The Tale of Despereaux

联合创作 · 2023-10-09 01:44

"Forgiveness, light, love, and soup. These essential ingredients combine into a tale that is as soul-stirring as it is delicious." — BOOKLIST (starred review)

Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with li...

"Forgiveness, light, love, and soup. These essential ingredients combine into a tale that is as soul-stirring as it is delicious." — BOOKLIST (starred review)

Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and, ultimately, into each other's lives. What happens then? As Kate DiCamillo would say: Reader, it is your destiny to find out.

From the master storyteller who brought us BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE comes another classic, a fairy tale full of quirky, unforgettable characters, with twenty-four stunning black-and-white illustrations by Timothy Basil Ering. This paperback edition pays tribute to the book's classicdesign, featuring a rough front and elegant gold stamping.

凯特·狄卡米欧生于美国宾夕法尼亚州,在佛罗里达州长大,大学时代主修英美文学,并从事成人短篇小说的创作,曾经获得一九九八年迈克奈特基金会的作家奖助金。《傻狗温迪克》是她的第一本儿童小说。

凯特笔下的人物都显得十分真实,她说,她并没有塑造这些人物,而是专心聆听这些人对她说什么,然后把他们说的东西转述出来。她不喜欢刻意介入或扭转故事的发展。也不特意挑选故事的题材或背景,一切都是自然而然流露出来的。以《夏绿蒂的网》一书闻名于儿童文学界的E.B.怀特曾说:“所有我想要在书里表达的,甚至所有我这辈子所想要表达的就是,我真的喜欢我们的世界。凯特认为这句话也正是她写作的心情。

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