MY SWORDHAND IS SINGING

Book ID/图书代码： 10000006B03157

English Summary/英文概要： In the bitter cold of an unrelenting winter Tomas and his son, Peter, arrive in Chust and despite the inhospitability of the villagers settle there as woodcutters. Tomas is churlish - taciturn at the best of times. He digs a channel of fast-flowing waters around their hut so they have their own little island kingdom. Peter doesn’t understand why his father has done this, nor why, all his life they’ve moved from place to place, or why his father carries a long battered box everywhere they go, and why he is forbidden to know its mysterious contents. But when a band of gypsies comes to the village Peter’s drab existence is turned upside down. He is infatuated by the beautiful gypsy princess, Sofia, intoxicated by their love of life and drawn into their deadly quest. For these travellers are Vampire Slayers and Chust is a dying community - where the dead come back to wreak revenge on the living. Amidst the terrifying events that follow, Peter is stunned to see his father change from a disillusioned man, old before his time, to the warrior hero he once was. Marcus draws on his extensive research of the vampire legend which permeates traditions throughout the world and sets his story in the forbidding and remote landscapes of the 17th century. Written in his usual distinctive voice, this is also the story of a father and his son, of loss, redemption and resolution.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 皮特和他的父亲来到一个充满恐怖传说的小村庄，并和父亲在村子外的河流三角洲（小岛）上住了下来。村庄里不断有怪事发生，不断有人死去……直到皮特最好的朋友艾格妮丝和死人举行了婚礼，并被锁在了森林小屋里，与外界隔绝，恐怖传说的真相开始浮出水面……是谁冒充皮特亲吻了艾格妮丝？坟墓里是谁的眼睛？真的有僵尸存在吗？为什么一个陌生的吉普赛女孩儿却对皮特的父亲了若指掌？最后拿到剑的皮特又该何去何从？

神秘僵尸的入侵让本就僵硬的父子关系再次面对挑战，皮特一边周旋于吉普赛女孩儿和本地姑娘艾格妮丝之间的抉择，另一边却发现了父亲其实是中世纪骑士部下的惊人秘密……(DB)

Awards/获奖情况：布蘭福博斯獎Branford Boase Award (2001) - Floodland 愛倫波懸疑小說獎Edgar Allan Poe nomination (2001) - Witch Hill Independent Reading Association Award nomination (2001) - Witch Hill 英國普茨茅斯好書獎Portsmouth Book Award nomination (2001) - Witch Hill 衛報兒童小說獎Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize shortlist (2002) - The Dark Horse 卡內基文學獎Carnegie Medal shortlist (2002) - The Dark Horse 藍彼得圖書獎Blue Peter Book Award shortlist (2002) - The Dark Horse 衛報最佳選書Guardian Award nomination (2003) - The Book of Dead Days Sheffield Book Award shortlist (2003) - The Book of Dead Days 愛倫波懸疑小說獎Edgar Allan Poe shortlist (2003) - The Book of Dead Days 圖書信託基金青少年作品獎Booktrust Teenage Prize shortlist (2006) - The Foreshadowing Carnegie Medal shortlist (2007) - My Swordhand Is Singing Nomination- Calderdale book of the year awards (2007) - My Swordhand Is Singing 圖書信託基金青少年作品獎Booktrust Teenage Prize winner (2007) - My Swordhand Is Singing

About the Author/作者介绍： （英）马库斯• 塞奇威克（Marcus Sedgwick)16年经验杰出书商蜕变为现代英国文学最具风格的青少年作家；为《时代周刊》《卫报》《每日邮报》《每日电讯报》《泰晤士报》等英美主流媒体盛赞的下一个诺贝尔奖得主；横扫卡内基文学奖、卫报文学奖、爱伦坡文学奖、蓝色彼得文学奖等31种奖项的传奇巨匠；多才多艺的插画师，音乐家，木刻艺术家；融合哥特，悬疑，魔幻，推理，爱情等多种元素于一身的英伦绅士。出版作品有《仲冬血液》《我的右手在唱歌》等。

Marcus Sedgwick has worked in children’s publishing for ten years and before that he was a bookseller. He is also a stone carver and wood engraver and illustrates all his novels. Marcus lives in Sussex and has a young daughter, Alice.

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