STRANGER MAGIC
Book ID/图书代码： 11701213B60640
English Summary/英文概要： Magic is not simply a matter of the occult arts, but a whole way of thinking, of dreaming the impossible. It can open the mind to new realms of achievement: imagination precedes the fact – and has long been associated with wisdom, understanding the powers of nature, and with technical ingenuity.
The supreme fiction of this magical thinking is The Arabian Nights. Translated into French and English in the early days of the Enlightenment, this became a bestseller among intellectuals, when it was still thought of in the Arab world as a mere collection of folk tales. The book’s strangeness opened visions of transformation: dreams of flight, speaking objects, virtual money, and the power of the word to bring about change. Its tales create a poetic image of the impossible, a parable of secret knowledge and power. Above all they have the fascination of the strange - the belief that true knowledge lies elsewhere, in a mysterious realm of wonder.
As part of her exploration into the prophetic enchantments of the Nights, Marina Warner retells some of the most wonderful and lesser-known stories. She explores the figure of the dark magician or magus, from Solomon to the wicked uncle in Aladdin; the complex vitality of the jinn, or genies; animal metamorphoses and flying carpets. Her narrative reveals that magical thinking, as conveyed by these stories, governs many aspects of experience, even now. In this respect, the East and West have been in fruitful dialogue. Many writers, artists, musicians and filmmakers have found themselves by adopting Oriental disguise. With startling originality and impeccable research, this groundbreaking book shows how magic, in the deepest sense, helped to create the modern world, and is still inscribed in the way we think today.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 魔法不只是一種簡單的秘術，而是宏觀地思考所有不可能的事情。它能為我們打開新的眼界。想像先于事實，長久以來也與智慧、對自然力量的理解和創新技術緊密相連。
文學有史以來最強大的魔幻創作就是《一千零一夜》（或稱作《天方夜譚》），啟蒙時代由法國和英國譯者引入西方世界，隨後便在知識份子中廣為流傳，雖然在阿拉伯世界它只不過是民間傳說的集合。這些奇怪的故事展現了更廣闊的故事領域：在夢中飛翔，會說話的物品，虛擬的錢財以及語言的改變力量。這些民間故事開創了人們對不可能的詩意想像，對神秘知識和神秘力量的比喻。它體現了奇怪事務的秘密，而真正的知識在他處，其他神秘奇妙的領域中。
對《天方夜譚》魅力的研究只是馬瑞娜•華納工作的一部分，她重述了一些奇妙但鮮為人知的故事。她研究了黑魔法師的形象，從所羅門王到阿拉丁裡的邪惡的叔叔；還探究了神靈、鬼怪的複雜生命力，以及變形動物和飛毯。她的敘述告訴我們，就像這些故事所說的，魔幻思考控制了很多方面的現實經歷。東西方文化對這一條有過饒有成效的交流。許多作家、藝術家、音樂家和電影人都在這些東方的虛幻故事中找到了自己的一方天地。作者以驚人的獨創力和無瑕疵的研究在這本極具創新意識的文學評論書籍中展現了魔法如何以最隱蔽的方式創造了現代世界，甚至影響了我們現在思考的方式。
（Celia）
Awards/获奖情况：STRANGER MAGIC: UK: Chatto; US: Harvard; Turkey: Everest
Review by Harold Bloom in the New York Times Book Review:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/books/review/stranger-magic-by-marina-warner.html
Review by Wendy Doniger in the Times Literary Supplement:
http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article1069412.ece
Review by Robin Yassin-Kasab in The Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/11/stranger-magic-marina-warner-review
Review by Brad Gooch in the Daily Beast:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/25/marina-warner-s-stranger-magic-reconsiders-the-arabian-nights.html
Review by Steven Connor in the London Review of Books:
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v34/n06/steven-connor/ones-thousand-one-nightinesses
Review by Michael Dirda in the Barnes & Noble Review:
http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Library-Without-Walls/Stranger-Magic-Charmed-States-and-the-Arabian-Nights/ba-p/7899
About the Author/作者介绍： 馬瑞娜•華納早年在開羅生活，媽媽是義大利人，父親是英國人。她在比利時布魯塞爾和倫敦接受教育。後來到牛津大學學習現代語言。現在是世界上聞名的文化歷史學家、評論家、小說家和短篇小說家。早年撰寫了一本研究“Virgin Mary”和“Joan of Arc”的專業書籍，後來又寫了研究神話和民間故事的專著：《FROM THE BEAST TO THE BLONDE》和《NO GO THE BOGEYMAN》，成為非小說類暢銷書籍。她主要研究了不同文化領域中的不同形象，已經以他們為主角的藝術作品。她在歐洲、美國和中東的各種學校講學。目前是埃塞克斯大學文學、電影和舞臺藝術專業的教授。
馬瑞娜•華納獲獎無數，1988年獲得英國PEN銀筆獎，入圍布克獎最終決選；2004年獲得阿比 瓦而堡獎；2000年獲得法國藝術與文學騎士勳章；2005年成為英國社會科學院院士；2008年獲得了大英帝國勳章。2010年-2013年擔任英國比較文學協會主席。
Marina Warner (www.marinawarner.com) spent her early years in Cairo, and was educated in Brussels and London, before studying Modern Languages at Oxford. She is an internationally acclaimed cultural historian, critic, novelist and short story writer. From her early books on the Virgin Mary and Joan of Arc, to her best-selling studies of fairytales and folk stories, FROM THE BEAST TO THE BLONDE and NO GO THE BOGEYMAN, her work has explored different figures in myth and fairytale and the art and literature they have inspired. She lectures widely in Europe, the United States and the Middle East, and is currently Professor in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies, University of Essex. She was appointed CBE in 2008.
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