THE FALLING WOMAN
Book ID/图书代码： 06840013B60645
English Summary/英文概要： Winner of the Nebula Award! An archaeologist with a strange power risks death to unlock the secret of the Mayans.
When night falls over the Yucatan, the archaeologists lay down their tools. But while her colleagues relax, Elizabeth Butler searches for shadows. A famous scientist with a reputation for eccentricity, she carries a strange secret. Where others see nothing but dirt and bones and fragments of pottery, Elizabeth sees shades of the men and women who walked this ground thousands of years before. She can speak to the past—and the past is beginning to speak back.
As Elizabeth communes with ghosts, the daughter she abandoned flies to Mexico hoping for a reunion. She finds a mother embroiled in the supernatural, on a quest for the true reason for the Mayans’ disappearance. To dig up the truth, the archaeologist who talks to the dead must learn a far more difficult skill: speaking to her daughter.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 星云奖获奖小说，《沉陷的女人》(The Falling Woman)讲述了一位拥有奇异力量的考古学家冒着死亡的危险去解开玛雅人的秘密。
夜幕降临(位于墨西哥)尤卡坦州，考古学家们纷纷放下了手中的工具。但同事们都相继休憩时，伊丽莎白·博特勒(Elizabeth Butler)却在搜寻阴影。这位以剑走偏锋而闻名的科学家，身上藏着一个奇怪的秘密。在这堆常人肉眼看到的只是尘土，尸骨和陶器碎片的地方，伊丽莎白却看得到几千年前在这片土地上生存的众生影子。她能和这些尘封的过去对话，而过去也开始对她作出回应。
正当伊丽莎白和远古的玛雅人鬼魂沟通时，曾经被遗弃的女儿飞至墨西哥期盼和她重聚。她发现自己的母亲卷入了超自然现象中，在追寻玛雅人消逝的真正原因。为了挖掘真相，这位能与古人对话的女考古学家必须学系一项对她来说更为困难的技能：和自己的亲生女儿沟通。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel
“A lovely and literate exploration of the dark moment where myth and science meet.” —Samuel R. Delany
“Murphy’s sharp behavioral observation, her rich Mayan background, and the revolving door of fantasy and reality honorably recall the novels of Margaret Atwood.” —Publishers Weekly
“Murphy’s convincing modern setting is a marvelous foil for her frighteningly alien Mayan ghost, and the archeological material, besides being fascinating in its own right, is put to excellent use in the plot.” —Newsday
About the Author/作者介绍： 帕特·墨菲因其独富深度的科幻，奇幻下时，获得无数奖项，其中包括著名的星云奖，美国诺卫斯康年度科幻小说奖菲利普·k·迪克奖，世界奇幻奖(World Fantasy Awards),日本著名的科幻小说奖精恩奖(Seiun Award), 西奥多·斯特金纪念奖(Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award)。曾发表了八部小说和多部短篇小说。作品包括：《恋爱中的雷切尔》(Rachel in Love)
《沉陷的女人》(The Falling Woman);《不久之后的城市》(The City, Not Long After)；《娜迪亚》(Nadya)；以及《和马克斯·梅利维尔一起时空探险》(Adventures in Time and Space with Max Merriwel)，《出版人周刊》(Publishers Weekly)称这部科幻小说为“大脑就像过山车一样”。她的儿童下时，《狂野女孩》(The Wild Girls)荣获2008年克里斯托弗奖。
除了写小说，帕特还为儿童和成人撰写关于科学的文章。
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