中土世界自然史 The Nature of Middle-Earth

基本信息

Format Paperback | 464 pages

Dimensions 129 x 198 x 29mm | 310g

Publication date 16 Feb 2023

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

Illustrations note Index

ISBN10 000838794X

ISBN13 9780008387945

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书籍简介

J.R.R. Tolkien关于中土世界的关山之作终于出版，涵盖了广泛的主题，非常适合那些已经阅读并喜欢《精灵宝钻》、《指环王》、《未完的传说》和《中土历史》，并想了解托尔金宏伟世界的人。

众所周知，J.R.R. Tolkien在1937年出版了《霍比特人》，1954-5年出版了《指环王》。鲜为人知的是，他在之后的几十年里一直在写中土世界，直到1973年去世前的几年。

对他来说，中土世界是有待探索的整个世界的一部分，《中土世界的本质》中的文章揭示了他在寻求更好地理解他的独特创造时所做的旅行。从复杂而深刻的主题，如精灵族的不朽和轮回的形而上学，以及瓦拉的力量，到更接地气的主题，如努曼诺的土地和野兽，刚铎的河流和灯塔山的地理，甚至是谁有胡子！这本新的文集显示了他为更好地理解他的独特创造所做的努力。

这本新的文集由托尔金专家卡尔·霍斯泰特(Carl F Hostetter)编辑，是一个名副其实的宝库，让读者有机会在托尔金教授发现的那一刻俯视他的肩膀：在每一页上，中土世界都再次被赋予了非凡的生命。

First ever publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide range of subjects and perfect for those who have read and enjoyed The Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and The History of Middle-earth, and want to learn more about Tolkien’s magnificent world.

It is well known that J.R.R. Tolkien published The Hobbit in 1937 and The Lord of the Rings in 1954–5. What may be less known is that he continued to write about Middle-earth in the decades that followed, right up until the years before his death in 1973.

For him, Middle-earth was part of an entire world to be explored, and the writings in The Nature of Middle-earth reveal the journeys that he took as he sought to better understand his unique creation. From sweeping themes as complex and profound as the metaphysics of Elvish immortality and reincarnation, and the Powers of the Valar, to the more earth-bound subjects of the lands and beasts of Númenor, the geography of the Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor, and even who had beards!

This new collection, which has been edited by Carl F Hostetter, one of the world’s leading Tolkien experts, is a veritable treasure-trove offering readers a chance to peer over Professor Tolkien’s shoulder at the very moment of discovery: and on every page, Middle-earth is once again brought to extraordinary life.

作者简介

J.R.R.托尔金（1892-1973）是一位杰出的学者，不过他出名的是写了《霍比特人》、《指环王》和《精灵宝钻》，以及其他故事和散文。他的书已被翻译成60多种语言，并在全世界售出数百万册。

J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 60 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.