The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip (hardcover)
 
作者: George Saunders 
書城編號: 982637

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出版社: Random House
出版日期: 2015/11/24
重量: 0.32 kg
ISBN: 9780812989632
 
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From the bestselling author of Tenth of December comes a splendid new edition of his acclaimed collaboration with the illustrator behind The Stinky Cheese Man and James and the Giant Peach Featuring fifty-two haunting and hilarious images, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip is a modern fable for people of all ages that touches on the power of kindness, generosity, compassion, and community.

In the seaside village of Frip live three families: the Romos, the Ronsens, and a little girl named Capable and her father. The economy of Frip is based solely on goat's milk, and this is a problem because the village is plagued by gappers: bright orange, many-eyed creatures the size of softballs that love to attach themselves to goats. When a gapper gets near a goat, it lets out a high-pitched shriek of joy that puts the goats off giving milk, which means that every few hours the children of Frip have to go outside, brush the gappers off their goats, and toss them into the sea. The gappers have always been everyone's problem, until one day they get a little smarter, and instead of spreading out, they gang up: on Capable's goats. Free at last of the tyranny of the gappers, will her neighbors rally to help her? Or will they turn their backs, forcing Capable to bear the misfortune alone?

Featuring fifty-two haunting and hilarious illustrations by Lane Smith and a brilliant story by George Saunders that explores universal themes of community and kindness, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip is a rich and resonant story for those that have all and those that have not.

Praise for The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip

"In a perfect world, every child would own a copy of this profound, funny fable. . . . Every adult would own a copy too, and would marvel at how this smart, subversive little book is even deeper and more hilarious than any child could know."--Entertainment Weekly

"Saunders's idiosyncratic voice makes an almost perfect accompaniment to children's book illustrator Smith's heightened characterizations and slightly surreal backdrops."--Publishers Weekly

"A riveting, funny, and sly new fairy tale."--Miami Herald

George Saunders 作者作品表

Liberation Day: From 'the world's best short story writer' (The Telegraph) and winner of the Man Booker Prize (Paperback)

Liberation Day: Stories (Paperback)

Liberation Day: Stories ((Large Print)) (Library Binding)

Reminiscences (Paperback)

Builder and Blunderer: A Study of Emperor William's Character and Foreign Policy (Hardcover)

The Moral And Social State Of The Christian Community Before And After Constantine The Great: With Reference To His Conversion And The Public Measures

Builder and Blunderer: A Study of Emperor William's Character and Foreign Policy (Paperback)

The Moral And Social State Of The Christian Community Before And After Constantine The Great: With Reference To His Conversion And The Public Measures

Reminiscences (Hardcover)

Liberation Day (Hardcover)

eBook: Liberation Day (DRM EPUB)

Liberation Day (Paperback)

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo (Paperback)

Memoirs of a Professional CAD (Compact Disc)

Memoirs of a Professional CAD (MP3 CD)

eBook: Swim in a Pond in the Rain (DRM EPUB)

Pastoralia (Paperback)

Tenth of December (Paperback)

Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil (Paperback)

Congratulations, by the way: Some Thoughts on Kindness (Paperback)

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