荆棘篱笆（2024雨果奖佳选中篇） Thornhedge

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 126 pages

Publisher:Titan Books Ltd

Imprint:Titan Books Ltd

ISBN:9781803364346

Published:6 Aug 2024

Weight:102g

Dimensions:196 x 130 x 11 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

《今日美国》畅销书作者带来了一部原创的、颠覆性的童话故事，讲述了一位善良的蟾蜍形女英雄、一位温柔的骑士和一次完全偏离轨道的任务，非常适合 Alix E. Harrow 和 Katharine Arden 的粉丝。

一位公主被困在塔中。这不是她的故事。

认识 Toadling。在她出生的那天，她被仙女从家人身边偷走，但她在仙境温暖的水域中安全长大，受到爱戴。然而，成年后，仙女们向 Toadling 求助：回到人类世界，为新生儿提供保护的祝福。很简单，对吧？

如果可以的话。

几个世纪后，一位骑士走近一堵高耸的荆棘墙，荆棘像你的手臂一样粗，像剑一样锋利。他听说这里有一个需要打破的诅咒，但 Toadling 会尽一切努力来维护这个诅咒……

From USA Today bestselling author comes an original, subversive fairytale about a kind-hearted, toad-shaped character, a gentle knight, and a mission gone completely sideways, perfect for fans of Alix E. Harrow and Katharine Arden.

There's a princess trapped in a tower. This isn't her story.

Meet Toadling. On the day of her birth, she was stolen from her family by the fairies, but she grew up safe and loved in the warm waters of faerieland. Once an adult though, the fae ask a favor of Toadling: return to the human world and offer a blessing of protection to a newborn. Simple, right?

If only.

Centuries later, a knight approaches a towering wall of brambles, where the thorns are as thick as your arm and as sharp as swords. He's heard there's ahere that needs breaking, but it's aToadling will do anything to uphold...

作者简介

T. Kingfisher 是 Ursula Vernon 的笔名，她是屡获殊荣的《Digger》和《Dragonbreath》的作者。她是一位居住在北卡罗来纳州的作家和插画家，曾获得大熊星座奖和艾斯纳奖提名，并于 2015 年凭借《Jackalope Wives》获得星云奖短篇小说奖，并于 2017 年凭借《The Tomato Thief》获得雨果奖中篇小说奖。她的处女作成人恐怖小说《The Twisted Ones》获得了 2020 年龙奖恐怖小说奖，随后她又创作了广受好评的《The Hollow Places》。

T. Kingfisher is the adult fiction pseudonym of Ursula Vernon, the multi-award-winning author of Digger and Dragonbreath. She is an author and illustrator based in North Carolina who has been nominated for the Ursa Major Award, the Eisner Awards, and has won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story for “Jackalope Wives” in 2015 and the Hugo Award for Best Novelette for “The Tomato Thief” in 2017. Her debut adult horror novel, The Twisted Ones, won the 2020 Dragon Award for Best Horror Novel, and was followed by the critically acclaimed The Hollow Places.