DAMASCENA
Book ID/图书代码： 07633013B66463
English Summary/英文概要： Holly Payne’s imaginative DAMASCENA has a modern sensibility and elegant, crisp prose: Damascena, named after he flowering rosa damascena, grows up in a Bulgarian monastery under a tyrannical monk. In adolescence, she flees the monastery and discovers her remarkable gift for turning roses into rose oil, and reluctantly assumes the role of a living saint for the miracles she performs. After a devastating fire destroys the roses, Damascena escapes to Turkey where she meets the enchanting mystic Rumi, who unlocks the secret of her birth.
Holly’s fascination with the life of Rumi began when she was traveling through Turkey for research on her Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers debut novel, The Virgin’s Knot. She investigated two historic mysteries surrounding Rumi’s life: the disappearance of his beloved teacher, Shams of Tabriz, and the girl whose faith allegedly galvanized his own—giving birth to the enchanting character Damascena.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 霍利佩恩富有想象力的《大马士革》中有现代感的优雅，清晰的散文：以保加利亚的修道院有一个残暴的和尚种出的大马士革玫瑰命名为《大马士革》。在她的青少年时期，她逃离了修道院，发现了她从玫瑰花中提炼玫瑰精油的惊人天赋，因为她创造的这个奇迹，她勉强当着活圣人的角色。一场灾难性的火灾毁掉了玫瑰，大马士革逃到了土耳其，在那里她遇到迷人的神秘的鲁米，他解开了她的身世之谜。霍利迷恋鲁米的生活从她穿越土耳其开始，她为她在《巴尔内斯和诺布尔发现新作家》上登的处女作小说《维珍的蝴蝶结》做调查。她调查了两个关于鲁米的生活的历史谜团：他敬爱的老师的消失之谜，大不里士的夏姆斯，女孩的信念，据称吓到他自己的—迷人的角色大马士革的诞生。（YYW）
Awards/获奖情况：–附上word文档一页纸的好评。
–我也附上对《大马士革》的赞誉，比前面人写的都多的赞美。
–FYI，《大马士革》在匈牙利的销售到雅典娜是加一的，意思是他们正在买第二部霍利佩恩的小说，但不确定他们会买哪一本。他们将于十一月作出该决定。
–在土耳其，多根埃格蒙特公布了土耳其最喜欢的畅销书作者。她的小说《爱情的四十条规则》以爱为主题，讲述了鲁米与大不里土的夏姆斯之间的友情—多根确定《大马士革》可以获得相同多的读者。
–I attach a page of PRAISE with excellent blurbs as a Word doc
–I also attach the interior for DAMASCENA, which has all the praise upfront with the front matter
–FYI the Hungarian sale of DAMASCENA to Athenaeum is a plus ONE, meaning they are buying a second Holly Payne novel but they are not sure which one they’ll take. The decision will be made by November.
–In Turkey, Dogan Egmont publishes bestselling Turkish author Elif Safak. Her novel The Forty Rules of Love deals with the theme of love through the friendship between Rumi and Shams of Tabriz – and Dogan is certain they’ll be able to tap into the same audience for DAMASCENA.
About the Author/作者介绍： 霍利琳恩佩恩的作品已被翻译成八种语言，在十个国家出版。达顿•普鲁姆出版了她首发的两部小说，《蓝色之声》和《维珍的蝴蝶结》，她的处女作也是发现优秀新作家和边境原始声音的书。她的第三本小说《简单王国》，是角逐比利时国家图书奖和被提名根特必读书籍名单。它已在荷兰，台湾和中国出版，是本杰明富兰克林奖和2011年度作家文摘自行出版图书奖大奖得主。
Holly Lynn Payne’s work has been translated into eight languages and published in ten countries. Dutton/Plume published her first two novels, The Sound of Blue and The Virgin’s Knot, her debut novel which was also a Discover Great New Writers and Border’s Original Voices book. Her third novel, Kingdom of Simplicity, was a finalist for a national book award in Belgium and was named to the mandatory reading list in Ghent. It has also published in the Netherlands, Taiwan and China, and is the winner of a Benjamin Franklin Award and the Grand Prize for the Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards 2011.
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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Turkish rights sold to Dogan Egmont
Hungarian rights sold to Athenaeum
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