The Garden party time

图书标准信息

• 作者 Michele Slung 著
• 出版社 Overlook Hardcover
• 出版时间 2005-03
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781585675081
• 定价 192.00元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 336页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Withselectionsgrownfromthefertileimaginationsofthetwentiethcentury'smostremarkableauthors,editorandwriterMicheleSlunghasassembledanenchantingandevocativeanthology—theworditselfcomesfromtheGreektermsfor“flower”and“togather”—ofshortstoriesaboutgardensandallthatgrowinthem.Thegardenershereareyoungandold,maleandfemale,andthegardensthemselvesareadelightfulmixoftheformalandthewild.Thetwenty-fourstoriesinTheGardenofReadingcompriseadiverseandunexpectedcollectionbutonethatstaystruetoitscentralandharmonioustheme.IncludedareColette'ssensuous“GrapeHarvest,”DavidGuterson'spoignant“TheFlowerGarden,”StephenKing'ssinister“TheLawnmowerMan,”J.G.Ballard'slovelyandotherworldy“TheGardenofTime,”theominous“GreenThoughts”byJohnCollier,RosamundePilcher'stouchingandsimplytitled“TheTree,”andthesplendid“TheFigTree,”byV.S.Pritchett—aswellasclassicsfromsuchmastersasSaki,RobertGraves,andEudoraWelty,andcontemporarywritingfromthelikesofSandraCisnerosandGarrisonKeillor.Ifyou'veevernurturedaflower,atomatoplant,oragleamofimagination,there'ssomethinginTheGardenofReadingthatissuretodelight.

【作者简介】

MicheleSlung’sbooksincludeMomilies:AsMyMotherUsedtoSayandMoreMomilies,andtheanthologiesCrimeonHerMind:FifteenStoriesofFemaleSleuthsfromtheVictorianEratotheForties;Murder&OtherActsofLiterature;Stranger:DarkTalesofEerieEncounters;LivingwithCannibalsandOtherWomen’sAdventures;andSlowHand:WomenWritingErotica.