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「到達目的地之前,沒有錯的路,只有你想走的路。」
童叟無欺,神奇收費亭。提供意想不到、別開生面的旅行。
不保證使用結果,但若未達滿意標準,浪費的時間全數退回!
敲醒你的懶惰靈魂,讓你重新思考這個世界,燃起生命熱望。
對米羅來說,什麼事都很無聊。不愛動腦,不愛念書,也不愛玩。上課時候想出去,出去之後又想回家,他的心總放在其他地方。有一天,米羅回家後在房裡收到一個很大的禮物,是一個能帶他到處遊玩的神奇收費亭!於是,他開始了一次驚險刺激的奇妙旅行……一路上,米羅得到了驚人的領悟,發現生命絕不無趣,而且遠遠超越想像的極限……
《神奇收費亭》是一個精采絕倫的奇想故事、一本充滿魔力的神奇小書。自1961年出版,立刻受到全美讀者的瘋狂熱愛。書評讚譽其為「瞬間經典」,故事不斷改編成電影、電視劇、音樂劇、舞台劇等,啟蒙無數名家,影響層面之廣,堪稱奇幻文學的第一本聖經,也是美國家長一定會買給小孩的傳家書。
如果你和米羅一樣,突然覺得自己的世界越變越小,找不到快樂的可能性─請跳上小汽車,一起來趟超乎想像的瘋狂之旅吧!
Illustrated in black-and-white. We're celebrating the thirty-fifth anniversary (1996) of this modern kids' classic with a special hardcover edition! This ingenious fantasy centeres around Milo, a bored ten-year-old who comes home to find a large toy tollbooth sitting in his room. Joining forces with a watchdog named Tock, Milo drives through the tollbooth's gates and begins a memorable journey. He meets such characters as the foolish, yet lovable Humbug, the Mathemagician, and the not-so-wicked "Which," Faintly Macabre, who gives Milo the "impossible" mission of returning two princesses to the Kingdom of Wisdom...
本書中譯版由圓神出版。
作者簡介
諾頓.傑斯特Norton Juster
多才多藝,是名建築師、城市規畫師與得獎作家。作品包括《點與線的愛情習題》,曾翻拍成動畫片,榮獲奧斯卡大獎。《神奇收費亭》出版以來,風靡全球,立刻奠定其經典地位。改編電影《幻象天堂》也被評為全球100部最佳動畫片。和薛爾登.哈尼克(Sheldon Harnick)合作的《神奇收費亭》音樂劇,也在全國學校、戲院巡迴演出。此外,他同時是業餘廚師、專業老饕,現與太太定居麻省艾摩斯特市。
Norton Juster is an architect and the author of other highly acclaimed children's books, including The Dot and the Line, which was made into an Academy Award-winning film, The Hello, Goodbye Window, illustrated by Chris Raschka, which received the Caldecott Medal, and The Odious Ogre, also illustrated by Jules Feiffer. Mr. Juster lives with his wife in western Massachusetts.
插畫者簡介
吉爾斯.菲佛Jules Feiffer
知名漫畫家、作家與編劇,曾獲奧斯卡與普立茲獎。作品遍布世界各地的報紙和畫冊,以簡潔單純、獨具個性的畫風吸引無數人的仿效與喜愛。現居於紐約市。
Jules Feiffer is the author and illustrator of two novels for young readers, as well as several acclaimed picture books including Bark, George and Meanwhile.... He has won numerous prizes for his cartoons, plays, and screenplays. Mr. Feiffer lives in New York City.