Бумажные издания
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The Wonderful O James Thurber
ISBN: 9780143130420 Год издания: 2017 Издательство: Penguin Classics Язык: Английский Littlejack has a map that indicates the existence of a treasure on a far and lonely island, and Black has a ship to get there. So the two bad men team up and sail off on Black’s vessel, the Aeiu. The name, Black explains, is all the vowels except for O—which he hates since his mother got wedged in a porthole: They couldn’t pull her in, so they had to push her out. Black and Littlejack arrive at the port and demand the treasure. No one knows anything about it, so they have their henchmen ransack the place—to no avail. But Black has a better idea: He will take over the island and purge it of O. (“I’ll issue an edict!”) The harsh limits of…
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The Wonderful O James Thurber
ISBN: 1590173090, 9781590173091 Год издания: 2009 Издательство: NYR Children's Collection Язык: Английский Black and Littlejack are bad men. Littlejack has a map that indicates the existence of a treasure on a far and lonely island. He needs a ship to get there. Black has a ship. So they team up and sail off on Black’s vessel, the Aeiu. “A weird uncanny name,” remarks Littlejack, “like a nightbird screaming.” Black explains that it’s all the vowels except for O. O he hates since his mother got wedged in a porthole. They couldn’t pull her in so they had to push her out. Black and Littlejack arrive at the port of the far and lonely island and demand the treasure. No one knows anything about it, so they have their henchmen ransack the place—to…
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Произведения
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Необыкновенное «О» Джеймс Тэрбер
Форма: повесть Оригинальное название: The Wonderful O Дата написания: 1957 Первая публикация: 1998 Перевод: И. Парина Язык: Русский -
Великолепное О Джеймс Тёрбер
Форма: повесть Оригинальное название: The Wonderful O Дата написания: 1957 Перевод: М. Лукашкина Язык: Русский Захватчики пытаются уничтожить на острове Оро всё, в названии чего есть буква «о»: любовь и морковь, колёса и поэзию, бегемотов и единорогов. Но великолепное О постоит за себя — если люди не побоятся произнести слово «свобода».