伊麗莎白·科斯托娃 (Elizabeth Kostova),相繼畢業於美國耶魯大學和密歇根大學,獲密歇根大學藝術碩士。《曆史學傢》是伊麗莎白·科斯托娃曆時十年精心創作的處女作小說,作者在密歇根大學創作斯間即獲得霍普沃德小說創作奬(Hopwood Award for the Novel-in-Progress ),也因為此書,獲得二00五年度美國“羽毛筆”圖書奬(Quill Book Awards)最佳新人奬。
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.
發表於2024-08-21
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簡單說,書捲瞭些;看它一步步的追蹤和介紹Dracula的身世,東西南北歐的遊蕩,危險和羨慕是並存的 故事方麵,6、7成都是雙引號括起來的上代對下代的信件,這個就把第一現場的驚險、刺激削弱瞭許多。如果拍電影的話,上兩代就夠瞭,或者理所當然以保羅這個中間層作為主角核心,...
評分 評分簡單說,書捲瞭些;看它一步步的追蹤和介紹Dracula的身世,東西南北歐的遊蕩,危險和羨慕是並存的 故事方麵,6、7成都是雙引號括起來的上代對下代的信件,這個就把第一現場的驚險、刺激削弱瞭許多。如果拍電影的話,上兩代就夠瞭,或者理所當然以保羅這個中間層作為主角核心,...
評分 評分一開始買這本書,還以為自己是購買瞭一本類似探索雜誌或者科學解迷一類的書,是衝著吸血鬼這個有趣的話題去的,不過,事實上,它是一本小說。 如果按我們的曆史觀來看,也許我會說,這是一個虛構的故事。可是在看完瞭以後的曆史觀來看,我又在想,我怎麼敢說,這樣的故事是虛構...
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哎,以後不要多看這些女性作傢瞭。她們yy的成份太重。看著很不舒服。就和讀《The Virgin Blue》時一個感覺。
評分懸疑是外衣,曆史是核心。本來這本就叫曆史學傢啊混蛋!
評分哎,以後不要多看這些女性作傢瞭。她們yy的成份太重。看著很不舒服。就和讀《The Virgin Blue》時一個感覺。
評分懸疑是外衣,曆史是核心。本來這本就叫曆史學傢啊混蛋!
評分懸疑是外衣,曆史是核心。本來這本就叫曆史學傢啊混蛋!
The Historian 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載