伊丽莎白·科斯托娃 (Elizabeth Kostova),相继毕业于美国耶鲁大学和密歇根大学,获密歇根大学艺术硕士。《历史学家》是伊丽莎白·科斯托娃历时十年精心创作的处女作小说,作者在密歇根大学创作斯间即获得霍普沃德小说创作奖(Hopwood Award for the Novel-in-Progress ),也因为此书,获得二00五年度美国“羽毛笔”图书奖(Quill Book Awards)最佳新人奖。
To you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history....Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of-a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an inconceivable evil hidden in the depths of history.The letters provide links to one of the darkest powers that humanity has ever known-and to a centuries-long quest to find the source of that darkness and wipe it out. It is a quest for the truth about Vlad the Impaler, the medieval ruler whose barbarous reign formed the basis of the legend of Dracula. Generations of historians have risked their reputations, their sanity, and even their lives to learn the truth about Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Now one young woman must decide whether to take up this quest herself-to follow her father in a hunt that nearly brought him to ruin years ago, when he was a vibrant young scholar and her mother was still alive. What does the legend of Vlad the Impaler have to do with the modern world? Is it possible that the Dracula of myth truly existed-and that he has lived on, century after century, pursuing his own unknowable ends? The answers to these questions cross time and borders, as first the father and then the daughter search for clues, from dusty Ivy League libraries to Istanbul, Budapest, and the depths of Eastern Europe. In city after city, in monasteries and archives, in letters and in secret conversations, the horrible truth emerges about Vlad the Impaler's dark reign-and about a time-defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive down through the ages.Parsing obscure signs and hidden texts, reading codes worked into the fabric of medieval monastic traditions-and evading the unknown adversaries who will go to any lengths to conceal and protect Vlad's ancient powers-one woman comes ever closer to the secret of her own past and a confrontation with the very definition of evil. Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel is an adventure of monumental proportions, a relentless tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present, with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful-and utterly unforgettable.
简单说,书卷了些;看它一步步的追踪和介绍Dracula的身世,东西南北欧的游荡,危险和羡慕是并存的 故事方面,6、7成都是双引号括起来的上代对下代的信件,这个就把第一现场的惊险、刺激削弱了许多。如果拍电影的话,上两代就够了,或者理所当然以保罗这个中间层作为主角核心,...
评分文/Jeff 一、 永生,我想是每个人幻想的一种状态。几千年来,对于死亡的恐惧,从来不曾随着时代的变迁,世代的更替,而从人类的心的最深处消逝。远古的祖先,在第一次面对死亡来临,或者说第一次有意识地感到死亡的恐惧时,那种惊慌失措应该是多么的强烈。从那一刻开始,只要...
评分 评分我不得不说两句,在我退书未成之际。给大家提个醒!!! 我看在是畅销书的分上买了一本。总算“看完“了。我不是其他的书托,我实话实说,为什么有好多的书写了5年以上,十年以上,确让人看得受不了呢??? 开始很积极的看,书的情节,特别是父亲告诉女儿的经历,只有那么...
评分一开始买这本书,还以为自己是购买了一本类似探索杂志或者科学解迷一类的书,是冲着吸血鬼这个有趣的话题去的,不过,事实上,它是一本小说。 如果按我们的历史观来看,也许我会说,这是一个虚构的故事。可是在看完了以后的历史观来看,我又在想,我怎么敢说,这样的故事是虚构...
經過一年終於看完!!!是不錯,但太多敘事,而且那些線接得不是很好. e.g. Hugh James = Master James我是到最後一章才"叮"一下察覺的.
评分如果你是女人,喜欢欧洲(特别是东欧)历史文化,对德库拉原型感兴趣,那应该会喜欢这本书。
评分a fascinating vampire novel,but the middle part of it is rather tedious
评分典型的虎头蛇尾!
评分这本书很难读完。不过可以作为一个目标把它看完。尤其是对academic reader/history lover.
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