MOSS WITCH: AND OTHER STORIES
Book ID/图书代码： 03240314B68462
English Summary/英文概要： Each story in Sara Maitland’s new collection enacts a daring kind of alchemy, fusing together raw elements of scientific theory with ancient myth, folkloric archetype and contemporary storytelling. As the laboratory smoke settles, we are treated to a new strain of narrative: a hybrid of fiction and non-fiction, the atavistic and the futuristic. We re also introduced to a weird and wonderful cast of characters: identical twins who fight bitterly day and night for purely quantum mechanical reasons; an expert on bird migration awaiting the homecoming of her lover on the windswept shores of the Hebrides. All the more remarkable is that each of these stories sprang from a conversation with a scientist and grew directly out of cutting-edge research. As befits their hybrid nature, each is also accompanied by an afterword, specially written by the consulting scientist to introduce us to the wonder behind the weirdness.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一位苔藓植物学家来到英国一片古老的林地，研究一种罕见的苔藓，却从而发现一个更为异常的植物标本; 一位地质学家在向她十几岁的侄女介绍地壳俯冲时，解释了女权运动为何失败; 一对恪守旧约的新婚夫妇想要通过申请21世纪遗传工程技术，计划最大限度利用他们的紧凑的陪嫁协商方案……
在这部短篇小说中的每个故事中都结合了具体的科学研究，并以一个古老神话或民间故事作为故事原型。 在这些故事中，读者能得以一睹那些以智胜植物学家的巫婆，和深陷于狂热梦想之中研读进化生物学的宗教占卜者，以及爱上自己研究的鸟类的科学家们。
每个故事背后都有科学家所书写的一部特别后记，延伸出故事中的理论知识，无论是量子力学，天体物理学，博弈论还是纳米技术。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：’She has built bridges that may tempt new minds across to science. How ingenious.’ --The Guardian
’Remarkable... refreshingly different... this collection abounds with revelations for writer, scientist and reader alike.’ --The Irish Times
About the Author/作者介绍： 萨拉•梅特兰（生于1950年）是英国作家和大学教师。身为一位成功的小说家，她因其短篇小说而闻名。其作品通常都充满着一种奇幻般的现实主义倾向。梅特兰被视作是1970年代女权运动的一位先驱，经常被冠以女权作家的称号。她是一位天主教徒，在她的作品中宗教一直是她所以要展示的另一个主题。Sara Maitland grew up in Galloway and studied at Oxford University. Her first novel, Daughters of Jerusalem, was published in 1978 and won the Somerset Maugham Award. Novels since have included Three Times Table (1990), Home Truths (1993) and Brittle Joys (1999), and one cowritten with Michelene Wandor Arky Types (1987). Her short story collections include Telling Tales (1983), A Book of Spells (1987) and most recently, On Becoming a Fairy Godmother (2003). She also contributed a story to The New Uncanny (Comma, 2008).
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