THE WOLF

Book ID/图书代码： 11701208B22891

English Summary/英文概要： In a bleak winter landscape a wolf is starved and weakening. He is the predator, and entering his mind, seeing the natural world through fierce new eyes, you feel the snow through the pads of your paws, what it feels like to stare at your prey and offer death, the texture of flesh between your teeth and the taste of blood in your mouth. But the harshness of nature, the death that stalks all of the wild forest, begins to challenge his supremacy, and his understanding of himself. "The Wolf" is a novella of singular quality, taking the reader on an unforgettable journey - both with the wolf through a vividly drawn landscape, and inwards, deep into the mind of a killer.And when the wolf discovers a predator like himself on the brink of starvation - a competitor he should kill -he hesitates, and at that moment sets out on a path that will lead him against his will through strange ordeals, to find that before he can confront his own mortality he must face his greatest challenge - his own cherished nature. A stunning combination of nature writing and fantasy, "The Wolf" forces us to see the world afresh through the eyes of a hunter in all its savagery, terror and magic.
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Chinese Summary/中文概要： 人們在文化體係中搜尋狼的記憶，傳統的印象往往是「殘忍」「冷酷」「決不屈服」等，人們對狼卻有著刻骨的仇恨。在傳說與童話中，狼狡詐、貪婪、恩將仇報，儼然是魔鬼的化身。在中世紀的基督教，狼被說成了撒旦化身。在北歐神話，狼與蛇是孿生兄弟，是與神爲敵的邪惡化身…… 時光飛轉，到了現代，很多年輕人將狼視作一種新精神的代表「忠誠」「勇敢」或者「蒼涼」「憂鬱」等情結的符號，樹立正面圖騰本身無可厚非，但我們作爲狼迷如果不瞭解真實的狼，無疑是不該的！從古自今，再沒有哪種動物能在人類世界中，引起如此聲勢浩大的爭議，伴隨著贊美與漫罵、盲目崇拜與惡意攻擊，狼的真實面目卻越發模糊…… 然而，真實的狼又該是什麽樣子？
荒野的大草原裡一隻飢寒交迫野狼，在湖邊遇到瀕死同為掠食者的同類，為了填飽肚子，理應橫不猶豫的將牠吃了，但卻沒有這樣做…如此不尋常的舉動似乎和牠的本性相抵觸？！這不僅讓死亡提早來找牠，更為其自然本性和外在環境的和諧帶來極大的挑戰！
作者結合細膩的大自然風光描寫及豐富的想像力，透過一趟驚奇的難忘旅程中，藉由掠食者「狼」的目光及心理，帶重新我們認識這世界的兇殘及不可思議！（VL）

Awards/获奖情况：THE WOLF: UK: Cape (pub Summer 2008); Brazil: Editora Objetiva; France: Denoel; Germany: Berlin; Greece: Ellinika Grammata; Holland: Ambo Anthos; Italy: Bompiani; Spain: Spanish: Random House Mondadori; Catalan: Ara Llibres

About the Author/作者介绍： The Wolf is Joseph Smith’s first book. He lives in London.

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