Tarka the Otter-水獭塔卡

作者：Williamson Henry

书名：Tarka the Otter《水獭塔卡》

中文简介：Tarka the Otter《水獭塔卡》这部小说描述了水獭的生活，并详细观察了它在北德文郡（“双河”）的River Taw 河和Torridge 河的栖息地;威廉姆森称“塔卡”这个名字的意思是“游荡如水”。尽管Tarka经常被描述为儿童读物，但它影响了Ted Hughes和Rachel Carson这样的文学人物。

英文简介：TARKA THE OTTER is the classic story of an otter living in the Devonshire countryside which captures the feel of life in the wild as seen through the otter's own eyes. The story's atmosphere and detail make it easy to see why Tarka has become one of the best-loved creatures in world literature.

Henry William Williamson was born in 1895 in Brockley, south-east London. The then semi-rural location provided easy access to the countryside, and he developed a deep love of nature throughout his childhood. He became a prolific author known for his natural and social history novels. He won the Hawthornden Prize for literatrure in 1928 for Tarka the Otter.