Fragile Things：Short Fictions and Wonders

图书标准信息

• 作者 Neil Gaiman（尼尔·盖曼） 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins US
• 出版时间 2010-02
• ISBN 9780060515232
• 定价 68.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 400页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Nowinpaperback—afascinatingworkofpopularsciencefromaworld-renownedexpertonmosquitoesandaprize-winningreporter.Inthislivelyandcomprehensiveportraitofthemosquito,itsroleinhistory,anditsthreattomankind,SpielmanandD'Antoniotakeamosquito's-eyeviewofnatureandman.Theyshowushowmosquitoesbreed,live,mate,anddie,andintroduceustotheirenemies,bothnaturalandman-made.Theauthorspresenttragicandoftengrotesqueexamplesofhowthemosquitohasinsinuateditselfintohumanhistory,fromthemalariathatdevastatedinvadersofancientRometothecurrentwidespreadWestNilefeverpanic.Filledwithlittle-knownfactsandremarkableanecdotesthatbringthistinybeingintolargerfocus,Mosquitooffersfascinating,alarming,andconvincingevidencethatthesoonerwegettoknowthispeskyinsect,thebetteroffwe'llbe.AndrewSpielman,Sc.D.,isoneoftheworld'sforemostauthoritiesonmosquitoesandtheinfectionstheytransmit.HeisHarvardUniversity'sseniorinvestigatorintropicaldisease.MichaelD'AntoniosharedthePulitzerPrizeinjournalismaspartofaNewsdayreportingteam.Hehaswrittenfiveacclaimednonfictionbooks,includingAtomicHarvestandTinCupDreams.

【作者简介】

NeilGaimanisanEnglishauthorofshortfiction,novels,comicbooks,graphicnovels,audiotheatreandfilms.HisnotableworksincludethecomicbookseriesTheSandmanandnovelsStardust,AmericanGods,Coraline,andTheGraveyardBook.Hehaswonnumerousawards,includingHugo,Nebula,BramStoker,NewberyMedal,andCarnegieMedal.HeisthefirstauthortowinboththeNewberyandtheCarnegiemedalsforthesamework,TheGraveyardBook(2008).

　　尼尔·盖曼（NeilGaiman）是一名移居美国的著名英国作家，一度被誉为是罗琳之后最成功的作家。相貌英俊的他也以称得上是一位当代奇才，其创作的领域横跨了幻想小说、科幻小说、恐怖小说、儿童小说、漫画以及歌词。他的作品不但部部畅销，更是获奖无数。恐怖小说大师作家斯蒂芬·金称赞他是一个“装满了故事的宝库”。