SABRIEL

Book ID/图书代码： 00200005B00956

English Summary/英文概要： Who will guard the living when the dead arise?

Sabriel is sent as a child across the Wall to the safety of a school in Ancelstierre. Away from magic; away from the Dead. After receiving a cryptic message from her father, 18-year-old Sabriel leaves her ordinary school and returns across the Wall into the Old Kingdom. Fraught with peril and deadly trickery, her journey takes her to a world filled with parasitical spirits, Mordicants, and Shadow Hands – for her father is none other than The Abhorson. His task is to lay the disturbed dead back to rest. This obliges him – and now Sabriel, who has taken on her father’s title and duties – to slip over the border into the icy river of Death, sometimes battling the evil forces that lurk there, waiting for an opportunity to escape into the realm of the living. Desperate to find her father, and grimly determined to help save the Old Kingdom from destruction by the horrible forces of the evil undead, Sabriel endures almost impossible challenges whilst discovering her own supernatural abilities – and her destiny.

“Sabriel is a winner, a fantasy that reads like realism. I congratulate Garth Nix.” Philip Pullman“Fast pace, drama, vivid descriptions, excitement and humour… What more could you want?” The Guardian"Every publisher thinks they have the next great children’s fantasy writer. Harper Collins know they have." Nick Holt, AML"Pacy, gripping and totally absorbing…I loved it." Wayne Winstone, Children’s and Non-book Director, Ottakars"An unputdownable book, completely fabulous." Claire Nuttall, Children’s Fiction Buyer, W H Smith"This ’good versus evil’ tale is raised above the rest of the fantasy genre by the quality of Garth Nix’s imagination and the beauty of his writing…destined to become a classic." Helen Davies, Books Etc"Captured the mood of fantasy with such realism that I was enthralled from beginning to end, a really cracking story!" Diane Sinclair, Sales Promotions Manager, Askew’s Library Services

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当死神来临时，谁来守卫生命？
塞布里尔被送到墙对面的安塞斯蒂尔的一所学校里避难。18岁时她收到了父亲的秘信，她离开那所学校，又回到墙内的老王国。她踏上了一条充满危险和死亡陷阱的道路，来到了这个充满灵异的世界。她父亲的工作正是让死去的灵魂早点安息。塞布里尔继承了父亲的一波，他们的任务是去死亡冰河击败那里的恶灵，等待机会拯救生命。塞布里尔正在做一件不可能完成的任务，在此过程中，她发现自己有超能力——这是她的宿命。
“《塞布里尔》是喜欢现实主义的读者会喜欢的小说。我恭喜Garth Nix写出这么成功的著作。”Philip Pullman如是说。“节奏紧凑、充满戏剧性、描写生动、笔触兴奋而幽默......你还能要求什么？”摘自卫报。“每个出版商都认为他们还会发现一个出色的儿童小说作家。Harper Collins认为他们已经找到了。”Nick Holt如是说。“结构紧凑、情节生动......我很喜欢。”Wayne Winstone，儿童读物主编。“一本让人爱不释手的书，充满精彩。”Claire Nuttall，儿童书采购。“善良与邪恶的对决展现了Garth Nix丰富的想象力和美感......注定要成为经典的一本书。”Helen Davies，编辑。“从头到尾都让你激动不已的小说！”Diane Sinclair，Askew图书馆销售经理。(兼职翻译-LN)

Awards/获奖情况：“这是个四维的世界，充满创新、澄净和智慧。”——Philip Pullman

“节奏紧凑、充满戏剧性、描写生动、笔触兴奋而幽默......你还能要求什么？”——卫报

“塞布里尔必须面对她的恐惧和死亡的威胁。作品呈现出她的智慧和魅力——玄幻故事中少有的佳作。”——卫报

About the Author/作者介绍： 贾斯.尼克斯（GARTH NIX）出生于澳洲首都坎培拉，拥有坎培拉大学专业写作学士学位。毕业后曾在书店工作，后升职为行销经理和公关，继而进入跨国大型出版社任资深编辑。他于1993年赴东欧、中东和亚洲旅游，返回雪梨后担任公关顾问，与朋友合资成立经济公司，并投入全职写作，期间曾兼任文学经济人，现专职写作。

贾斯.尼克斯的奇幻代表作《莎贝尔—冥界之钥》（Sabriel）1995年首先于澳洲问世，其后相继在英美等地出版，不但缔造销售佳绩，并获得各大媒体和书评家的肯定。之后尼克斯与卢卡斯影业公司（LucasFilm）合作，为Scholastics出版社撰写儿童奇幻冒险故事[第七高塔]（The Seventh Tower）系列，大大扩展了他的读者群和知名度。

Garth Nix was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia, to the sound of the Salvation Army band outside playing ’Hail the Conquering Hero Comes’ or possibly ’Roll Out the Barrel’. Garth left Melbourne at an early age for Canberra (the federal capital) and stayed there till he was nineteen, when he left to drive around the UK in a beat-up Austin with a boot full of books and a Silver-Reed typewriter.
Despite a wheel literally falling off the Austin, Garth survived to return to Australia and study at the University of Canberra. After finishing his degree in 1986 he worked in a bookshop, then as a book publicist, a publisher’s sales representative, and editor. Along the way he was also a part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve, serving in an Assault Pioneer platoon for four years. Garth left publishing to work as a public relations and marketing consultant from 1994-1997, till he became a full-time writer in 1998. He did that for a year before joining Curtis Brown Australia as a part-time literary agent in 1999. In January 2002 Garth went back to dedicated writer again, despite his belief that full-time writing explains the strange behaviour of many authors.
He is now an award-winning author and one of the most influential names in contemporary fantasy.
Garth lives in a beach suburb of Sydney, with his wife Anna, a publisher, their two sons and a lot of books.

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