Norse Mythology

尼尔•盖曼（Neil Gaiman）当代大师级幻想小说家，1960年生于英国。尼尔•盖曼是当代欧美文坛耀眼的新星，也是幻想文学的代名词，被《文学传记辞典》誉为十大后现代作家之一。-1989年，盖曼以漫画《睡魔》开始了创作之路。其后，他的创作逐渐涵盖了小说、漫画、诗歌、剧本等多个领域，代表作有《美国众神》《星尘》《好兆头》《乌有乡》等。因其作品的独特风格和想象力，《迈阿密新时报》认为他已经成为“文学界的摇滚明星”；惊悚小说大师斯蒂芬•金则认为他“创作力之丰沃与作品水准之高，既神奇又吓人”。-盖曼的创作以奇幻文学为主，这与他自幼阅读的大量神话密不可分。如今，在《北欧众神》中，他追本溯源，回归至爱的北欧神话体系，用自己的叙事技巧，与更多人分享阅读神话的快乐。

出版者:W. W. Norton & Company

作者:[英] 尼尔·盖曼

页数:256

出版时间:2017-2-7

价格:USD 25.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780393609097

图书标签:北欧神话NeilGaiman尼尔·盖曼神话英文原版英文mythology小说

Introducing an instant classic―master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a dazzling version of the great Norse myths.

Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura rendition of the great northern tales.

In Norse Mythology, Gaiman stays true to the myths in envisioning the major Norse pantheon: Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning; Thor, Odin’s son, incredibly strong yet not the wisest of gods; and Loki―son of a giant―blood brother to Odin and a trickster and unsurpassable manipulator.

Gaiman fashions these primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds and delves into the exploits of deities, dwarfs, and giants. Once, when Thor’s hammer is stolen, Thor must disguise himself as a woman―difficult with his beard and huge appetite―to steal it back. More poignant is the tale in which the blood of Kvasir―the most sagacious of gods―is turned into a mead that infuses drinkers with poetry. The work culminates in Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods and rebirth of a new time and people.

Through Gaiman’s deft and witty prose emerge these gods with their fiercely competitive natures, their susceptibility to being duped and to duping others, and their tendency to let passion ignite their actions, making these long-ago myths breathe pungent life again.

读后感

这本书是临行前一位老师送的，因为读研繁忙拖了快一年才陆陆续续看完。这老师说起来也是神人，身为德裔美国人、在台湾住过近十年，北京住过五六年，中文说的简直比我还好。有次在地铁上偶遇他时他竟然在读一本古文的书，还拿给我看，惭愧的我连字都认不全。 再看这本书之前，对...  

前注：写本文时中译本还没出，我自然而然的以为中译本会将 Norse Mythology 翻译成《北欧神话》，故在文中均以此指代本书，以及有数个自译的标题和节选片段。不料现在发现中译本标题竟翻译成《北欧众神》，惊讶之余想来也不难理解，如此翻译可以与其他写北欧神话的书籍区分开，...  

神话传说更像是一个民族童年的记忆，他们把尚在蒙昧和初探文明之间的对世界的印象，留在了代代相传的故事里。这些故事的主角往往是带有自然属性的神灵，但诸神的精神内核，往往却是凡人。 北欧神话体系中的故事中，我们常常可以品咂出斯堪的纳维亚人的味道，带着海水的咸和蜜酒...  

用户评价

基本上都是听过的故事，但这样一来，就显出NG讲得比别人好。讲播也加分。

非常喜欢，makes so many game of thrones references so much clearer

非常喜欢，makes so many game of thrones references so much clearer

Loki为了众神操碎了心。

甘道夫的形象果然是源自Odin the Wanderer