*来自科幻文学重量级作者Ursula K. Le Guin在1973年的作品，这部作品在1974年被提名Locus Award for Best Short Fiction，同年获得Huge Award for Best Short Story

透过刻意既模糊又生动的描述，故事里的主人公叙述了一场夏日节庆，在乌托邦欧美拉里举办。这个地方的繁华依赖着一名小孩永不禁止的苦难。

关于作者：

URSULA K. LE GUIN was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series. She was first published in 1959, and her literary career spanned nearly sixty years, producing more than twenty novels and over a hundred short stories, in addition to poetry, literary criticism, translations, and children’s books.

EVA VÁZQUEZ is an illustrator from Madrid whose architecture career led her to the design of backgrounds for movies and animation series until she became one of the most important and unique illustrators linked to the publishing world in our country. A bridge to fantasy and the world of illustration whose mental exercises are defined by the synthesis of ideas that are as well textured as they are stylistically defined. https://www.boekvisual.com/eva-vazquez