THE HIDDEN
Book ID/图书代码： 06580008B27002
English Summary/英文概要： You’re ours, Ben. Now you are. Now you’re one of us. From acclaimed author Tobias Hill, an extraordinary novel of ancient secrets, modern conflict and what it costs to belong.
In Sparta, southern Greece, a close-knit team of archaeologists dig for the buried traces of a formidable ancient power. A latecomer, Ben Mercer, finds himself drawn to the brilliance and charisma of the group: the double-edged friendship of his countryman Jason, the unsettling beauty of the women, Natsuko and Eleschen, and the menace of Max and Eberhard, who idealise the extremes of the ancient Spartans.
Thrilled by the possibility of acceptance and excited by the dangerous games they play, Ben gradually wins his way into the circle. But there is more to the group than he understands, and Ben finds out too late that some things should remain hidden. He must decide where his loyalties lie - before the decision is taken for him.
Written with astonishing grace and power, The Hidden is a novel of the secrets we keep, the ties that bind us and the true cost of fulfilling our desires.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一個關於古老秘密與現代衝突的精彩小說！找到自我的歸屬需要付出多少代價…
班‧墨瑟(Ben. Mercer)一個牛津人類學家，研究關於斯巴達。當他的老婆跟另一位教授私奔後，他逃到雅典的餐廳裡打工。偶然間遇到的一位牛津舊識，找他到一個斯巴達的考古團隊，團隊成員來自各個國家，奇怪的是，外國人都是年輕人，而希臘人都是老人。班不知道為何這兩個團體存在極深的成見與緊張關係。有一個希臘長者還警告班不要太靠近那些人。然而班漸漸被這個特別、傑出的團隊所吸引，努力融入這個團隊，還愛上其中一位女孩。他發現這個團隊隱藏著祕密，而氣氛越來越詭譎，要脫身已經太晚…(VC)
Awards/获奖情况：”英國最具原創性、最有趣的年輕小說家之一”--拜雅特（A. S. Byatt）
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英國各大媒體好評推薦 Hill’s prose is always evocative, fresh and exact ... This dark and tense novel renders that experience of discovery and disillusionment with elegantly chilling skill. --TLS
Apart from everything else that this novel is - a beautifully paced thriller, a meditation on loss, guilt, obsession - it is also one of the finest novels written so far about this, our age of terror. ---Observer
A wonderful novel: elegant yet savage, restrained yet full-throttled, illuminated by the sort of brilliance that leaves you short of breath.---Telegraph
’Quite Brilliant’---Independent on Sunday
As good as it gets.---Independent
About the Author/作者介绍： Tobias Hill was born in London. In 2003 the TLS nominated him as one the best young writers in Britain; in 2004 he was selected as one of the country’s Next Generation poets and shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. His collection of stories, Skin, won the PEN/Macmillan Prize for Fiction and was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys/Mail on Sunday Prize. The Cryptographer, his third novel was called ‘a supremely elegant and ambiguous thriller’ in the Sunday Times.
陶比亞斯．希爾（Tobias Hill）生於英國。得獎詩人。因出版兩部詩集Year of the Dog和Midnight in the City of Clocks而名聲大噪。被稱為令人難忘的詩集的Midnight in the City of Clocks是一部關於日本的報告文學。Tobias Hill以其作品贏得了100多項獎項。他的小故事集Skin1997年六月發佈時便取得了很好的反響，獲得了98年Macmillan/Pen獎，及98年Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys杯的亞軍。98年Tobias Hill成為 倫敦動物園就職常駐詩人。
《泰晤士報》文學增刊（TLS）二○○三年選出的最佳年輕作家之一。2004年《周日泰晤士報》選為當年度最佳年輕詩人之一。第三本小說《The Cryptographer》出版後，讓英國作者拜雅特（A. S. Byatt）稱讚他為”英國最具原創性、最有趣的年輕小說家前三名”。 《寶石迷情》 The Love of Stones (2001)簡體版權已售。
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