THE MONKEY’S WEDDING
Book ID/图书代码： 02330010B43636
English Summary/英文概要： Praise for Joan Aiken: "Joan Aiken’s invention seemed inexhaustible, her high spirits a blessing, her sheer storytelling zest a phenomenon. She was a literary treasure, and her books will continue to delight for many years to come."—Philip Pullman
"Aiken writes with the genius of a born storyteller, with mother wit expanded and embellished by civilized learning, and with the brilliance of an avenging angel."—The New Yorker
Joan Aiken’s stories captivated readers for fifty years. They’re funny, smart, gentle, and occasionally very, very scary. The stories in The Monkey’s Wedding are collected here for the very first time and include six never before published, as well as two previously published under the pseudonym Nicholas Dee. Here you’ll find the story of a village for sale . . . or is the village itself the story? There’s an English vicar who declares on his deathbed that he might have lived an entirely different life. After his death, a large, black, argumentative cat makes an appearance. . . . This hugely imaginative collection includes introductions by Aiken as well as by her daughter, Lizza Aiken.
Best known for The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Joan Aiken (1924-2004) wrote over a hundred books and won the Guardian and Edgar Allan Poe awards. After her first husband’s death, she supported her family by copyediting at Argosy magazine and an advertising agency before turning to fiction. She went on to write for Vogue, Good Housekeeping, Vanity Fair, Argosy, Women’s Own, and many others. Visit her online at: www.joanaiken.com.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 对琼艾肯的赞扬 “琼艾肯的才情取之不尽，用之不竭。祝福她永远激情饱满！她是个文学宝藏，她的作品将经久不衰。”——菲利普普尔曼
“艾肯是个讲故事的天才，她的作品蕴含着母性智慧，经过文明技巧的润色，兼有复仇天使的光彩。”——纽约客杂志
琼艾肯的小说畅销了五十年，她的小说有趣、灵动、温和而有时特别恐怖。《猴子的婚礼》中的故事首次收集在一起，包括六部从未出版的小说和两部从前以尼古拉迪伊的笔名发表的小说。这里你将发现一个村庄的故事。一个牧师在他临死时说他本来可能过上完全不同的生活。他死后，又大又黑的好辩的猫出现了。。。这本具有丰富想象力的巨著是由艾肯和她的女儿丽萨作序的。(兼职翻译-CDD)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 琼艾肯 (1924–2004)出生在英国苏塞克斯的一个文学世家。她的父亲是康拉德艾肯 ，一个诗人和作家。她的姐姐简和哥哥约翰都是小说家。她父母离婚后，母亲嫁给了有名的英国作家马丁阿姆斯特朗。 艾肯5岁开始写作，她的第一部文集《所有一切你曾想要的》发表于1953年。该文集包括第一个阿米蒂奇家族的故事，这些故事在她死后也被收集在一本叫The Serial Garden 的文集里。艾肯的第一任丈夫去世后，为养家糊口，她在 Argosy 做过编辑工作，也在广告公司工作过，之后成为全职小说家。她继续为时尚杂志，好管家，名利场，女性杂志等其它杂志写作。她有一百多部作品，可能以十几部威利山庄的狼群系列小说闻名遐迩。她获得埃德加爱伦坡小说奖，并在1999年被授予英帝国勋章。获得更多作者信息请关注www.joanaiken.com.
Joan Aiken (1924–2004) was born in Rye, Sussex, England, into a literary family: her father was the poet and writer Conrad Aiken and her siblings, the novelists Jane Aiken Hodge and John Aiken. After her parents’ divorce her mother married the popular English writer Martin Armstrong.
Aiken began writing at the age of five and her first collection of stories, All You’ve Ever Wanted (which included the first Armitage family stories which were all gathered in a posthumous collection, The Serial Garden), was published in 1953. After her first husband’s death, Aiken supported her family by copyediting at Argosy and working at an advertising agency before turning to writing fiction full time. She went on to write for Vogue, Good Housekeeping, Vanity Fair, Women’s Own, and many other magazines.
She wrote over a hundred books and was perhaps best known for the dozen novels in The Wolves of Willoughby Chase series. She received the Guardian and Edgar Allan Poe awards for fiction and in 1999 she was awarded an MBE.
Find out more online at www.joanaiken.com.
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