在线阅读《A Single Shard》
Tree-ear is an orphan boy in a 12th-century Korean potters’ village. For a long time he is content living with Crane-man under a bridge barely surviving on scraps of food. All that changes when he sees master potter Min making his beautiful pottery. Tree-ear sneaks back to Min’s workplace and dreams of creating his own pots someday. When he accidentally breaks a pot, he must work for the master to pay for the damage. Though the work is long and hard, Tree-ear is eager to learn. Then he is sent to the King’s Court to show the master’s pottery. Little does Tree-ear know that this difficult and dangerous journey will change his life forever.
帕克，会走上写作之路，琳达·休·帕克（Linda Sue Park）认为最应该感谢的人是她的父亲，在她小时候，由于父亲刚从韩国移民美国，对美国童书不了解，但他每两星期一定带她到图书馆报到，从不问断。因此帕克在成长的过程中几乎看遍各式各样的书，奠定了日后写作的扎实基础。九岁那年，帕克有一首诗刊登在儿童杂志上，获得了一美元的稿酬。她把那张支票当做圣诞礼物送给了父亲。一年后，杂志社通知她支票尚未兑现，她回信解释说支票已经装框，悬挂在她父亲的桌子上方，她是否可以留下来当做纪念？杂志社当然同意。至今她父亲依旧保存着那张支票。中学、高中时代，帕克陆续有诗作发表，后来她进入斯坦福大学英语系就读，毕业后在一家石油公司的公关部门担任文案工作，虽然与她想象中的写作性质相差很多，但这段时间的工作磨炼，使她具备了驾驭各种主题的能力。