TIGER HILLS

Book ID/图书代码： 03635008B29825

English Summary/英文概要： TIGER HILLS is a sweeping multigenerational story set in a coffee plantation in Coorg, southern India, in the 19th Century. The novel begins with the birth of Devi, a special child, who befriends a young boy whose mother has died in tragic circumstances. Over the years, Devi and Devanna become inseparable as they go to school together and learn more about the extended family that surrounds them. However things change when Devi meets Muthi, a young man who has killed a tiger and is feted as a hero. Although she is still a child and Muthi is a man, Devi vows that one day she will marry him. It is this love that will gradually drive a wedge between her and her friend Devanna, who has been taken under the wing of a local missionary. She is blind to the fact that Devanna himself has fallen for her. He leaves the village to study medicine, in the hope that when he returns she will see his worth and return his love, but then a tragedy changes the fate of all three, with far-reaching consequences for the generations to come.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 近年來許多印度作家榮登世界舞台，如2008年布克獎得主亞拉文．雅迪嘉（Aravind Adiga）的《白老虎》，及一夜之間變成全球媒體焦點的維卡斯．史瓦盧普（Vikas Swarup），電影『貧民百萬富翁』暢銷原著小說《Q&A》。而本書作者Sarita Mandanna，明年的第一部小說《Tiger Hills》將使她成為下一個重量級新生代作家。
Sarita Mandanna印度出生，在移民至美國前曾經在香港工作一段時期。Sarita生長在書香世家，從小耳濡目染養成了閱讀的興趣，因為兒時在印度經歷的困苦有感而發，使她花了五年的時間回憶童年時光，並走訪故鄉，才創作出以一位小女孩為主軸，描述殖民時期真誠感人的故事。而本書在手稿階段隨即被倫敦最有影響力的圖書代理商相中，並稱之這本小說是他讀過最感人的作品。
故事敘述一位女孩Devi人生經歷與從小相識卻孤苦無依的男孩Devanna，一段兒時相戀到冷漠的心情徘徊，在男女複雜的愛情、親情關係中週旋，使讀者留下同情的眼淚。
充滿咖啡香氣的南方印度Coorg，此地被譽為是東方的蘇格蘭。Muthamma在野鳥池鷺發出神秘的鳴聲包圍之下，家族中所期盼的小女孩Devi誕生了。長大後的Devi與Devanna成為形影不離的好友，
Devanna對情人的感情深刻又純潔，但Devi認識了Muthi，一位當地的部落英雄，在嗜血老虎的口中拯救了Coorg全村居民。這件意外的發生，使兩人懵懵懂懂的戀情產生了變化。看似發生三角關係，三人的相遇相愛，這段感情使他們對於往後人生各自有了新的體認...(Chris)

Awards/获奖情况：媲美《刺鳥》及《亂世佳人》的動人故事

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Brazil (Record), Catalan (Grup 62), Taiwan (Business Weekly), France (Flammarion), Holland (De Kern), Hungary (Athenaeum), India (Penguin), Israel (Yediot), Italy (Piemme),Norway (Juritzen), Poland (Wydawnictwo), Russia (AST), Serbia (Alnari), Slovenia (Modrijan), Spain (Salamandra)

◆本書由Orion 集團旗下公司以出版文學故事著稱的Weidenfeld & Nicolson出版社推出年度首推重量大書
◆企鵝出版社印度(Penguin India)空前絕後以7位數取得版權
◆各界書評此書,媲美《刺鳥》（The Thorn Birds）及《亂世佳人》(Gone with the Wind) 的動人故事
◆版權已售:15國

Review
’Lavish...Sarita Mandanna’s fusion of history and romance makes for an aromatic blend.’---Boyd Tonkin INDEPENDENT

’An epic and extraordinary debut from an astonishing talent.’---Caroline Jowett DAILY EXPRESS

’Tragic in parts but ultimately a beautifully written saga, this is the emergence of a major new talent’---Virgina Blackburn SUNDAY EXPRESS

’An epic love story from start to finish’---BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH

’Mandanna fuses history and romance to tell a vivid story, painting pictures that reverberate in the mind.’---OXFORD TIMES

’Sweet novel about a secret love.’---HEAT MAGAZINE

’More than alove story, Tiger Hills explores the hazardous side of passion and the shackling grip of memory once love has been thwarted.’---INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE / NEW YORK TIMES

’An epic, exotic love story...It is a blockbuster debut from Sarita Mandanna that will be in many beach bags this summer.’---SANDWELL CHRONICLE

About the Author/作者介绍： Sarita Mandanna was born and brought up in India and worked in Hong Kong before moving to the US. She is a private equity professional now based in New York City. Sarita holds an MBA from Wharton and a PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management.

Format:电子手稿

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