《Journey to the River Sea》是Penguin USA出版的圖書，作者是Ibbotson, Eva， Hawkes, Kevin (ILT)
基本介紹
- ISBN：9780525467397
- 作者：Ibbotson, Eva、 Hawkes, Kevin (ILT)
- 出版社：Penguin USA
- 出版時間：2002年1月
- 頁數：336
- 定價：142.00元
- 裝幀：HRD
內容簡介
With the memorable characters and plot twists she brings to her best-selling fantasies, Eva Ibbotson has written a hair-raising novel, set in turn-of-the-last-century Brazil.Maia, an orphan, is sent from England to live with unfamiliar cousins on a rubber plantation in South America. The brave, curious girl and her fierce but kind governess arrive in their new home, each wi...(展開全部) With the memorable characters and plot twists she brings to her best-selling fantasies, Eva Ibbotson has written a hair-raising novel, set in turn-of-the-last-century Brazil.Maia, an orphan, is sent from England to live with unfamiliar cousins on a rubber plantation in South America. The brave, curious girl and her fierce but kind governess arrive in their new home, each with secret hopes of adventure. These are immediately quashed by the Carters, who hate their adopted land and its inhabitants. They are obsessed with re-creating England in the forest, right down to the watery puddings. It is only through friendship with a mysterious Indian boy (who just might be the heir to a large fortune) and a runaway child actor (who specializes in Little Lord Fauntleroy) that Maia and Miss Minton, her governess, find the excitement they longed for: an unexpected expedition into the heart of the Amazon, in search of a lost tribe and the legendary giant sloth. 伊娃•伊博森Eva Ibbotson （1925~2010） 伊娃•伊博森，被推崇為與J.K.羅琳比肩的耀眼文學之星。出生於奧地利的維也納，後到英國北部定居，育有三個兒子及一個女兒。曾榮獲雀巢聰明豆文學獎金獎、衛報小說獎、卡耐基文學獎提名獎、惠特布雷德文學獎提名獎、 藍彼得圖書獎提名獎、學校圖書館雜誌最佳圖書獎等多項大獎。有多部作品被改編成電影、電視劇。 《蝴蝶•天堂•探險記》作為作者最經典的代表作，每個角色各有特質，以致形成強烈的對比與張力，也各有自己的故事，故事間又巧妙地互為牽連，構成《蝴蝶•天堂•探險記》這本具有豐富情節與深刻人性的冒險小說，同時攫獲了兒童與成人的心，並帶給讀者真誠的感動，為讀者提供一個廣闊而深沉的閱讀與思考空間。 毋庸置疑，擺在我們面前的這本小說，堪稱史上最好的、最有趣的、也最激動人心的史詩般的冒險作品之一。這也是一個非凡的文...(展開全部) 伊娃•伊博森Eva Ibbotson （1925~2010） 伊娃•伊博森，被推崇為與J.K.羅琳比肩的耀眼文學之星。出生於奧地利的維也納，後到英國北部定居，育有三個兒子及一個女兒。曾榮獲雀巢聰明豆文學獎金獎、衛報小說獎、卡耐基文學獎提名獎、惠特布雷德文學獎提名獎、 藍彼得圖書獎提名獎、學校圖書館雜誌最佳圖書獎等多項大獎。有多部作品被改編成電影、電視劇。 《蝴蝶•天堂•探險記》作為作者最經典的代表
