A FIERCE AND SUBTLE POISON
Book ID/图书代码： 00342515B82711
English Summary/英文概要： In this stunning debut, legends collide with reality when a boy is swept into the magical, dangerous world of a girl filled with poison.
Everyone knows the legends about the cursed girl--Isabel. The one the señoras whisper about. They say she has green skin and grass for hair, and she feeds on the poisonous plants that fill her family’s lush Caribbean island garden. Some say she can grant wishes; some say her touch can kill.
Seventeen-year-old Lucas lives on the mainland most of the year but spends summers with his hotel-developer father in Puerto Rico. He’s grown up hearing stories about the cursed girl, and he wants to believe in Isabel and her magic. When letters from Isabel begin mysteriously appearing in his room the same day his new girlfriend disappears, Lucas turns to Isabel for answers--and finds himself lured into her strange and enchanted world. But time is running out for the girl filled with poison, and the more entangled Lucas becomes with Isabel, the less certain he is of escaping with his own life.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在这部令人惊叹的处女作中，男孩被卷入了一个充满毒药的女孩神奇而危险的世界之中，传说与现实产生了冲撞。
大家都知道那本被诅咒的女孩Isabel的传说。大家说她的皮肤是绿色的，头发是草。她家里加勒比岛花园里种满了有毒的植物，而她就靠吃这些植物为生。有人说她能实现别人的愿望；还有人说被她碰到了就会死去。
17岁的Lucas一年里的多数时间都住在内陆地区，只在暑假跟着酒店开发商的父亲到波多黎各去度假。他是听着Isabel的传说长大的，但他更愿意相信她的魔法。就在他的新女友失踪的那天，来自Isabel的信便开始神秘地出现在他的房间，他向Isbel寻求答案，然后发现自己被卷入了她的奇妙世界。那个满是毒药的女孩时间不多了，而Lucas和Isabel纠缠得越深，他就愈发无法肯定直击是否能够逃脱自己的命运。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：“小说将自然历史和魔法以及既有现代又永恒的主题融合在了一起，所带来的邪恶而震撼的效果深入骨髓。”——《芝加哥论坛报》
“一个令人惊叹的故事，神话威胁着生命，而隐藏的愿望可能成真。”——Nova Ren Suma，作家，著有《我们周围的墙》《想象中的女孩》
“Samantha Mabry这部神奇的处女作讲述了一个令人生畏的秘密，也是一个关于爱、渴望和牺牲的令人心碎的思考……小说将会深入你的血夜。”——Laura Ruby，作家，著有《骨缝》
马布里创造了一个丰富的背景，对岛屿进行了全面的描述，包括发生在这里的故事，以及旧世界和即将到来的新大陆之间的尖锐鸿沟——快速的现代化进程和对历史的疏忽和破坏……“- Sarah Hunter
“Mabry将其小说处女作的背景设定在引人入胜的加勒比民间传说笼罩下的丰茂、惊险的环境之中……喜欢带有开放式结局的读者一定会享受小说带来的令人毛骨悚然的悬疑氛围。”——科克斯书评
“With its sparklingly sinister blend of natural history and magic, of themes that seem both modern and timeless, A Fierce and Subtle Poison gets under the skin.” – Chicago Tribune
“A breathtaking story in which myths come to frightening life and buried wishes might actually come true.” —Nova Ren Suma, author of The Walls Around Us and Imaginary Girls
“Samantha Mabry’s magical debut is both a chilling mystery and a heartbreaking meditation on love, longing and sacrifice...A Fierce and Subtle Poison will get into your blood.” —Laura Ruby, author of Bone Gap
"Mabry cultivates a rich setting, offering lush descriptions of the island, its stories, and the sharp divide between the old world and the incoming new one, characterized by swift modernization and the careless destruction of history. Perfect for fans of Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s atmospheric Marina.” —Sarah Hunter, Booklist
"[Mabry] steeps her debut novel in compelling Caribbean folklore and a lush, evocative setting...Fans of open-ended, atmospheric stories will enjoy the chilling suspense." —Kirkus Reviews
"Inspired by Hawthorne’s ‘Rappaccini’s Daughter,’ debut author Mabry blends magical realism with mystery in the story of Lucas Knight, the 17-year-old son of a hotel developer spending his summers in San Juan. Mabry smoothly joins dreamy, fever-induced scenes with the lore of “la ciguapa,” a beautiful creature that leads men to insanity or death with a kiss, and her atmospheric ending guarantees goose bumps." —Publishers Weekly
“A Fierce and Subtle Poison is a great doorway into magical realism; it uses many of the genre’s tropes in a way that feels both modern and self-aware…It’s an impressive work; Mabry manages to combine a very romantic view of Puerto Rico with a critique of the poison that is sown by objectifying indigenous peoples and places. The book approaches its themes thoughtfully and with a visceral sense of place: Hurricane winds and the patter of rain against thick leaves are the driving rhythms at its heart. Readers looking for a different kind of fairytale and a sensuous setting will enjoy this foray into a strange and troubled garden.” — NPR.org
About the Author/作者介绍： Samantha Mabry，德克萨斯的一名写作、拉丁文学教师。她对魔法的热爱是受到了自己祖母Garcia的影响，后者会在厨房水池里清洗钱币以冲走恶灵，并告诫她不要直视某些人的眼睛，因为她们可能是女巫。本书是作者的小说处女作。Samantha Mabry, a teacher of writing and Latino literature in Texas, owes her tendency toward magical thinking to her Grandmother Garcia, who would wash money in the kitchen sink to rinse off any bad spirits and would warn her not to look certain women in the eye because they were probably brujas (witches). A Fierce and Subtle Poison is her first novel.
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