 Material Girl no more? Madonna says writing children's books is more fulfilling than being a pop chart queen or a movie star.
Her book, "The English Roses," went on sale on September 15th, appearing in 100 countries and in 30 languages as the first in her series of five tales for children. The pop diva, whose only book until now was the 1992 photo essay titled "Sex," said she wrote the books to teach children some of the life lessons she's learned over the years. "The most fun that I've had of all the things I've done creatively has been to write these books," "A lot of it has to do with the fact I'm not doing it to become more famous, and I'm not doing it to become richer. I'm not doing it because I think it's cool," Madonna said. "I'm doing it because I want to share something I know with children." Hours after its release, the 48-page book was already No. 8 on Amazon.com's sales list. The initial print run is 1 million copies worldwide, with more than 750,000 in the United States. "The English Roses" is about a friendship shared by four girls and their mutual envy of a beautiful classmate, with illustrations by fashion artist Jeffrey Fulvimari. The inspiration for the five books - coming editions will focus on sharing, accepting mistakes and other themes - came from her study of Kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism, she said. "There is one life-giving force in the world," Madonna declared. "When we disconnect from this life-giving force, that's when we bring chaos and pain and suffering into our lives. Each of the stories have to do with different ways you disconnect from God." Madonna also said she was profoundly influenced by the experience of raising two children, Lourdes, 6, and Rocco, 3. "The English Roses" is the latest among a growing number of celebrity-written children's books. The next book in the series, "Mr. Peabody's Apples," will be out in November. Each tale is set in a different time and place and features new characters and different illustrators. (Agencies) | 告別“物質(zhì)女郎”？麥當(dāng)娜說(shuō)為孩子們寫(xiě)書(shū)比做流行歌后或電影明星更有成就感。 9月15日，她的新作《英國(guó)玫瑰》以30種語(yǔ)言在全球100個(gè)國(guó)家同時(shí)發(fā)行。這是她為孩子們創(chuàng)作的5本系列童話書(shū)中的第一本。 此前這位流行歌后只有在1992年出版過(guò)一本名為《性》的寫(xiě)真著作。她說(shuō)寫(xiě)童話書(shū)是為了將她多年來(lái)總結(jié)的生活經(jīng)驗(yàn)教給孩子們。 “我做過(guò)的有創(chuàng)造性的事中最令我開(kāi)心的就是寫(xiě)這些書(shū)?！?/p> “這很大程度上是因?yàn)槲疫@樣做不是為了讓自己更出名，也不是為了賺更多的錢(qián)，更不是因?yàn)槲矣X(jué)得這樣很酷。我這樣做完全是因?yàn)槲蚁氚炎约褐赖囊恍〇|西與孩子們一起分享。” 麥當(dāng)娜說(shuō)。 新書(shū)發(fā)布才幾個(gè)小時(shí)，這本48頁(yè)的童話書(shū)在亞馬遜網(wǎng)站的銷售排行中已經(jīng)名列第八。該書(shū)在全球范圍內(nèi)第一版就印了100萬(wàn)冊(cè)，其中75萬(wàn)冊(cè)在美國(guó)發(fā)行。 《英國(guó)玫瑰》講述的是四個(gè)女孩之間的友誼，她們都羨慕一位長(zhǎng)相漂亮的同學(xué)。時(shí)尚畫(huà)家杰弗里·富爾維馬里為該書(shū)配了插圖。 麥當(dāng)娜說(shuō)創(chuàng)作這5本書(shū)的靈感來(lái)自于她對(duì)喀巴拉的研究，或者說(shuō)猶太教神秘教義的心得體會(huì)--接下來(lái)的幾本書(shū)會(huì)以分享，承認(rèn)錯(cuò)誤和其它一些主題為重點(diǎn)。 麥當(dāng)娜說(shuō)：“世界上有一種賦予生命的力量。當(dāng)我們遠(yuǎn)離這種力量時(shí)，我們的生活就會(huì)陷入混亂、痛苦和磨難。書(shū)里面的每一個(gè)故事都講述了遠(yuǎn)離上帝的各種情形?！?/p> 麥當(dāng)娜還說(shuō)養(yǎng)育兩個(gè)孩子的經(jīng)歷對(duì)她產(chǎn)生了很深的影響，盧爾德6歲，羅科3歲。 越來(lái)越多的名人熱衷于為孩子們寫(xiě)書(shū)，《英國(guó)玫瑰》是其中最新的一本。 這一系列書(shū)中的下一本《皮博迪先生的蘋(píng)果》將在11月出版。每一個(gè)故事都發(fā)生在不同的時(shí)間地點(diǎn)，有新的人物和不同插圖畫(huà)家。 （中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)站譯） |
Updated: 2003-09-17 01:00
