Li Speedway's Childhood Stories: The Truth Your Puppy Tells You

A philosophical work by Clarice Lispector, a top writer in the Latin American literary scene.
A story told by a clever little dog.
Jealousy, revenge, conspiracy, forgiveness.
Alluding to real-world issues in a playful, humorous way.
◎ Editor's Recommendation
Hailed as "the most important Jewish writer since Kafka" and one of the most important Brazilian writers of the 20th century.
Clarice Lispector, a beautiful and outstanding female writer.
With a mother's heart, she devoted herself to writing the "Lispector Children's Stories" series for children.
5 children's books, first published in Chinese.
How fig trees bear fruit.
Why chickens have no teeth.
What exactly happened?
Don't worry, Ulysses the dog will tell you everything.
Perhaps you'll discover something new from his story.
☆ Literary nourishment for children from a top writer, with an intimate and lively spoken narrative style, full of interactive fun.
Told from the perspective of a small dog, it describes its observations about the truth concerning a fig tree, a rooster, and a hen. It barks out the whole story, which is then recorded by its owner, Lispector, who understands it. The entire story moves between fantasy and reality. The dog maintains intimate interaction with the listener during its narration, with bird songs intermittently serving as background music, immersing the audience and making them feel the "truth" as truly true.
☆ Reveals and satirizes real-world issues in a playful way that children can readily accept, demonstrating the power of thought to change reality.
What began as a peaceful, ordinary life, trouble started with the fig tree's wild thoughts. The jealousy that sprouted broke its inner peace and escalated into extreme acts of revenge. This resulted in strong resistance from the rooster and hen, and the fig tree had to reap what it sowed.
Through unconstrained imagination, it reveals to young readers that evil thoughts and extreme actions lead to irreparable bad consequences, and one should never associate with evil. At the end of the story, the rooster and hen choose to forgive the fig tree, allowing everyone to find their place, which also demonstrates the power of thought—a single thought can turn things upside down.
☆ A thought-provoking story with rich content that can be interpreted from multiple angles, offering the joy of reading.
It portrays themes of exploitation and resistance, revenge and forgiveness, and also conveys questioning of concepts such as reality/fantasy, truth/lies, and normal/magical.
The names in the story present interesting dual meanings and intertextuality. For example, the dog's name Ulysses has a connection with James Joyce's Ulysses and Homer's Odyssey, while Egg Odyssey and Egg Ovid, among others, create playful intertextuality with the author's classic work The Egg and the Chicken... These elements provide readers with ample room for exploration and enjoyment.
☆ Special lenticular cover, spacious square format, exquisitely retro binding, giving children a precious literary gift.
This book is part of the "Lispector Children's Stories" series. The entire series features specially designed lenticular covers, full of dynamic beauty, enhancing the fun and design sense of the book's binding.
The cover paper uses white kraft paper, with an elegant color tone and a frosted texture, exuding an elegant and retro literary feel.
The 12K spacious square hardcover edition has inner pages made of 140g offset paper, which is thick and resilient; full-color printing reproduces various styles of illustrations.
☆ Includes a professional guide written by Zhang Xiaofei, a senior Portuguese translator and associate professor, to help readers interpret the work in depth.
◎ Synopsis
Clarice's dog, Ulysses, is smart and beautiful. After a visit to someone else's yard, he returns home and barks a wonderful story to his owner. This story is told from the dog's perspective, recounting its observations of the grievances between a fig tree, a rooster, a hen, and a witch's cloud.
The fig tree, jealous that the hen could lay so many eggs while it couldn't bear a single fruit, cunningly stole all the eggs. The rooster and hen then used their own cunning to foil the fig tree's plot, reclaiming control over the eggs and themselves. The story wanders between fairy tale and reality, exploring the power of fantasy and thought to change reality, humorously revealing the negative consequences of jealousy and bad ideas, and exposing and satirizing real-world issues in a way that children can accept and enjoy.
◎ Media Recommendation
(Lispector) was predicted to become "the greatest female writer in Portuguese" upon her debut, and her half-century of writing practice indeed earned her ultimate accolades such as "the greatest Jewish writer since Kafka" and "the Brazilian Joyce."
— Min Xuefei (Translator of Lispector's works)
Clarice Lispector's children's works are innovative because they can address children's issues in a non-infantilizing way, with the understanding that children are always present as the underlying tone.
— Rosa Gens (Doctor of Literature, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
The author uses a playful and humorous way to show the power of fantasy and thought in changing "reality."
— Julia Duque Estrada (Journalist, Master of Brazilian Literature)
Clarice excels in both adult and children's literature. I bought this book as a Christmas gift for my 6-year-old sister. She loved it and said it was absolutely charming. This is a quality literary work that can stimulate a child's critical thinking.
— Amazon reader review

◎ Celebrity Recommendation
One of the most mysterious writers of the twentieth century, her writing is full of vibrant colors.
— Orhan Pamuk (Nobel laureate in Literature)
◎ Awards and Honors
Won the Carmen Dolores Award and the Calunga Award.

2022-12-01

上海人民美术出版社

the new wave

48

9787558624353