图书 第11期

Title: World War Z

书名：《僵尸大战》Author: Max Brooks

作者：迈克斯á布鲁克斯

Publisher: Crown出版商：皇冠出版社

The Cr i s i s" ne a rly wiped outhumanity. Max Brooks has taken itupon himself to document the "firsthand" experiences and testimoniesof those lucky to survive 10 yearsafter the fictitious zombie war. The"historical account" format givesBrooks room to explore the zombieplague from numerous different viewsand characters. In a deadpan voice,Brooks exhaustively details zombieincidents from isolated attacks to fullscalemilitary combat: "what if theenemy can't be shocked and awed?Not just won't, but biologically can't!"The interviews and personal accountscapture the universal fear of thecollapse of society-a living nightmare inwhich anyone can become a mindless,insatiable predator at a moment'snotice.

“这次危机”几乎使人类灭绝。小说虚构了一场发生在10年前的僵尸大战，而马克斯á布鲁克斯则自己着手以文献的方式记录下了那些幸存者的“第一手”经历和他们的叙述。“历史报告”的写作形式让布鲁克斯有空间用众多不同的角度和人物来探究僵尸之灾。布鲁克斯以冷静的口吻竭尽所能来描述由单独攻击发展成全面军事攻击的僵尸事件的细节。“如果要是敌人不会受到震慑、或是产生敬畏会怎么样？不仅仅是不会这样，而是从生物学上来说，根本不可能受到震慑！”采访和个人叙述紧抓人们对社会瓦解的普遍恐惧――任何人都可能在一瞬间就变成一个没有思想、贪得无厌的掠食者可真是一个活生生的梦魇啊。

Notable because

Max Brooks' first book, 2003's TheZombie Survival Guide, was a surprisesuc cessa nd very popularasaChristmas present. Now he revisitsthe zombie genre with this muchweightier faux-reportage. Brad Pitt'sproduction company has purchasedthe film rights to the book.

2003年的马克斯á布鲁克斯的第一本书《僵尸爪下生存指南》获得了惊人的成功，是一份非常受欢迎的圣诞礼物。现在，他带着浓墨重彩的人工新闻报道再次涉足僵尸类型的小说。布拉德á皮特的制作公司已经购买了该书的电影拍摄权。

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Title: Sovereign

书名：《统治者》Author: CJ Sansom

作者：CJá桑塞姆Publisher: Macmillan

出版商：麦克米伦出版公司

It was autumn, 1541. Following theuncovering of a plot against his thronein Yorkshire, King Henry VIII has setout on a spectacular Progress to theNorth to overawe his rebellious subjectsthere. Accompanied by a thousandsoldiers, the cream of the nobility,and his fifth wife Catherine Howard,the King is to attend an extravagantsubmission of the local gentry at York.Already in the city are lawyer MatthewShardlake and his assistant Jack Barak.As well as assisting with legal workprocessing petitions to the King,Shardlake has reluctantly undertakena special mission - to ensure thewelfare of an important but dangerousconspirator being returned to Londonfor interrogation. But the murder ofa local glazier involves Shardlake indeeper mysteries, connected not onlyto the prisoner in York Castle but tothe royal family itself. As the GreatProgress arrives in the city, Shardlakeand Barak stumble upon a cache ofsecret papers that holds danger for theKing's throne, and a chain of eventsunfolds that will lead Shardlake facingthe most terrifying fate of the age.

1541年的秋天，随着在约克郡王权阴谋的暴露，国王亨利八世发起了声势浩大的御驾亲征，前往北方镇压叛党。在一千名士兵和主要贵族以及他的第五任妻子霍华德á凯瑟林的陪伴下，亨利八世在约克郡接受了当地贵族的大投降。马太á夏德莱克律师和他的助手杰克á布拉克已经来到约克郡城中。除了处理有关向国王进行投降请愿的法律事务外，马修á夏德莱克不太情愿地接受了一个特殊的任务，即确保一个将要被带到伦敦进行审讯的重要且危险的反叛份子的安全。然而，当地一位上釉工人被杀害的事件将夏德莱克卷入了更为神秘的事件，不光牵涉到约克城堡中的囚犯，而且还与皇族成员有关。当国王的队伍来到城中的时候，夏德莱克和布拉克偶然发现了一个藏有对国王的统治造成威胁的秘密文件的储藏室，而接着发生的一连串的事件，将让夏德莱克面临当时最恐怖的命运。

Notable because

Sovereign, just like Sansom's firsttwo novels centring on the lawyerMatthew Shardlake, have receivedplaudits from readers and criticsalike for their spellbinding plots andlifelike, evocative depictions of life inEngland under Henry VIII.

就如桑塞姆先前的两部小说一样，《统治者》也是以马修á夏德莱克律师为中心展开的。该书因其引人入胜的情节和逼真的描述获得了读者和评论家的一致赞誉，唤起了人们对亨利八世时代英国社会生活的想象刻画。