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发表于2024-11-22
The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024
'WHAT A BOOK. IT'S SO STRANGE AND MAGICAL AND THE WRITING IS JUST BEAUTIFUL. I LOVED IT.' Louise O'Neill
'ENCHANTING AND ILLUMINATING' Carys Bray, author of A Song For Issy Bradley
'LIKE WALKING THROUGH A MIRROR.' Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
'THIS BOOK IS FULL OF CHARACTER AND MAGIC, AND I FOUND MYSELF MESMERISED' Claire Fuller, author of Our Endless Numbered Days
'THESE STORIES ARE WEAVED TOGETHER LIKE SILVERY FISHING NETS. LIKE SHIMMERING, JEWEL-BRIGHT WORLDS' Helen McClory
'These days, you can find anything you need at the click of a button.
That's why I bought her heart online.'
Spirits in jam jars, mini-apocalypses, animal hearts and side shows.
A girl runs a coffin hotel on a remote island.
A boy is worried his sister has two souls.
A couple are rewriting the history of the world.
And mermaids are on display at the local aquarium.
The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night is a collection of twelve haunting stories; modern fairy tales brimming with magic, outsiders and lost souls.
'I'm fascinated by storytelling, and particularly fairy tales. How humans have always tried to explain things that they can't possibly understand with, sometimes outrageous, stories' Jen Campbell
From the author of Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops series and The Bookshop Book.
Jen Campbell grew up in the north east of England and now lives in London. She an award-winning poet and short story writer. Her debut children's book Franklin's Flying Bookshop is published by Thames & Hudson, and her short story collection The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night is published by Two Roads.
She is also the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops series, and The Bookshop Book. Her poetry pamphlet The Hungry Ghost Festival is published by The Rialto, and her collection in progress, the girl aquarium, won an Eric Gregory Award in 2016.
Jen has worked in the book trade for ten years and runs a Youtube channel over at youtube.com/jenvcampbell, and a monthly podcast, where she talks about all things books. She is currently a judge for the Somerset Maugham Award.
She is represented by Charlie Campbell at Kingsford Campbell.
荒謬之美 沒有一件事可靠 也沒有任何事是假的 從扭麯的空間裏能看到不願意麵對的自己 前半段幾個故事驚艷至極 可惜後勁不足 最後幾個故事略顯平庸 但值得讀
評分最喜歡In the Dark和Margaret and Mary and the End of the World,前者有點像不久前纔讀的艾辛格爾,後者則有點how to be both的味道。作者語言非常簡潔清爽,但是敘述口吻經常把握得不夠到位,讀第一篇的時候一直以為敘述者是個成熟女人,後來纔發現是男性,挺破壞閱讀體驗的(讀短篇集同名的時候也有類似的不協調感)。本來沒有特彆想讀下去,但是第二篇的小男孩口吻又很惟妙惟肖,真的感覺很可愛纔繼續讀瞭。之前就看到中譯本要齣的消息,說作者是卡特的“當代傳人”,老實說有點搞笑瞭,差的不要太遠。封麵很好。
評分荒謬之美 沒有一件事可靠 也沒有任何事是假的 從扭麯的空間裏能看到不願意麵對的自己 前半段幾個故事驚艷至極 可惜後勁不足 最後幾個故事略顯平庸 但值得讀
評分荒謬之美 沒有一件事可靠 也沒有任何事是假的 從扭麯的空間裏能看到不願意麵對的自己 前半段幾個故事驚艷至極 可惜後勁不足 最後幾個故事略顯平庸 但值得讀
評分Wicked!
The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024