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狐狸小八

內容簡介

內容簡介 《紐約時報》暢銷冠軍暨2017年曼布克獎得主《林肯在中陰》(Lincoln in the Bardo)作者，也是短篇小說大師的喬治．桑德斯(George Saunders)，聯袂插畫家兼時尚設計師Chelsea Cardinal共同創作的黑色圖文故事：不斷地追求征服自然，其惡果可是我們所能意料？這是狐狸八寫下的故事：｢倫類在仄邊走來走去說：看！有狐狸。然後便丟下一點屎物給我們，很快地，我們吃了角糖爆咪花，幾篇冰乾，還有特新鮮沒臭味的梨兒。｣我想：這裡一定是”美屎光場”。狐狸七附和：我想也似。狐狸八在牠們那群狐狸中是出了名的愛做白日夢，對牠不是嗤之以鼻就是翻白眼，直到牠發展了一項新的技能，事情才有所轉變。藉由躲在屋外的灌木叢中，聽著人類媽媽對孩子說的床邊故事，狐狸八學會了”倫類”(人類)的語言，更加深了牠對人的好奇心。但是一棟新的購物商場截斷了食物來源，狐狸八該如何解決這個”偉機”(危機)，拯救牠的狐狸同胞們？這本由狐狸八的視角與口氣所寫成的圖文書，充滿幽默與同理心。不經意的錯別字與不符常規的文法，意外地發展出令人捧腹的效果，而結局又是那麼地讓人熱淚盈眶。這本小書，再次證明桑德斯是自馬克吐溫以來最幽默的短篇小說家。From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a darkly comic short story about the unintended consequences unleashed by our quest to tame the natural world—featuring gorgeous black-and-white illustrations by Chelsea Cardinal.Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one his fellow foxes regard with a knowing snort and a roll of the eyes. That is, until he develops a unique skill: He teaches himself to speak “Yuman” by hiding in the bushes outside a house and listening to children’s bedtime stories. The power of language fuels his abundant curiosity about people—even after “danjer” arrives in the form of a new shopping mall that cuts off his food supply, sending Fox 8 on a harrowing quest to help save his pack.Told with his distinctive blend of humor and pathos, Fox 8 showcases the extraordinary imaginative talents of George Saunders, whom The New York Times called “the writer for our time.”

作者介紹

作者介紹 George SaundersGeorge Saunders is the author of nine books, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Man Booker Prize, and the story collections CivilWarLand, Pastoralia, and Tenth of December, the latter a finalist for the National Book Award. He has received fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Guggenheim Foundation. In 2006 he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. In 2013 he was awarded the PEN Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction and was included in Time’s list of the one hundred most influential people in the world. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.

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