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我前几天看译林出的一本书（特洛伊之歌），超好看的“奇幻”作品呀。用的是冰
与火之歌的pov体例（33章，16个叙述人物）。史诗级的故事,从特洛伊与波塞冬结怨，阿
克琉斯诞生开始。悬念、高潮好多哦，场面也很大，峰回路转是全书的一大特征。作家是
荆棘鸟的作者mccullough，就象凯伊一样，她重新改好了神话。喜欢冰火的
一定会感兴趣的吧。不知道有人看过没有，其实都出了很一阵了这是马丁(冰火作者）私人网站上说的：
THE SONG OF TROY by Colleen McCullough. McCullough’s “First Man in Rome” serie
s of historicals have long been a guilty pleasure of mine. The books are somet
imes strangely structured, and the writing seldom more workmanlike… but they
are so well researched, and bring late Republican Rome to life so vividly, th
at I find myself gulping them down despite their flaws. Here McCullough gives
us a retelling of the Trojan War and the events of THE ILIAD, reworking mythol
ogy into history… and very successfully, I think. She also cuts back and for
th deftly between a large cast of varied viewpoint characters, each with his o
r her own perspectives on the goings-on. Fantasy fans should enjoy this one, I
‘d think亚马逊上的：
亚马逊上的：四星半
Book Description
The tale of the Trojan War brilliantly retold by the author of THE THORN BIRDS
. Does for Greek Mythology what SOPHIES WORLD did for Western philosophy.Synopsis
The tragic and terrible drama of the war between Greeks and Trojans, the long
siege of Troy, and the impact of one woman’s beauty on the fate of two nations
, is played out again in this dazzling novel based on Homer’s Iliad. Here is t
he enchanting Helen, who we first meet as a spoiled teenager and whose passion
for the handsome, reckless Paris leads to the betrayal of her husband, King M
enelaus, and the fall of the House of Troy. Here is powerful King Agamemnon wi
th his terrifyingly ambitious wife Klytemnestra and his soothsaying mistress K
assandra. We meet Odysseus, doomed to wander the Aegean for twenty long years;
brave Achilles, who is haunted by the mad shade of his mother; the heroes Hek
tor and Ajax, and many more. Chapter by chapter the narrative is handed from o
ne character to another as the long years of siege, bloody battles, love and d eath unfold and the gods exact their retribution. With extraordinary vividness
Colleen McCullough engages our sympathy for each character and gives this anc
ient saga a contemporary sense of urgency and excitement. An unputdownable read
and the
best possible way to introduce a new generation of readers to one of the grea
test stories ever told.trully amazing, 8 April, 2000
Reviewer: kurtdecoene from ghent – Belgium
It was years ago that I read (parts) of the ‘Iliad’ in school. My brother, who
studied latin and classic Greek in highschool gave this book to me (to read –
I had to give it back). This is an amazing adaptation of the original story,
bringing ancient heroes back to life. And having them tell their own story – b
rilliant !She brought Heroes back to life, heroes with their small human side and flaws
without deminishing their grandure. I’ve always loved history, and this book s
hows how the real cause for the Troyan war was economic rather than a kidnappe
d Helen (though i admitingly like the romantic idea of the latter)
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