Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters英文原版

图书标准信息

• 作者 Mark Dunn 著
• 出版社 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• 出版时间 2002-09
• ISBN 9780385722438
• 定价 112.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 224页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

EllaMinnowPeaisagirllivinghappilyonthefictionalislandofNollopoffthecoastofSouthCarolina.NollopwasnamedafterNevinNollop,authoroftheimmortalpangram,*“Thequickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog.”NowEllafindsherselfactingtosaveherfriends,family,andfellowcitizensfromtheencroachingtotalitarianismoftheisland’sCouncil,whichhasbannedtheuseofcertainlettersofthealphabetastheyfallfromamemorialstatueofNevinNollop.Asthelettersprogressivelydropfromthestatuetheyalsodisappearfromthenovel.Theresultisbothahilariousandmovingstoryofonegirl’sfightforfreedomofexpression,aswellasalinguistictourdeforcesuretodelightwordloverseverywhere.

*pangram:asentenceorphrasethatincludesallthelettersofthealphabet,

【作者简介】

MarkDunnistheauthorofmorethantwenty-fivefull-lengthplays.BellesandFiveTellersDancingintheRainhavetogetherreceivedover150productionsthroughouttheworld,andDunnhasbeentherecipientofseveralnationalplaywritingawards.Heiscurrentlyplaywright-in-residencewiththeNewJerseyRepertoryCompanyandtheCommunityTheatreLeagueinWilliamsport,Pennsylvania.OriginallyfromMemphis,henowlivesinGreenwichVillagewithhiswife,Mary.EllaMinnowPeaishisfirstnovel.