“这座大宅壮美无限，仁慈无边。”
……
皮拉内西住在大宅里。也许他一直都在那里。
他日复一日地在笔记本上详细记录大宅里的奇迹：无数大厅组成的迷宫，形态各异的雕像，楼梯下方汹涌的潮水，上层大厅里的浮云。星期二和星期五，他会去见那个人；别的时候，他会带上食物去供奉死者。但是大部分时候，他都是孤身一人。
地板上开始出现用粉笔写下的留言。大宅里来了新人。是什么人？想来干什么？他们是朋友吗？抑或如那个人所说，他们会带来毁灭和疯狂？
失落的记录必须被找到，埋藏的秘密有待发掘。皮拉内西原本熟知的世界变得既陌生又危险。
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✪ 奇幻名家苏珊娜·克拉克继2004年首作《英伦魔法师》后，十六年磨一剑的第二部长篇小说
✪ 一部游走在纯文学和幻想小说之间的跨界之作，一本在社交距离时代描摹被“隔离”在异境的孤独之人的寓言之书
✪ 荣获2021年英国女性小说奖，入围雨果奖、星云奖、轨迹奖、科斯塔文学奖、英国科幻协会奖等
✪《泰晤士报》《卫报》《观察家报》《每日电讯报》《金融时报》《新政治家》《旁观者》 《时代周刊》《泰晤士报文学增刊》年度图书
✪ 内外双封，黑底烫金，精装典藏
✪ 同步出版：《英伦魔法师》《英伦魔法拾遗》
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一部无与伦比、令人着迷的悬疑小说。这本书是一个宝藏，被冲上了杳无人烟的海岸，等待着被发现。
——艾琳·摩根斯顿（《无星之海》作者）
《皮拉内西》让我叹为观止。它是一个充满奇迹、光彩夺目的叙事壮举，既是一部扣人心弦的悬疑小说，又是一个穿越辉煌的幻想新世界的冒险故事，同时还是对人类境况的深刻反思：一种迷失后又被找到的感觉。
——马德琳·米勒（《喀耳刻》作者）
苏珊娜·克拉克创造了一个怎样的世界啊！《皮拉内西》是一个精巧的迷箱。
——大卫·米切尔（《云图》作者）
醉伟大的在世作家之一。
——《纽约杂志》
苏珊娜·克拉克的《皮拉内西》的出版巩固了她作为过去一百多年来醉伟大和醉有趣的幻想作家之一的地位。
——《泰晤士报文学增刊》
克拉克有着惊人的想象力和大师般的节奏感，她知道如何运用冷峻的幽默来为宏大的叙事而服务。
——《纽约时报》
没有人像克拉克那样将魔法诉诸笔端……魔法在她笔下流淌，就好像她真的在动手施法一般。
——《时代周刊》
它自始至终都在颠覆人们的期望。一个彻头彻尾的异世界。
——《卫报》
就像一部扣人心弦的惊悚小说，如在高烧的幻梦中——让读者迷失方向却又欲罢不能，自始至终怪异无比。它钻进了人们的潜意识，在翻完最后一页后，还在不断抛出难题。无与伦比。……近乎完美……充满了奇迹和富含感染力的狂喜……与弗兰·奥布莱恩倾注于《第三个警察》中的技巧类似，克拉克运用同样的技巧，让人觉得疯狂的世界也和我们自己的世界一样坚实可靠。
——《星期日泰晤士报》
让人目眩神迷。具有丰沛的想象力和十足的感染力。
——《电讯报》
这个关于怪异的魔法大厅的故事近乎完美。
——《泰晤士报》
一本关于失去和寻找自我的温暖之书，书写人类在变得理性的过程中可能失去的东西。
——英国广播公司
这是一部技法高超的怪小说，它能将你吸引、让你困惑、令你感动，并且往往同时做到这几点！
——《观察家报》
纯粹的快乐阅读，令人心旷神怡——仿佛博尔赫斯写下的有着开头、中间和令人满意的结尾的小说。
——《旁观者》
苏珊娜·克拉克令人期待已久的《皮拉内西》令人折服——既让人困惑、紧张，又让人感动、震惊。……一个从后到前、从里到外倒着讲述的悬疑小说，令人兴奋并产生幻觉。我不知道她是如何做到的——好像大多数人的头脑都是照相机，但克拉克的头脑却是一个万花筒。
——《新政治家》

As Princesses of Crete and daughters of the fearsome King Minos, Ariadne and her sister Phaedra grow up hearing the hoofbeats and bellows of the Minotaur echo from the Labyrinth beneath the palace. The Minotaur - Minos's greatest shame and Ariadne's brother - demands blood every year.
When Theseus, Prince of Athens, arrives in Crete as a sacrifice to the beast, Ariadne falls in love with him. But helping Theseus kill the monster means betraying her family and country, and Ariadne knows only too well that in a world ruled by mercurial gods - drawing their attention can cost you everything.
In a world where women are nothing more than the pawns of powerful men, will Ariadne's decision to betray Crete for Theseus ensure her happy ending? Or will she find herself sacrificed for her lover's ambition?
Ariadne gives a voice to the forgotten women of one of the most famous Greek myths, and speaks to their strength in the face of angry, petulant Gods. Beautifully written and completely immersive, this is an exceptional debut novel.
A mesmerising retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Perfect for fans of CIRCE, A SONG OF ACHILLES, and THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLS.

A masterful tale of ambition, jealousy, desire, and superpowers.

Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong.

Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find—aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set a course for revenge—but who will be left alive at the end?

In Vicious , V. E. Schwab brings to life a gritty comic-book-style world in vivid prose: a world where gaining superpowers doesn't automatically lead to heroism, and a time when allegiances are called into question.

Listening Length: 9 hours and 55 minutes

In this stunning debut, author Scott Lynch delivers the wonderfully thrilling tale of an audacious criminal and his band of confidence tricksters. Set in a fantastic city pulsing with the lives of decadent nobles and daring thieves, here is a story of adventure, loyalty, and survival that is one part Robin Hood, one part Ocean’s Eleven , and entirely enthralling.…
An orphan’s life is harsh–and often short–in the island city of Camorr, built on the ruins of a mysterious alien race. But born with a quick wit and a gift for thieving, Locke Lamora has dodged both death and slavery, only to fall into the hands of an eyeless priest known as Chains–a man who is neither blind nor a priest. A con artist of extraordinary talent, Chains passes his skills on to his carefully selected “family” of orphans–a group known as the Gentlemen Bastards. Under his tutelage, Locke grows to lead the Bastards, delightedly pulling off one outrageous confidence game after another. Soon he is infamous as the Thorn of Camorr, and no wealthy noble is safe from his sting.
Passing themselves off as petty thieves, the brilliant Locke and his tightly knit band of light-fingered brothers have fooled even the criminal underworld’s most feared ruler, Capa Barsavi. But there is someone in the shadows more powerful–and more ambitious–than Locke has yet imagined.
Known as the Gray King, he is slowly killing Capa Barsavi’s most trusted men–and using Locke as a pawn in his plot to take control of Camorr’s underworld. With a bloody coup under way threatening to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the Gray King at his own brutal game–or die trying.…
From the Hardcover edition.

From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. The originality of Rothfuss's outstanding debut fantasy, the first of a trilogy, lies less in its unnamed imaginary world than in its precise execution. Kvothe ("pronounced nearly the same as 'Quothe' "), the hero and villain of a thousand tales who's presumed dead, lives as the simple proprietor of the Waystone Inn under an assumed name. Prompted by a biographer called Chronicler who realizes his true identity, Kvothe starts to tell his life story. From his upbringing as an actor in his family's traveling troupe of magicians, jugglers and jesters, the Edema Ruh, to feral child on the streets of the vast port city of Tarbean, then his education at "the University," Kvothe is driven by twin imperatives—his desire to learn the higher magic of naming and his need to discover as much as possible about the Chandrian, the demons of legend who murdered his family. As absorbing on a second reading as it is on the first, this is the type of assured, rich first novel most writers can only dream of producing. The fantasy world has a new star. (Apr.)
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From Booklist
Travelers to the village where Kote runs an inn are rare, but those who've shown up lately have brought bad news. A sort of demonic spider attacks a local, and then Kote rescues a wandering scholar, bringing him to the inn to recover. The man recognizes Kote as the legendary hero Kvothe and begs him to reveal the reality behind all the legends. Most of the novel is Kvothe's autobiography, that of a young genius growing up in a troupe of elite traveling players, tutored by an old arcanist, until marauders (mere marauders?) destroyed it, after which he made his way to the great university and petitioned for admission. Rothfuss skillfully handles the change of Kvothe's voice from child to youth to student, and the voice of the mature Kvothe in retrospective interjections. Hints of further adventures are strewn about in this series opener, whose one problem lies in its naturally slow, unfortunately sometimes draggy pacing. Not exactly a page-turner, but fanciers of long, intricate plots will be pleased. Frieda Murray
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