THE SERPENT’S TOOTH

Book ID/图书代码： 13160005B11825

English Summary/英文概要： Belle Lawe had made the long journey to England in 1912. She was escaping from what she imagined to be a shameful secret, and by the time she has left school, and the Great War is raging in France, she attempts to immerse herself in a life of galety and fun. Adam Palairet, who had shared his childhood with Belle, returns wounded from the trenches having seen many of his friends and comrades blown to bits in the fighting. Belle, disappointed in love and with her favourite cousin dead in the influenza epidemic which was ravaging England, falls ill and only survives when Adam finds her and takes her to Scotland to recover. She is hostile towards Adam and resentful of his managing ways, but at the gaunt, grey edifice of Cairngowrie Hall they begin to work out their differences. When Adam has to return to the front, Belle has to confront the man who brought her so much misery in her childhood, and who threatens to remove her only chance of happiness.
* Rights Sold: Danish, Dutch, French, Swedish

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1912年貝拉為了逃離一段可恥且不堪回首的生活，前往英格蘭企圖重新開始新生活。在他離開學校之際，一次大戰席捲了法國。亞當是貝拉童年的玩伴，於壕溝戰中受傷被遣返回國。貝拉在面臨了絕望的愛情以及摯愛的表親因流行性感冒而死亡後，大病一場，亞當帶他前往蘇格蘭養病。剛開始，她對亞當處理事情的方式相當不滿，常常對他大吼大叫。逐漸地，他們找出適應對方的方法。當亞當須再次回到戰場，貝拉必須獨自面對在童年時期帶給他諸多苦難的人，這個威脅到他未來幸福的人…

Awards/获奖情况：九國版權已售:
Danish (Borgen), Dutch (Unieboek), French (Belfond), German (Heyne), Greek (Oceanida), Latvian (Kontinents), Russian (Mir Knigi), Serbian (Narodna Knjiga-Alfa), Swedish (Richters)
媒體推薦:
‘A richly atmospheric book, full of menacing secrets and betrayal’ Sunday Mirror
‘Epic…fully immerses the reader’ Good Housekeeping
‘A glorious, compulsive period read…laced in magic, it fair zings along. I love it…Quite splendid.’ The Bookseller
‘A powerful and richly atmospheric novel, with strong characters and a glorious setting.’ Family Circle

About the Author/作者介绍： Michelle Paver was born in Malawi; her father was South African and her mother is Belgian. They moved to England when she was small and she was brought up in Wimbledon, where she still lives. After gaining a first in biochemistry at Oxford she became a lawyer and was until recently a partner of a large City law firm, specialising in patent litigation. She has now given up the law to write full-time. She is the author of Without Charity, A Place in the Hills, The Shadow Catcher and Fever Hill all published by Corgi. Her latest novel, The Sepent’s Tooth is now available in Bantam Press hardcover.
Michelle Paver於1960年出生在中非東南部的尼亞薩島（即現在的馬拉威），父母都曾任職於出版業，她在三歲的時候全家搬到英國，從此在溫布頓定居。牛津大學生物化學系畢業之後，在倫敦當了十幾年的律師，期間寫過幾本愛情小說，相當受到書市的歡迎。同時也是兒童文學作家，暢銷全球的《狼兄弟》(台灣由尖端出版社取得版權)便是其中之一，創下英國兒童讀物出版史上處女作稿酬最高紀錄。
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Format:HARDCOVER

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