THE FROZEN THAMES

Book ID/图书代码： 00110907B11894

English Summary/英文概要： A groundbreaking, genre-bending new work from one of Canada’s most respected writers.

In its long history, the River Thames has frozen solid forty times. These are the stories of that frozen river.

And so opens one of the most breathtaking and original works being published this season. The Frozen Thames contains forty vignettes based on events that actually took place each time the river froze between 1142 and 1895. Like a photograph captures a moment, etching it forever on the consciousness, so does Humphreys’ achingly beautiful prose. She deftly draws us into these intimate moments, transporting us through time so that we believe ourselves observers of the events portrayed. Whether it’s Queen Matilda trying to escape her besieged castle in a snowstorm, or lovers meeting on the frozen river in the plague years; whether it’s a simple farmer persuading his oxen the ice is safe, or Queen Bess discovering the rare privacy afforded by the ice-covered Thames, the moments are fleeting and transformative for the characters — and for us, too.

Stunningly designed and illustrated throughout with full-colour period art, The Frozen Thames is a triumph.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是来自加拿大最为著名的作家的一部最具开创性，风格独特的力作。
在历史的长河中，泰晤士河曾被冻结过四十次。而这部小说便是关于这条被誉为英国“母亲河”的冻结故事。
这部最为壮观的的原著为我们展示了自1142年~1895年之间，这条著名的河流结冰的四十次插曲。如同照片中所捕捉到的瞬间，作者穿越时光，向我们传递出那历史真实时期的片段；无论是简朴的农民如何劝服自己的牛冰河可以安全走过，还是贝斯女王透过冰封的泰晤士河发现罕有的秘密，这些随着岁月转换的人物，让我们感到一种稍纵即逝的历史瞬间。
绝妙地的题材设计，和运用全彩时期的艺术的图列展示，《结冰的泰晤士河》是堪称一部上乘之作。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：“Humphreys has an impeccable command of imagery, and her prose finds strength in its subtlety.”---Publishers Weekly

“Delicate and incandescent . . . [Humphreys’s] descriptions bristle with nuance, and scenes are pared down to their bare essence.”---San Francisco Chronicle

“A small, beautiful and highly original book . . . one that is both eccentric and exquisite. It’s a lovely gift for thoughtful readers.”---Edmonton Journal

“This is a splendid book, full of memorable and vivid imagery.”---Globe and Mail

“Most curiously wonderful and splendidly written . . .”---The Sun Times

“Each of its episodes has within it the capacity to do what Humphreys did with the entirety of The Lost Garden.”---Quill & Quire

“Powerfully poetic . . .”---NOW magazine

About the Author/作者介绍： HELEN HUMPHREYS is the author of four previous acclaimed novels: Leaving Earth, which won the City of Toronto Book Award and was named a New York Times Notable Book; Afterimage, winner of the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize; The Lost Garden, a finalist for Canada Reads 2003; and Wild Dogs, winner of a Lambda Literary Award and one of NOW Magazine’s Top 10 Fiction Books of 2004. Her recent non-fiction work, The Frozen Thames, was a #1 national bestseller. Humphreys lives in Kingston, Ontario.
HELEN HUMPHREYS是個知名的加拿大作家。著有7本作品：
《Leaving Earth》（1998）獲得多倫多城市圖書獎(the City of Toronto Book Award)，並獲得1998紐約時報年度矚目好書(A New York Times Notable Book)提名。
《Afterimage》（2000）獲頒Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize。
《The Lost Garden》（2002）入圍2003年加拿大好書決選。
《Wild Dogs》（2004）獲得浪達同志文學獎（Lambda Literary Award）與2004年《NOW》雜誌十大好書。
《The Frozen Thames》（非小說，2007）是暢銷冠軍。

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