BRADBURY SPEAKS: TOO SOON FROM THE CAVE, TOO FAR FROM THE STARS

Book ID/图书代码： 03890005B04395

English Summary/英文概要： He is an American treasure; a clear-eyed fantasist without peer; a literary icon who has created wonder for the better part of seven decades. He has a moon crater named after him and a star on Hollywood Boulevard’s Walk of Fame. He has been showered with accolades and honored with prizes galore, everything from an Emmy Award to the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He has inspired generations of readers to dream, think, invent, believe, and fly. When Ray Bradbury speaks, it pays dividends in gold to everyone who listens.

Collected between these covers are memories, ruminations, opinions, prophecies, and philosophies from one of the most influential and admired writers of our time: indelible boyhood experiences that molded the man, as well as his eye-opening, sometimes hilarious true adventures in the realm of the famous and adored; insightful, piquant, often biting, always fascinating reflections on humankind’s past and future, and where we stand in the universe today; provocative and deeply affecting musings on the present state of art and the unparalleled glory of creation.

As unique, unabashed, and irrepressible as the artist himself, here is an intimate portrait, painted with the master’s own words, of the one and only Bradbury -- far more revealing than any mere memoir, for it opens windows not only into his life and work, but into his mind and heart as well.

Ray Bradbury has something wonderful to say.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： “在人生的最後階段，我每天都會照鏡子。鏡子里有個快樂的人盯著我看。有時我會想，我爲什麽那麼快樂。答案是我每天都為自己和快樂寫作、創作。鏡子里並不是一個樂觀的人，但卻是理智行為的結果。”——Ray Bradbury

這是一本訴說現代社會最著名文學創作家思想的散文集。主角是美國的國寶級作家，一位獨一無二的幻想家、一位為70年代創造了奇跡的文學界偶像。他獲獎無數，曾榮獲艾美獎、他對美國文學的傑出貢獻為他贏得了國家圖書基金會獎章。他寫詩、也寫劇本，有65個短篇故事被改編成“The Ray Bradbury Theatre”系列劇集。他激勵了幾代讀者思考夢想、思想、創造、信念和飛翔。Ray Bradbury一說話，觀眾必受益。

此書是作者關於寫作和遊歷經歷的散文集。從巴黎到舊金山、從約翰•休斯頓到Gene Kelly，從宇宙飛行到華特迪斯尼，他書寫了影響他生活、寫作和國家意識的思想。書中有回憶錄，當代最有影響力的作者的想法、反思、語言和哲學，他們的想法塑造著我們的思想。他還用諷刺、辛辣、幽默的語言描述了他對人類世界過去、現在，將來的洞察。

作者獨一無二、無所畏懼、有不可抑止的爆發力，不僅描述了他的生活和工作，而且探討了他的思想和心靈。沒有一本回憶錄能達到這本書的境界。(Celia)

Awards/获奖情况：作者获得2000年國家圖書基金會文學傑出貢獻獎，
2004年國家文學獎章和2007年普里茲獎特别奖

About the Author/作者介绍： 2000年國家圖書基金會文學傑出貢獻獎，2004年國家文學獎章和2007年普里茲獎特別獎獲得者Ray Bradbury的創作包括《Fahrenheit 451》、《The Martian Chronicles》、《The Illustrated Man》、《Dandelion Wine》、《Something Wicked This Way Comes》。他還參加了《白鯨》的劇本改編，并獲得學院獎提名。他為電視劇《The Ray Bradbury Theater》改編了65個故事，改編的電視舞台劇《The Halloween Tree》獲得了艾美獎。

Ray Bradbury, recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2004 National Medal of Arts, and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation. His groundbreaking works include Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. He wrote the screen play for John Huston’s classic film adaptation of Moby Dick, and was nominated for an Academy Award. He adapted sixty-five of his stories for television’s The Ray Bradbury Theater, and won an Emmy for his teleplay of The Halloween Tree.

In my later years I have looked in the mirror each day and found a happy person staring back. Occasionally I wonder why I can be so happy. The answer is that every day of my life I’ve worked only for myself and for the joy that comes from writing and creating. The image in my mirror is not optimistic, but the result of optimal behavior.——Ray Bradbury

Format:GALLEY

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：SOLD

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：HarperCollins Publishers (US BOOK PUBLISHER), 08/01/05 (publication) Recorded Books, Inc. (AUDIO PUBLISHER), 05/23/18 (publication) Chengdu Eight Light Minutes Culture Communication Co., Ltd. (CHINESE PUBLISHER) Editora Globo (BRAZILIAN PUBLISHER)

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