They say Black Dow's killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbor, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones, o...(展开全部)

They say Black Dow's killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbor, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones, o...(展开全部)

They say Black Dow's killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbour, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones, ...(展开全部)

They say Black Dow's killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbor, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones, o...(展开全部)

They say Black Dow's killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbor, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones, o...(展开全部)

They say Black Dow's killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbour, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones, ...(展开全部)

安吉拉·卡特（Angela Carter，1940—1992） 英国知名女作家，作品风格独树一帜，融合魔幻现实主义、女性主义、哥特和寓言色彩于一体，想象奇诡，语言靡丽，充满戏仿的狂欢。于1969年获毛姆奖，1983年担任布克奖评委，1984年获詹姆斯·泰特·布莱克纪念小说奖。2008年《泰晤士报》评选的“1945年来最伟大的英国作家”，卡特位居第十。代表作有长篇小说《影子之舞》《英雄与恶徒》《马戏团之夜》《明智的孩子》，短篇小说合集《焚舟纪》等。

安吉拉·卡特（Angela Carter，1940—1992） 英国知名女作家，作品风格独树一帜，融合魔幻现实主义、女性主义、哥特和寓言色彩于一体，想象奇诡，语言靡丽，充满戏仿的狂欢。于1969年获毛姆奖，1983年担任布克奖评委，1984年获詹姆斯·泰特·布莱克纪念小说奖。2008年《泰晤士报》评选的“1945年来最伟大的英国作家”，卡特位居第十。代表作有长篇小说《影子之舞》《英雄与恶徒》《马戏团之夜》《明智的孩子》，短篇小说合集《焚舟纪》等。

Called to the hospital when his fifteen-year-old daughter, Angela, is injured in a potentially fatal accident, a prominent surgeon sits and waits, silently confessing the affair he had the year Angela was born. As Timoteo’s tale begins, he’s driving to the beach house where his beautiful, accomplished wife, Elsa, is waiting. Car trouble forces him to make a detour into a dingy ...(展开全部)