗已经不再需要他们了,只有那首诗会留存下来,它将化为人形,行走于广袤的已知时空,不断散播自己。
"I didn't think you'd come back,"said the troll
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