THE ABOMINABLES
Book ID/图书代码： 03540012B51891
English Summary/英文概要： A hundred years ago, in the Himalayan peaks of Nanvi Dar, the daughter of an English earl is kidnapped by a huge hairy monster. In a secret valley Agatha Farlingham is introduced to a family of motherless yetis and devotes her life to their upbringing. She teaches them to speak, tells them stories and insists on polite manners. But as the decades pass, tourists come to the mountains, a hotel is built and yeti-hunters arrive. Agatha knows that there is one place in the world where they would be protected - her ancestral home at Farley Towers.
When a boy and his sister stumble upon her hidden valley, she knows she has found the courageous people who will carry out her plan. The excited yetis are smuggled into the bridal suite at the hotel. A freezer lorry is waiting to put them into semi-hibernation on the long trip home. But the baby yak that has fallen in love with the youngest yeti foils the refrigeration plan and they set off on a hugely entertaining road trip half way across the world. In the Sultan of Aslerfan’s kingdom the yetis release all the animals from his zoo. In the Alps they rescue a lost child in a blizzard. In Spain, the yak creates chaos at a bullfight. But when they arrive in England, a terrible shock awaits them at Farley ...
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 英國伯爵帶著女兒Agatha在喜馬拉雅山展開探險之旅。Agatha無預警失蹤，原來是被雪怪綁架了！
她被帶到隱密的雪怪村莊。雪怪們體型高大，全身長滿毛、長相兇殘。相處過後Agatha發現事實上雪怪們非常溫柔有禮貌。成為雪怪家族的一份子後，她教導雪怪們如何說話等等…在這裡Agatha與雪怪們過著平靜快樂的生活。
直到大型機具駛入後有了改變。外來者在這興建飯店，大批觀光客湧進。為了不受打擾，Agatha帶著雪怪們搬到童年時成長的英格蘭田園，在那或許他們能夠繼續過著原有的生活。經過各種努力後，他們最後決定開著冷凍卡車上路，途中還有甚麼樣的挑戰等著他們？一趟充滿異國風情的冒險之旅就此展開！(Iris)
Awards/获奖情况：The joyful absurdity of the notion, combined with Ibbotson’s wit, warmth, superb characterisation and love of the natural world should make this a classic --The Daily Mail
Luminous, hectic and generous…lovely sharp writing --The Guardian
Charmingly illustrated...this book will have you smiling before the first chapter’s end --Newcastle Journal
warm-hearted, funny and full of magical imagination. But as well as humour, there is also a powerful message here about the importance of nature and the environment, protecting endangered species, and opposing cruelty and injustice…a classic in the making. --Booktrust
Charmingly illustrated...this book will have you smiling before the first chapter’s end --Newcastle Journal
About the Author/作者介绍： Eva Ibbotson 1925年出生在奧地利維也納的猶太家庭。父親是生物學家，母親是劇作家，兩人在Eva年幼時離異。時逢二次大戰，搬到英國前，敏感的猶太人身份，使得Eva童年生活是在顛沛流離中度過，從未好好居住在同一間房子中。接受英國衛報的訪問時曾提到：「年幼時的生活是在不同的火車上流轉度過，我期望能有個真正的家。」
1933年時隨父親定居於英國，終於開始較平穩的生活。事實上Eva求學時修讀的是生物學。從倫敦貝德福德學院取得生理學學位，繼續在劍橋大學攻讀碩士學位，從事生物研究。她不忍心因為實驗而犧牲小動物的性命，最後決定放棄學業，聽從初衷走上文學創作之路。
最初她為女性雜誌編寫小故事，之後出版許多羅曼史小說。直到最小的兒子進入學校後，Ibbotson才開始創作長篇兒童小說。五十歲時推出首部兒童小說，即獲得廣大的迴響。
年少時逃難的生活，是她巨大的夢靨。透過創作兒童文學，她試圖撫平心中的傷口。因此她的作品中總是溫暖又神奇，每個角色特質明顯，各自有自己的故事，卻又能巧妙的相互連結。2010年時於英國紐卡索的家中辭世，享年85歲。晚年雖飽受疾病之苦，仍持續不停創作。遺作THE ABOMINABLES已於七月時出版。
Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, but when the Nazis came to power her family fled to England and she was sent to boarding school. She became a writer while bringing up her four children, and her bestselling novels have been published around the world. Her books have also won and been shortlisted for many prizes. Eva died peacefully in October 2010 at the age of eighty-five.
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