結合親身觀察與高明的敘事技巧,西頓筆下的動物,
一如作者所言:「每種原生的野生動物,本身就是珍貴的遺產;
★根據1898年初版原典直譯
★收錄超過百幅作者精緻手繪圖
「這本歷史選集自然傳達了一個共同的想法──
——西頓
「我們閱讀西頓時,將重新感受到,
——吳明益(國立東華大學華文系教授、本書導讀者)
@出版市場被遺忘的經典
根據一八九八年原典直譯,
@作者本身的特殊性
西頓本人身兼藝術家、博物學家以及作家,
@精彩雋永的故事
西頓擁有出色的描寫技巧、資料整合與結構掌握能力,
作者簡介
厄尼斯特.湯普森.西頓(Ernest Thompson Seton, 1860–1946)
蘇格蘭裔加拿大籍作家、藝術家及博物學家,也是「叢林印地安人」
西頓的主要著作包括《叢林印地安人的白樺樹皮卷》(The Birch Bark Roll of the Woodcraft Indians)、《動物的狩獵生活》(Lives of Game Animals,本書獲一九二七年約翰·
由於他對野生動物的深刻愛好,及其動人、細膩,
西頓深具藝術才華,他的著作大都由他親自繪圖,
西頓於一九三一年歸化美國。
譯者簡介
莊安祺
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