The Black Isle
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品牌: ~Sandi Tan
基本信息出版社:Grand Central Publishing (2012年8月7日)平装正文语种:英语ISBN:1455516546条形码:9781455516544ASIN:1455516546商品描述内容简介All my life, people have tried to erase me.
I refuse to let them win.
I will tell my story.
I will not become a ghost.
Uprooted from Shanghai with her father and twin brother Li, young Cassandra finds the Black Isle's bustling, immigrant-filled seaport, swampy jungle, and grand rubber plantations a sharp contrast to the city of her childhood. And she soon discovers something more: the Black Isle is home to a myriad of restless ghosts--ghosts that only she can see.
Haunted and lonely, Cassandra at first tries to ignore the apparitions that crouch in the corner of her bedroom, parade down the street, and hang from the ceiling fan at school. Yet despite her struggles with these spirits, Cassandra comes to love her troubled home. And soon, she attracts the notice of a dangerously charismatic man.
But as she grows into a fearless, strong young woman, the Isle's dark forces won't let her go. War is looming, and Cassandra wonders if her unique gift might be her beloved island's only chance for salvation . . .
Taking readers from the 1920s, through the Japanese occupation during WWII, to the island's radical transformation into a bustling cosmopolitan city, THE BLACK ISLE is a sweeping epic--a deeply imagined, fiercely original tale from a vibrant new voice in fiction.媒体推荐"On The Black Isle, a young woman grows old with the Twentieth Century, haunting her own life as history conspires to render her a secret. Sweeping in scope, impressively imagined, ruthlessly readable." (Steve Erickson, author ofThese Dreams of You)
"Rich in vivid characters, and written with great imagination and intelligence,The Black Isleis a remarkable novel. A haunting book, mesmerizing in its beauty, which stayed with me long after I finished the last page." (Judith Freeman, author ofThe Long EmbraceandRed Water)
"The narrator ofThe Black Islerecounts her tales of fantastic events -- erotic, supernatural, horrific -- so convincingly that Tarot cards might as well be baseball cards in her book. An irresistible feat of storytelling,The Black Isleblends whatMidnight's Childrendid for the former Bombay with what Dorothy did for Oz." (Tom Carson, author ofGilligan's WakeandDaisy Buchanan's Daughter)