FairPlay(Tove Jansson、Ali Smith 著)简介、价格

FairPlay

作者： Tove Jansson 著；Ali Smith 著

出版社： NewYorkReviewBooks

出版时间： 2011-03

ISBN： 9781590173787

定价： 110.40

装帧： 平装

页数： 120页

正文语种： 英语

分类： 国学古籍>综合性图书

内容简介:

ANewYorkReviewBooksOriginalWinnerofthe2009BernardShawPrizeforTranslationFairPlayisthetypeoflovestorythatisrarelytold,arevelatorydepictionofcontentment,hard-wonandexhilarating.

MariisawriterandJonnaisanartist,andtheyliveatoppositeendsofabigapartmentbuilding,theirstudiosconnectedbyalongatticpassageway.Theyhaveargued,worked,andlaughedtogetherfordecades.Yetthey’veneverreallystoppedtakingeachotherbysurprise.FairPlayshowsusMariandJona’sintertwinedlivesastheywatchFassbinderfilmsandWesterns,critiqueeachother’swork,spendtimeonasolitaryisland(recognizabletoreadersofJansson’sTheSummerBook),travelthroughtheAmericanSouthwest,andturnlifeintonothinglessthanart.,

作者简介:

ToveJansson(1914–2001)wasborninHelsinkiintoFinland’sSwedish-speakingminority.Herfatherwasasculptorandhermotheragraphicdesignerandillustrator.Winterswerespentinthefamily’sart-filledstudioandsummersinafisherman’scottageontheshoreoftheGulfofFinland,asettingthatwouldlaterfigureinJansson’swritingforadultsandchildren.Janssonlovedbooksasachildandsetoutfromanearlyagetobeanartist.Herfirstillustrationwaspublishedwhenshewasfifteenyearsold;fouryearslaterapicturebookappearedunderapseudonym.AfterattendingartschoolsinbothStockholmandParis,shereturnedtoHelsinki,whereinthe1940sand’50sshewonacclaimforherpaintingsandmurals.From1929until1953Janssondrewhumorousillustrationsandpoliticalcartoonsfortheleft-leaninganti-FascistFinnish-SwedishmagazineGarm,anditwastherethatwhatwastobecomeJansson’smostfamouscreation,Moomintroll,ahippopotamus-likecharacterwithadreamydisposition,madehisfirstappearance.JanssonwentontowriteabouttheadventuresofMoomintroll,theMoominfamily,andtheircuriousfriendsinalong-runningcomicstripandinaseriesofbooksforchildrenthathavebeentranslatedthroughouttheworld,inspiringfilms,severaltelevisionseries,anopera,andthemeparksinFinlandandJapan.Janssonalsowroteelevennovelsandshortstorycollectionsforadults,includingTheSummerBookandTheTrueDeceiver(bothavailableasNYRBClassics).In1994shewasawardedthePrizeoftheSwedishAcademy.Janssonandhercompanion,theartistTuulikkiPietilä,continuedtolivepart-timeinacottageontheremoteouteredgeoftheFinnisharchipelagountil1991.

ThomasTealhastranslatedToveJansson’sTheSummerBook,SunCity,andFairPlay,forwhichhewasawardedtheBernardShawPrizefortranslationfromtheSwedishfortheyears2007–2009.

AliSmithistheauthorofsevenworksoffiction,includingthenovelHotelWorld,whichwasshort-listedfortheBookerPrizein2001,andTheAccidental,whichwontheWhitbreadAwardin2005andwasshort-listedforthe2005ManBookerPrize.

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