''This is an old-fashioned story, yet it still speaks freshly
today! would leap to life when read aloud to a child'' Independent
''Lord of the Rings buffs will enjoy picking out bits of Nordic
mythology and will relish Tolkien''s fabulous sense of landscape''
The Times
內容簡介:
In 1925, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his beloved toy
dog on the beach. To console him, his father, J.R.R. Tolkien,
improvised a story about Rover, a real dog who is magically
transformed into a toy and is forced to seek out the wizard who
wronged him in order to be returned to normal. This charming tale,
peopled by a sand-sorcerer and a terrible dragon, by the king of
the sea and the Man-in-the-Moon, endured several drafts over the
years. Now, more than seventy years later, the adventures of Rover
are published for the first time. Rich in wit and wordplay,
Roverandom is edited and introduced by Christina Scull and Wayne G.
Hammond and illustrated with Tolkien''s own delightful drawings.
關於作者:
J.R.R.Tolkien 1892-1973 was a distinguished academic, though
he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and
The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have
been translated into over 40 languages and have sold many millions
of copies worldwide.