Inferno

Dan Brown is the author of numerous #1 bestselling novels, including the recent record-breaking The Lost Symbol, which had the biggest one-week sale in Random House history for a single title. His previous title, The Da Vinci Code, has sold more than 80 million copies worldwide, making it one of the bestselling novels of all time. In addition to numerous appearances on The Today Show, Mr. Brown was named one of the World's 100 Most Influential People by Time Magazine. He has appeared in the pages of Newsweek, Forbes, People, GQ, The New Yorker, and others. His novels are published in over 50 languages around the worldBiographyNovelist Dan Brown may not have invented the literary thriller, but his groundbreaking tour de force The Da Vinci Code -- with its irresistible mix of religion, history, art, and science -- is the gold standard for a flourishing genre.Born in Exeter, New Hampshire in 1964, Brown attended Phillips Exeter Academy (where his father taught), and graduated from Amherst with a double major in Spanish and English. After college he supported himself through teaching and enjoyed moderate success as a musician and songwriter.Brown credits Sidney Sheldon with jump-starting his literary career. Up until 1994, his reading tastes were focused sharply on the classics. Then, on vacation in Tahiti, he stumbled on a paperback copy of Sheldon's novel The Doomsday Conspiracy. By the time he finished the book, he had decided he could do as well. There and then, he determined to try his hand at writing. His first attempt was a pseudonymously written self-help book for women co-written with his future wife Blythe Newlon. Then, in 1998, he published his first novel, Digital Fortress -- followed in swift succession by Angels and Demons and Deception Point. None the three achieved commercial success.Then, in 2003, Brown hit the jackpot with his fourth novel, a compulsively readable thriller about a Harvard symbologist named Robert Langdon who stumbles on an ancient conspiracy in the wake of a shocking murder in the Louvre. Combining elements from art, science, and religion, The Da Vinci Code became the biggest bestseller in publishing history, inspiring a big-budget movie adaptation and fueling interest in the author's back list. In 2009, Brown continued Robert Langdon's esoteric adventures with The Lost Symbol, a tale of intrigue that, like its predecessors, takes readers on a wild ride into the sinister mysteries of the past.Good To KnowBrown revealed the inspiration for his labyrinthine thriller during a writer's address in Concord, New Hampshire. "I was studying art history at the University of Seville (in Spain), and one morning our professor started class in a most unusual way. He showed us a slide of Da Vinci's famous painting "The Last Supper"... I had seen the painting many times, yet somehow I had never seen the strange anomalies that the professor began pointing out: a hand clutching a dagger, a disciple making a threatening gesture across the neck of another... and much to my surprise, a very obvious omission, the apparent absence on the table of the cup of Christ... The one physical object that in many ways defines that moment in history, Leonardo Da Vinci chose to omit." According to Brown, this reintroduction to an ancient masterpiece was merely "the tip of the ice burg." What followed was an in-depth explanation of clues apparent in Da Vinci's painting and his association with the Priory of Sion that set Brown on a path toward bringing The Da Vinci Code into existence.If only all writers could enjoy this kind of success: in early 2004, all four of Brown's novels were on the New York Times Bestseller List in a single week!In our interview with Brown, he shared some of his writing rituals:"If I'm not at my desk by 4:00 a.m., I feel like I'm missing my most productive hours. In addition to starting early, I keep an antique hourglass on my desk and every hour break briefly to do push-ups, sit-ups, and some quick stretches. I find this helps keep the blood -- and ideas -- flowing."I'm also a big fan of gravity boots. Hanging upside down seems to help me solve plot challenges by shifting my entire perspective."

出版者:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

作者:[美] 丹·布朗

页数:480

出版时间:2013-5-14

价格:USD 29.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780385537858

图书标签:丹·布朗悬疑DanBrown小说符号学美国外国文学原版书

In his international blockbusters The Da Vinci Code , Angels & Demons , and The Lost Symbol , Dan Brown masterfully fused history, art, codes, and symbols. In this riveting new thriller, Brown returns to his element and has crafted his highest-stakes novel to date.

In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history’s most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces . . . Dante’s Inferno .

Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic science. Drawing from Dante’s dark epic poem, Langdon races to find answers and decide whom to trust . . . before the world is irrevocably altered.

读后感

开始读的时候感觉这本书就是为了拍电影写的，套路很一般，开头小高潮，然后阐述由来，然后在高潮，然而最后的高潮也没有很惊心动魄。但是书中提出的问题很让人思考，给出的答案其实还是蛮有新意的。人类繁殖的太快，终究资源会枯竭。如果是你，要怎么解决这个问题呢？ 这本书...  

无意中刷书店的时候，正赶上丹·布朗的新小说《地狱》首发，想起多年前阅读《达芬奇密码》和《天使与魔鬼》的酣畅，感叹巧遇之下速度交钱支持正版。 主角依然是罗伯特·印第安纳·詹姆斯·兰登教授（别乱起名字喂），这次他要解决的依然是大矛盾：人类如保持目前生育率不变，...  

这是第一本用kindle看完的电子书。 和看达芬奇密码、天使与魔鬼完全不一个感觉啊，当时看的那叫一个惊心动魄，这一本就不行了，直到看到70%的时候才感觉放不下这本书了。前面看的都很散漫。 哎，期望太高了，不过还是零零散散的看完了。 这一次看也有收获，一边查着google一边...  

就小说而言—— 这次丹布朗照旧给读者在三个梦幻般的的城市中布下让你绝对欲罢不能的天罗地网， 这场寻宝游戏已经成为所有布朗迷的集体狂欢。 至于他所有故事的结尾，我承认那多少令人泄气。 但这正是因为全书气场太大任何结尾都已经镇不住了。 丹布朗开启了我对小说的全...  

用户评价

在無數個失眠的日日夜夜看完的。比如現在4:34的上海早晨。

感觉到最后才精彩了起来 悬疑的部分不是很多 是不是因为只是但丁还是比较单薄的? 总是这种坏人最后洗白真是...呃...

比早先那几本书好看。围绕但丁的经典名著安排情节，以其为线索串起欧洲的历史和名城，比杜撰出来的神秘社团有意思。

虽然还是一口气看完，但没有丹.布朗其他小说编的有耐心，最后竟然陷入“其实大家都是自己人”的路数上来了。不过还是决心以后好好游览一番佛罗伦萨，现代意大利语，哼哼。不喜欢中文版封面，所以标记了这个版本。

因為讀過但丁的Inferno，這本書就更加有趣了些。我們需要現代醫療技術的原因究竟是什麼？是為了給予我們關愛之人盡可能長久的健康？為了自身不被病痛所威脅？還是為了逃避或推遲面對死亡這件事？其實Bertrand的生化攻擊已經人性化到最大限度。世界人口分布這麼不均。。。他選擇了三分之一的隨機概率？呵呵呵呵。。。