Wicked 邪恶

Wicked 邪恶

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作者: Gregory Maguire （格雷戈里·马奎尔）著

出版社: HarperCollins US

出版时间: 1995-10

ISBN: 9780060391447

定价: 246.00

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 416页

正文语种: 英语

丛书: Wicked Years

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

FollowingthetraditionsofGabrielGarcIaMarquez,JohnGardnerandJ.R.R.Tolkien,"Wicked"isarichlywoventalethattakesustotheother,darkersideoftherainbowasnovelistGregoryMaguirechroniclestheWickedWitchoftheWest'sodysseythroughthecomplexworldofOz--wherepeoplecallyouwickedifyoutellthetruth.YearsbeforeDorothyandherdogcrash-land,anotherlittlegirlmakesherpresenceknowninOz.Thisgirl,Elphaba,isbornwithemerald-greenskin--noeasyburdeninalandasmeanandpoorasOz,wheresuperstitionandmagicarenotstrongenoughtoexplainortoovercomethenaturaldisastersoffloodandfamine.ButElphabaissmart,andbythetimesheenterstheuniversityinShiz,shebecomesamemberofacharmedcircleofOz'mostpromisingyoungcitizens.Elphaba'sOzisnoutopia.TheWizard'ssecretpoliceareeverywhere.Animals--thosecreatureswithvoices,soulsandminds--arethreatenedwithexile.YoungElphaba,greenandwildandmisunderstood,isdeterminedtoprotecttheAnimals--evenitmeanscombatingthemysteriousWizard,evenifitmeansriskinghersinglechanceatromance.Evenwiseringuiltandsorrow,shecanfindherselfgratefulwhentheworlddeclaresherawitch.AndshecanevenmakeherselfgladforthatyounggirlfromKansas.In"Wicked,"GregoryMaguirehastakenthelargelyunknownworldofOzandpopulateditwiththepowerofhisownimagination.Fast-paced,fantasticallyrealandsupremelyentertaining,thisisanovelofvisionandre-vision.Ozneverwillbethesameagain. Gregory Maguire received his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Tufts University. His work as a consultant in creative writing for children has taken him to speaking engagements across the United States and abroad. He is the author of the books Wicked, Son of a Witch, and A Lion Among Men, which comprise his series called The Wicked Years. The Broadway play, Wicked, is based on his book of the same title. He is a founder and codirector of Children's Literature New England, Incorporated, a non-profit educational charity established in 1987. He has lived abroad in Dublin and London, and now calls Massachusetts his home.
内容简介:
FollowingthetraditionsofGabrielGarcIaMarquez,JohnGardnerandJ.R.R.Tolkien,"Wicked"isarichlywoventalethattakesustotheother,darkersideoftherainbowasnovelistGregoryMaguirechroniclestheWickedWitchoftheWest'sodysseythroughthecomplexworldofOz--wherepeoplecallyouwickedifyoutellthetruth.YearsbeforeDorothyandherdogcrash-land,anotherlittlegirlmakesherpresenceknowninOz.Thisgirl,Elphaba,isbornwithemerald-greenskin--noeasyburdeninalandasmeanandpoorasOz,wheresuperstitionandmagicarenotstrongenoughtoexplainortoovercomethenaturaldisastersoffloodandfamine.ButElphabaissmart,andbythetimesheenterstheuniversityinShiz,shebecomesamemberofacharmedcircleofOz'mostpromisingyoungcitizens.Elphaba'sOzisnoutopia.TheWizard'ssecretpoliceareeverywhere.Animals--thosecreatureswithvoices,soulsandminds--arethreatenedwithexile.YoungElphaba,greenandwildandmisunderstood,isdeterminedtoprotecttheAnimals--evenitmeanscombatingthemysteriousWizard,evenifitmeansriskinghersinglechanceatromance.Evenwiseringuiltandsorrow,shecanfindherselfgratefulwhentheworlddeclaresherawitch.AndshecanevenmakeherselfgladforthatyounggirlfromKansas.In"Wicked,"GregoryMaguirehastakenthelargelyunknownworldofOzandpopulateditwiththepowerofhisownimagination.Fast-paced,fantasticallyrealandsupremelyentertaining,thisisanovelofvisionandre-vision.Ozneverwillbethesameagain.
作者简介:
Gregory Maguire received his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Tufts University. His work as a consultant in creative writing for children has taken him to speaking engagements across the United States and abroad. He is the author of the books Wicked, Son of a Witch, and A Lion Among Men, which comprise his series called The Wicked Years. The Broadway play, Wicked, is based on his book of the same title. He is a founder and codirector of Children's Literature New England, Incorporated, a non-profit educational charity established in 1987. He has lived abroad in Dublin and London, and now calls Massachusetts his home.

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