SHADOW PLAY

Book ID/图书代码： 09432513B65537

English Summary/英文概要： The first in a new detective series set in Kelantan, Malaysia! Shadow Play is the first in the series of Kain Songket Mysteries set in the northern state of Kelantan, Malaysia during the 1970s. Mak Cik Maryam, a smart and take-charge kain songket trader in Kota Bharu Central Market, discovers a murder in her own backyard, shattering the bucolic village world she thought surrounded her. While the new Chief of Police, a pleasant young man from Ipoh whose mother s admonitions about the wiles of Kelantanese girls still ring in his ears, wrestles with the bewildering local dialect, Maryam steps up to solve the mystery herself. Her investigation brings her into the closed world of the wayang kulit Shadow Play theater and the lives of its performers a world riven by rivalries and black magic. Trapped in a tangle of jealousy, Maryam struggles to make sense of the crime in spite of the spells sent to keep her from secrets long buried and lies woven to shield the guilty.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《皮影戏》是全新侦探系列小说卡恩•桑吉特的第一部，它的故事背景设置在上世纪70年代马来西亚吉兰丹州的北部。马克•吉特•玛利亚是格达布哈鲁中心市场一个聪明又有点领导力的小贩，她在自家后院里发现了一宗谋杀案，就此打破了田园乡村的宁静生活。新上任的警察局长，是个年轻的怡保小伙子，他的母亲经常叮嘱他吉兰丹的姑娘多得是阴谋诡计。玛利亚只能自己解决案件了，然而当地方言就够她受的了。随着调查的深入，玛利亚来到了皮影戏剧院，了解了皮影戏演员们充满了竞争和黑魔法的生活。玛利亚陷入了嫉妒的漩涡中，她纠结于究竟是揭开犯罪的黑幕，还是守住自己长久埋藏的秘密和谎言。（XAT）

Awards/获奖情况：获得2013年SBPA最佳新人小说奖

入围2013年最受欢迎小说奖

WINNER 2013 SBPA Book Awards for Best Debut Novel

SHORTLISTED 2013 Popular-The Star Readers’ Choice Awards (Fiction)

About the Author/作者介绍： 芭芭拉•伊斯梅尔在上世纪七八十年代在马来西亚吉兰丹州待了几年时间，并学习了当地的方言。芭芭拉拥有耶鲁大学人类学博士学位，她出生于纽约布鲁克林地区。

Barbara Ismail spent several years in Kelantan in the 1970s and ’80s, living in Kampong Dusun and Pengkalan Cepa, studying Wayang Siam and the Kelantanese dialect. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from Yale University, and is originally from Brooklyn, New York

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