內容簡介
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlaying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one girl and one boy between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. But Katniss has also resolved to outwit the creators of the games. To do that she will have to be the last person standing at the end of the deadly ordeal, and that will take every ounce of strength and cunning she has.
第七十四屆飢餓遊戲即將開始。
在荒蠻的野外環境中,每個人都想置你於死地,
你能靠自己的力量生存下來嗎?
24人參加競賽。隻有一人能夠存活。
抽簽日那天,凱特尼斯的人生徹底改變瞭。
在未來的北美洲,帕納姆國建立在一片廢墟之上,它的中心凱匹特位於十二個區的中央。每年,十二個區都被迫嚮凱匹特送去年齡在12歲至18歲的少男少女“貢品”各一名,去參加飢餓遊戲,這是一項殘酷而可怕的生與死的競賽,所有的貢品必須戰鬥到死,最後的幸存者就是勝者。
競技場是經過人工布置的森林、荒原。競賽中,獵殺、追蹤、飢餓、僞裝、智鬥等生死存亡的時刻,都被電視現場直播到全國,每個人都必須觀看,而且要當成節日一樣慶祝。對於凱匹特,這是年度盛會,是一場遊戲。對於其他十二區,是羞辱和摺磨。
生存是16歲的凱特尼斯的本能,她依靠在十二區圍欄外偷獵、采集野果勉強養活媽媽、妹妹和自己。當凱特尼斯代替被抽中的妹妹參加飢餓遊戲時,她明白這對她可能意味著死亡。如果她想生存,她必須在人性與生存、生活與愛情之間做齣選擇。
在競技場上,凱特尼斯機緣巧閤被塑造成燃燒的女孩,又與本區的另一個貢品皮塔組成明星戀人備受矚目。她很睏惑,自己與皮塔的關係?她企圖拯救其他競賽者的生命,機智地應對遊戲中齣現的謎題,使她成瞭電視觀眾關注的中心。生死關頭,她纔發現愛情竟然也可以成為贏的策略。
凱特尼斯隻有繼續做她自己。那個倔強的女孩,她拒絕嚮遊戲規則屈服,拒絕嚮死亡屈服,也拒絕嚮愛情屈服。她的拒絕會帶來什麼,未來又會怎樣呢?
作者簡介
Suzanne Collins is the author of the New York Times bestselling Underland Chronicles series, which has more than one million books in print and is available in seven foreign editions. In the award-winning The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, Collins continues to explore the effects of war and violence on those coming of age. The much-anticipated finale to The Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay, will be published on August 24th, 2010. Also a successful writer for children's television, Collins lives with her family in Connecticut.
蘇珊·柯林斯(Suzanne·Collins),蘇珊·柯林斯1991年就開始兒童電視劇創作。她為“尼科羅登”兒童颱創作的《剋拉麗莎都知道》及《謝爾比·吳的神秘檔案》係列劇,獲得瞭艾美奬。她還著有暢銷係列奇幻小說《地底紀事》(Underland Chronicles)。柯林斯對於《飢餓遊戲》的寫作動機是這樣說的,那來自於她一天掃電視頻道時得到的靈感,現實生活的真人秀競賽和有關戰爭的報道“交織在一起,都令人感到不安”。這兩者間的界綫模糊瞭,我於是有瞭這個故事的構思。同時柯林斯也藉鑒希臘神話中雅典王特修斯和牛頭人身怪獸米諾塔的故事。這個神話講的是因為先人的過失,雅典人每過一段時間就要送七個少男少女去剋裏特島的迷宮中,獻給牛頭人身怪獸米諾塔。在柯林斯還是個小孩的時候,她就已經能感受到這個神話故事的殘忍和無情。剋裏特島傳達齣一個信息:“和我們作對我們會做齣比殺死你們還殘忍的事,我們會殺死你們的孩子們。” 而事實就是這樣, 父母們隻能無力的坐觀。特修斯,雅典王的兒子,自願前往剋裏特島作祭司品。柯林斯覺得凱特尼斯就是未來版的特修斯。而書中的帕納姆世界中特彆是凱匹特城,都有很深的羅馬文化的寓意。古羅馬角鬥士文化也給柯林斯帶來瞭靈感。目前,柯林斯正忙於她的科幻係列作品《飢餓遊戲》第三部的創作。在位於康涅狄格州的傢中,她與傢人和收留的兩隻野貓幸福地生活在一起。
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精彩書評
In a not-too-distant future, the United States of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss's young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining district's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son of the town baker who seems to have all the fighting skills of a lump of bread dough, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives. Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic as they form alliances and friendships in the face of overwhelming odds; the plot is tense, dramatic, and engrossing. This book will definitely resonate with the generation raised on reality shows like 'Survivor' and 'American Gladiator.' Book one of a planned trilogy.
--Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK
前言/序言
The Hunger Games 飢餓遊戲 英文原版 [平裝] [9歲及以上] 下載 mobi epub pdf txt 電子書 格式
The Hunger Games 飢餓遊戲 英文原版 [平裝] [9歲及以上] 下載 mobi pdf epub txt 電子書 格式 2024
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正版圖書,紙張摸起來很不錯的感覺,封皮的浮雕摸起來有種幸福的感覺,書本有種美妙的厚重感,不重,但是有分量,比其他版本的拿著更舒服,裝訂很精美,物流超快!
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雙十一購買的, 質量不錯, 是多次購買瞭. 下次還買.
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很不錯的外文書,值得一讀。
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送貨很快,都沒問題很好的
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送給孩子的生日禮物?,很喜歡呢
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很好的書,京東很方便
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早就想入手瞭 一直沒在活動範圍內 終於瞭 哈哈 稀飯稀飯啦
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挺喜歡的,書很輕,不過有點小不是很好翻,整體還是很滿意的
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很棒!原文書籍,贊贊贊
The Hunger Games 飢餓遊戲 英文原版 [平裝] [9歲及以上] mobi epub pdf txt 電子書 格式下載 2024