約翰.康納利(John Connolly)
西元1968年生於愛爾蘭都柏林,經歷豐富,曾擔任過記者、酒保、服務生、倫敦哈洛德百貨公司的雜工、地方公務員等等。他曾於愛爾蘭三一學院修習英語,並於都柏林市立大學主修新聞學,之後五年在愛爾蘭時報(The Irish Times)擔任自由記者。
1999年,康納利以《奪命旅人》出道。這本驚悚小說以追查殺死妻女真凶的退休警探帕克為主角,創下了英美版權史上第二高價的新人預付版稅紀錄,令康納利成為夏姆斯獎(Shamus Award)。首位非美籍得獎者,並奠定其「愛爾蘭驚悚大師」之地位。2003年,以The White Road獲得英國最佳犯罪小說獎的Barry Award。
Book Description
Everything you can imagine is real
High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the loss of his mother. He is angery and he is alone, with only the books on his shelf for company.
But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness, and as he takes refuge in the myths and fairytales so beloved by his dead mother he finds that the real world and the fantasy world have begun to meld. The Crooked Man has come, with his mocking smile and his enigmatic words:"Welcome, your majesty. All hail the new king."
And as war rages across Europe, David is violently propelled into a land that is both a construct of his imagination yet frighteningly real, a strange reflection of his own world composed of myths and stories, populated by wolves and worse-than-wolves, and ruled over by a faded king who keeps his secrets in a mysterious book...
Don't miss John Connolly's terrifying bestsellers EVER DEAD THING, DARK HOLLOW, THE KILLING KIND, THE WHITE ROAD, BAD MEN, THE BLACK ANGEL and NOCTURNES - his collection of spine-chilling short stories - all available in Hodder paperback. Visit John's website at www.johnconnolly.co.uk.
Book Dimension
length: (cm)17.8 width:(cm)11.2
我常想,当母亲给孩子念bed time story的时候,被怪兽和杀戮吓到的人到底是母亲还是孩子?或许孩子会认为那是天经地义的:王子要夺回公主,必须挥舞利剑,必须砍下野兽的头,只因为孩子并不知道何谓残暴。或许,母亲才会害怕,只因担心孩子太相信世间充满了魔法,甚至认定巫婆...
评分“从前——故事都这么开头——有一个孩子,他失去了妈妈。”六年写下五本“查理·帕克”系列犯罪小说之后,约翰·康诺利离开了犯罪小说的康庄大道。这一次,主人公是这个十二岁的男孩戴维。 母亲去世后,戴维的父亲爱上了那家“算不上医院的医院”的负责人罗斯。半年后乔治出...
评分“每个大人心里都住着一个孩子;而每个小孩心里,都有个未来成人在静静等候。” John Connolly在扉页写下了这句话。看小说之前我一直在想,这部小说所预设的读者到底是孩子们还是成年人?读完之后我给出了这样的答案:孩子们可以读它,因为它为孩子们指明了成长的方向...
评分约翰·康诺利的《失物之书》如果没有开篇部分前六章的铺垫和结尾部分最后一章的陈述,只能算作一部中规中距的童话故事。那种讲述故事的方式几乎每个人能熟稔于心:很久很久以前,有个可怜的孩子,他失去了妈妈……按照某种已经固定化和经典化的童话故事模型,接下来情节是这个...
评分那些我们失去的,终有一天会回到我们身边。 ——卢娜《Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix》 那天在图书馆,无意中瞥见一本书,黑白的封面上,一个小男孩,抱着一本大书,忧郁的回头,在他身后,是一个用各种各样的线条描绘出的光怪陆离的...
必须感叹一句国内的装帧设计真好看
评分必须感叹一句国内的装帧设计真好看
评分把童话进行了另类解读~
评分you can see my eyes in the deep dark of this city
评分把童话进行了另类解读~
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