Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version of the great legend of Northern antiquity, recounted here in The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún . In the Lay of the Völsungs is told the ancestry of the great hero Sigurd, the slayer of Fáfnir, most celebrated of dragons; of his awakening of the Valkyrie Brynhild, who slept surrounded by a wall of fire, and of their betrothal; and of his coming to the court of the great princes who were named the Niflungs (or Nibelungs), with whom he entered into blood-brotherhood. In scenes of dramatic intensity, of confusion of identity, thwarted passion, jealousy, and bitter strife, the tragedy of Sigurd and Brynhild, of Gunnar the Niflung and Gudrún his sister, mounts to its end in the murder of Sigurd, the suicide of Brynhild, and the despair of Gudrún. The Lay of Gudrún recounts her fate after the death of Sigurd, her marriage against her will to the mighty Atli, ruler of the Huns (the Attila of history), his murder of her brothers, and her hideous revenge.

The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the extraordinary story of the final days of England’s legendary hero, King Arthur. The Fall of Arthur, the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends of Arthur King of Britain, may well be regarded as his finest and most skilful achievement in the use of the Old English alliterative metre, in which he brought to his transforming perceptions of the old narratives a pervasive sense of the grave and fateful nature of all that is told: of Arthur’s expedition overseas into distant heathen lands, of Guinevere’s flight from Camelot, of the great sea-battle on Arthur’s return to Britain, in the portrait of the traitor Mordred, in the tormented doubts of Lancelot in his French castle. Unhappily, The Fall of Arthur was one of several long narrative poems that he abandoned in that period. In this case he evidently began it in the earlier nineteen-thirties, and it was sufficiently advanced for him to send it to a very perceptive friend who read it with great enthusiasm at the end of 1934 and urgently pressed him ‘You simply must finish it!’ But in vain: he abandoned it, at some date unknown, though there is some evidence that it may have been in 1937, the year of the publication of The Hobbit and the first stirrings of The Lord of the Rings. Years later, in a letter of 1955, he said that ‘he hoped to finish a long poem on The Fall of Arthur’; but that day never came. Associated with the text of the poem, however, are many manuscript pages: a great quantity of drafting and experimentation in verse, in which the strange evolution of the poem’s structure is revealed, together with narrative synopses and very significant if tantalising notes. In these latter can be discerned clear if mysterious associations of the Arthurian conclusion with The Silmarillion, and the bitter ending of the love of Lancelot and Guinevere, which was never written.

Deluxe collector's edition featuring the first edition text and containing a facsimile page of Tolkien's original manuscript. The book is quarterbound with a gold motif stamped on the front board and is presented in a matching slipcase. The Fall of Arthur, the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends of Arthur King of Britain, may well be regarded as his finest and most skilful achievement in the use of the Old English alliterative metre, in which he brought to his transforming perceptions of the old narratives a pervasive sense of the grave and fateful nature of all that is told: of Arthur's expedition overseas into distant heathen lands, of Guinevere's flight from Camelot, of the great sea-battle on Arthur's return to Britain, in the portrait of the traitor Mordred, in the tormented doubts of Lancelot in his French castle. Unhappily, The Fall of Arthur was one of several long narrative poems that he abandoned in that period. In this case he evidently began it in the earlier nineteen-thirties, and it was sufficiently advanced for him to send it to a very perceptive friend who read it with great enthusiasm at the end of 1934 and urgently pressed him 'You simply must finish it!' But in vain: he abandoned it, at some date unknown, though there is some evidence that it may have been in 1937, the year of the publication of The Hobbit and the first stirrings of The Lord of the Rings. Years later, in a letter of 1955, he said that 'he hoped to finish a long poem on The Fall of Arthur'; but that day never came. Associated with the text of the poem, however, are many manuscript pages: a great quantity of drafting and experimentation in verse, in which the strange evolution of the poem's structure is revealed, together with narrative synopses and very significant if tantalising notes. In these latter can be discerned clear if mysterious associations of the Arthurian conclusion with The Silmarillion, and the bitter ending of the love of Lancelot and Guinevere, which was never written. Show more Show less

喝一点波本可以缓解所有的事情。当今欧美硬汉侦探小说第一人，他的作品拥有最多崇拜者，精英分子最爱收藏。 劳伦斯·布洛克是侦探小说界的大师，马修·斯卡德系列是这个世纪最好的侦探小说。——Private Eyes 我阅读马修·斯卡德过程中，感觉像小时候看武侠小说那样非要一口气看完不可。——侯孝贤 劳伦斯·布洛克所有的作品都非常有趣……再来一本，劳伦斯·布洛克。——美联社 好书！——斯蒂芬·金 她的死变成另一场谋杀的彩排，因为她的死亡，保住了原来那个受害人的生命。你可以把这看成是某个伟大设计的一部分，或者将之视为疯狂世界的另一个明证。——《黑暗之刺》

当今欧美硬汉派侦探小说第一人，他的伤口拥有最多崇拜者、精英分子最爱收藏。 劳伦斯·布洛克上侦探小说界的大师，马修·斯卡德系列是这个世纪最好的侦探小说。——Private Eyes 我阅读马修·斯卡德过程中，感觉像小时候看武侠小说那样非要一口气看完不可。——侯孝贤 劳伦斯·布洛克所有的作品都非常有趣……再来一本，劳伦斯·布洛克。——美联社 好书！——斯蒂芬·金 那是你无法一耸肩就摆脱的负担。出了教堂，我朝上城走去，是该让那位女士知道谁代替了“陀螺”的时候了。一旦他们都知道，我办这件事就容易多了。只消坐下，放松心情，等着杀“陀螺”的那个人来杀我。——《谋杀与创造之时》

我一直想走进她的生活，结果却一再地面对她的死亡。当今欧美硬汉派侦探小说第一人，他的作品拥有最多崇拜者、精英分子最爱收藏。　　劳伦斯·布洛克上侦探小说界的大师，马修·斯卡德系列是这个世纪最好的侦探小说。——Private Eyes　　我阅读马修·斯卡德过程中，感觉像小时候看武侠小说那样非要一口气看完不可。——侯孝贤　　劳伦斯·布洛克所有的作品都非常有趣……再来一本，劳伦斯·布洛克。——美联社　　好书！——斯蒂芬·金　　这是一个孤寂的世界，她一向是孤孤单单地活着，只有亡父的鬼魂跟她作伴。她得到的男人，对她有吸引力的男人，都属于其他女人——是和她春宵一度后都得回家的人。　　纽约格林威治村一名妓女被刺死在，整张床成了血海；与她同住的同性恋男孩浑身是血冲上街头，被当作凶犯抓了起来，随后在监狱自尽。女孩儿的父亲找到马修·斯卡德，希望了解自己的女儿到底是什么人，为什么招来杀身之祸。　　这是新星出版社强力推出的“午夜文库”系列之一，该系列遴选150部侦探小说史上最纯粹、最经典、最具智慧的作品，让阅读成为娱乐，让阅读成为冒险，让阅读成为智能训练。喜欢阅读侦探小说的读者还可以加入新星出版社的“午夜俱乐部”，参加很多读书活动。　　作者劳伦斯·布洛克被誉为“在纽约游走的忧郁灵魂”，很多精英分子为之迷狂。侯孝贤把他的书推荐给梁朝伟，后者希望扮演他笔下的角色；朱天心说布洛克——“他是类型小说大师，又是一位不愿驯服的抗拒的越界者”……四十年来，布洛克伴随着落魄固执的马修·斯卡德，还有绅士大盗伯尼·罗登巴尔、睡不着觉的密探伊凡·谭纳、冷酷杀手凯勒，见证了纽约最极致的繁华与罪恶。即使第一页就暴露了凶手，对他的作品也没影响。有人说，布洛克的本领是先在血腥里看见恐怖，然后把恐怖化成悬疑再在悬疑里寻求理解，理解杀人者为何而杀，被杀者因何而死。

在耶鲁教授哈罗德•布鲁姆编纂的《西方正典：伟大作家和不朽作品》所列书单中，《歌门鬼城》与《指环王》赫然并立。 诗人兼画家马尔文•皮克的《歌门鬼城四部曲》与托尔金的《魔戒三部曲》同时出现在英国文坛。《歌门鬼城》始终在爱好者心中占据一席之地，尤其许多以想象力著名的当代作家都视其为艺术瑰宝。美国恐怖小说大师斯蒂芬• 金说过，他之所以想写《黑塔》系列，就是为了拥有一套自己的《歌门鬼城》； 小说家格雷厄姆•格林、 创造出《纳尼亚传奇》的C.S.刘易斯等巨匠也都对皮克赞誉有加； 《发条橙》作者安东尼•伯吉斯盛赞这是一部无可置疑的现代经典。 四部曲中的这本《泰忒斯觉醒》与这个系列的另外几部作品不存在情节的连续性与一致性，是马尔文•皮克的妻子梅芙•吉尔摩根据丈夫在身后留下的创作笔记写成的。此书结构独特，形似中国古典小说的章回体；情节虚化，没有明确的时间与地点概念；语言优美，充满强烈的画面感与斑斓的色彩感。"

★ 不容置疑的现代奇幻经典 ★马尔文•皮克荣膺英国皇家学会文学奖之力作 ★ 具有真正神话所有精髓：读前前所未有读后随处可见 ★ 集卡夫卡、埃德加·爱伦·坡、托尔金于一身的魔幻造梦大师 ★ 与《魔戒》并称长篇奇幻经典 ★献给中国的黑暗童话 ★ “歌们鬼城式体验创始人"马尔文•皮克代表作 ★ 影史经典《歌门鬼城》（又译：仇云盖堡）原作 “歌门鬼城四部曲”由《泰忒斯诞生》《歌门鬼城》《泰忒斯独行》《泰忒斯觉醒》四部作品组成，是世界奇幻经典三巨头之一——马尔文•皮克最重要的代表作，被誉为世界奇幻文学前所未见的巅峰之作，也是奇幻迷心中的圣经。 全书充盈着妖媚的黑暗气息，故事在一个名为“歌门鬼城”的古堡内展开。这是个古色苍然、四处弥漫腐烂气息的场所，高高在上的堡主行使着无上统治权，堡内处处按古老仪式按部就班地生活，掌握着典籍宣读权的秘书大臣是实际行政首长。一位来自厨房的小弟史迪帕克处心积虑意图摆脱悲惨的人生命运——他一直在城堡底层煎熬，谁也不把史迪帕克当人看，贵族和官僚动辄对他呵斥打骂。 史迪帕克策划了一场纵火，烧掉城堡图书馆，此举颠覆了整个“歌门鬼城”的统治秩序，堡主自此神智市场，失心疯而死；厨房主管、大管家、首席女官等一干人，在史迪帕克精心计算下，死的死，走的走，尤其是堡主双胞胎妹妹，被史迪帕克软禁于密室中饿死。史迪帕克摇身成为救火大英雄，从此青云直上，他残忍地烧死了秘书大臣，取而代之。堡主职位由尚在襁褓中的泰忒斯继承，而泰忒斯的母亲堡主夫人，则成了城堡实际统治者…

★ 不容置疑的现代奇幻经典 ★马尔文•皮克荣膺英国皇家学会文学奖之力作 ★ 具有真正神话所有精髓：读前前所未有读后随处可见 ★ 集卡夫卡、埃德加·爱伦·坡、托尔金于一身的魔幻造梦大师 ★ 与《魔戒》并称长篇奇幻经典 ★献给中国的黑暗童话 ★ “歌们鬼城式体验创始人"马尔文•皮克代表作 ★ 影史经典《歌门鬼城》（又译：仇云盖堡）原作 “歌门鬼城四部曲”由《泰忒斯诞生》《歌门鬼城》《泰忒斯独行》《泰忒斯觉醒》四部作品组成，是世界奇幻经典三巨头之一——马尔文•皮克最重要的代表作，被誉为世界奇幻文学前所未见的巅峰之作，也是奇幻迷心中的圣经。 全书充盈着妖媚的黑暗气息，故事在一个名为“歌门鬼城”的古堡内展开。这是个古色苍然、四处弥漫腐烂气息的场所，高高在上的堡主行使着无上统治权，堡内处处按古老仪式按部就班地生活，掌握着典籍宣读权的秘书大臣是实际行政首长。一位来自厨房的小弟史迪帕克处心积虑意图摆脱悲惨的人生命运——他一直在城堡底层煎熬，谁也不把史迪帕克当人看，贵族和官僚动辄对他呵斥打骂。 史迪帕克策划了一场纵火，烧掉城堡图书馆，此举颠覆了整个“歌门鬼城”的统治秩序，堡主自此神智市场，失心疯而死；厨房主管、大管家、首席女官等一干人，在史迪帕克精心计算下，死的死，走的走，尤其是堡主双胞胎妹妹，被史迪帕克软禁于密室中饿死。史迪帕克摇身成为救火大英雄，从此青云直上，他残忍地烧死了秘书大臣，取而代之。堡主职位由尚在襁褓中的泰忒斯继承，而泰忒斯的母亲堡主夫人，则成了城堡实际统治者……

★ 不容置疑的现代奇幻经典 ★马尔文•皮克荣膺英国皇家学会文学奖之力作 ★ 具有真正神话所有精髓：读前前所未有读后随处可见 ★ 集卡夫卡、埃德加·爱伦·坡、托尔金于一身的魔幻造梦大师 ★ 与《魔戒》并称长篇奇幻经典 ★献给中国的黑暗童话 ★ “歌们鬼城式体验创始人"马尔文•皮克代表作 ★ 影史经典《歌门鬼城》（又译：仇云盖堡）原作 “歌门鬼城四部曲”由《泰忒斯诞生》《歌门鬼城》《泰忒斯独行》《泰忒斯觉醒》四部作品组成，是世界奇幻经典三巨头之一——马尔文•皮克最重要的代表作，被誉为世界奇幻文学前所未见的巅峰之作，也是奇幻迷心中的圣经。 全书充盈着妖媚的黑暗气息，故事在一个名为“歌门鬼城”的古堡内展开。这是个古色苍然、四处弥漫腐烂气息的场所，高高在上的堡主行使着无上统治权，堡内处处按古老仪式按部就班地生活，掌握着典籍宣读权的秘书大臣是实际行政首长。一位来自厨房的小弟史迪帕克处心积虑意图摆脱悲惨的人生命运——他一直在城堡底层煎熬，谁也不把史迪帕克当人看，贵族和官僚动辄对他呵斥打骂。 史迪帕克策划了一场纵火，烧掉城堡图书馆，此举颠覆了整个“歌门鬼城”的统治秩序，堡主自此神智市场，失心疯而死；厨房主管、大管家、首席女官等一干人，在史迪帕克精心计算下，死的死，走的走，尤其是堡主双胞胎妹妹，被史迪帕克软禁于密室中饿死。史迪帕克摇身成为救火大英雄，从此青云直上，他残忍地烧死了秘书大臣，取而代之。堡主职位由尚在襁褓中的泰忒斯继承，而泰忒斯的母亲堡主夫人，则成了城堡实际统治者……

Before "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" came this previously unpublished work by Tolkien, written during the 1920s and 1930s, that makes available the author's extensive retelling in English narrative verse of the epic Norse tales of Sigurd the Volsung and The Fall of the Niflungs.

本书分为分为“忧郁与理想”、“巴黎即景”、“酒”、“恶之花”、“叛逆”和“死亡”六部分，是法国象征主义文学先驱，现代派诗歌鼻祖夏尔·波德莱尔的传世不朽名著，充分体现了作者创新的精神。创新之一在于他描写了大城市的丑恶现象，创新之二在于展示了个人的苦闷心理，写出了小资产阶级青年的悲惨命运。本书并选用法国插图画家乌尔里希·梅尔滕斯为其创作的传神插画。

From Bernard Cornwell, the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author whom the <em>Washington Post</em> calls "perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today," comes a saga of blood, rage, fidelity, and betrayal that brings to center stage King Alfred the Great, one of the most crucial (but oft-forgotten) figures in English history. It is King Alfred and his heirs who, in the ninth and tenth centuries, with their backs against the wall, fought to secure the survival of the last outpost of Anglo-Saxon culture by battling the ferocious Vikings, whose invading warriors had already captured and occupied three of England's four kingdoms.</p> Bernard Cornwell's epic novel opens in <small>A.D.</small> 866. Uhtred, a boy of ten and the son of a nobleman, is captured in the same battle that leaves his father dead. His captor is the Earl Ragnar, a Danish chieftain, who raises the boy as his own, teaching him the Viking ways of war. As a young man expected to take part in raids and bloody massacres against the English, he grapples with divided loyalties -- between Ragnar, the warrior he loves like a father, and Alfred, whose piety and introspection leave him cold. It takes a terrible slaughter and the unexpected joys of marriage for Uhtred to discover his true allegiance -- and to rise to his greatest challenge.</p> In Uhtred, Cornwell has created perhaps his richest and most complex protagonist, and through him, he has magnificently evoked an era steeped in dramatic pageantry and historical significance. For if King Alfred fails to defend his last kingdom, England will be overrun, and the entire course of history will change.</p>

《自以为是鲍嘉的贼》主要内容简介：世上那么多城市的那么多家书店,她偏偏走进他这家。伯尼在书店中遇到了他梦中的女人,他们开始共度每一个夜晚……唔,去看鲍嘉的电影。伯尼不能只靠谈恋爱过活,于是一个古怪的陌生人胡戈？坎德莫斯登场,要伯尼去偷文件夹。这听起来真是太简单了,但伯尼的游戏被迫中断,同时伊洛娜又失踪了……

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