盖曼是一座现成的故事宝库,而我们又何其幸运可以通过各种媒介去靠近他。——斯蒂芬·金
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This anthology of short stories, and the occasional story poem,
is vintage Neil Gaiman: quirky, sometimes very funny, often dark
and disturbing. Most have been published before, but are hard to
find elsewhere and cover all of Gaiman''s writing life. As Gaiman
says in his introduction, "most of the stories in this book are
about love in some form or another," but not requited love. The
stories in Smoke and Mirrors touch on all of Gaiman''
这本集子的标题“烟与镜”的含义是,魔术师靠镜子与烟雾来表演,镜子能映照出实像,而45度斜放的镜子会让你看到假象,让你以为你所看到的是真的,这个概念在若干篇里都有出现。小说都是镜子,用来反映这个世界,而奇幻小说也是镜子,是魔术师常用的45度斜放的镜子,甚至是凹凸不平的变形镜,它们可以告诉我们一些事情,一些平时看不到的事情。读完所有的故事,你是不是也会看到一些平时看不到的事情呢?
An elderly widow finds the Holy Grail beneath an
old fur coat. A stray cat fights and refights a terrible nightly
battle to protect his unwary adoptive family from unimaginable
evil. A young couple receives a wedding gift that reveals a
chilling alternative history of their marriage. These tales and
much more await in this extraordinary book, revealing one of our
most gifted storytellers at the height of his powers.