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

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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

我从来没看过《神曲》。 到今天早上七点，花了一夜时间看完了Dan Brown的Langdon系列新书，Inferno。我想作者大概已经全心全意专宠Robert Langdon以至于读者如我开始同情一个教授在这些年间受到的种种生死考验。总体来说，这本书比上一本《The Lost Symbol》还是水平上稍有好...  

差一点让我以为有搅基情节，丹布朗文笔十年如一日。后半段土耳其部分宛如在看花样姐姐……丹布朗的小说总有一个共性，妄图毁灭世界的永远是最先进的科技，而拯救世界的关键存在于古老神秘的符号学，反正两头我们都不懂正好瞎忽悠。当然主人公是打不死的兰登教授，文职工作者拯...

“ 你也知道大自然一向有办法限制人口数量 – 瘟疫, 饥荒, 洪水. 但是我这样问吧 – 大自然这次找到了不同的方式, 难道不可能吗? 比起降下可怕的灾难与折磨…或许大自然透过进化过程, 制造了一个科学家发明不同方法来长期降低我们的数量. 没有瘟疫, 没有死亡, 变成一个与环境更...  

用户评价

感谢书中反派为中国人口膨胀指出了一条明路

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。

他出新书了。貌似和但丁有关，因此网译《地狱》。走达芬奇密码和失落秘符路线吧：秘社+符号学+城市旅游指南+一点人文关怀。不过我吃这一套，还是要翻一翻的。

这本书似乎有着强烈的诉求，要提醒我们人类目前所面对的人口过多的危机。情节以及人物的立场反复几次改变，到最后我也和主人公一样不知相信谁。我认为最精彩的段落是Sienna论述人类对无法应对的压力的否认以及她为大反派的辩护，我最喜欢的段落则是Langdon对他演讲的回忆。

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。。。