内容简介
Imagineanempirethathasshutouttheworldforacenturyandahalf.Noonecanleave,foreignersareexcluded,theirreligionsbannedandtheirideasdeeplymistrusted.Yetanarrowwindowontothisnation-fortressstillexists:anartificialwalledi
作者简介
DavidMitchell'sfirstnovel,GHOSTWRITTEN,wasawardedtheMailonSunday/JohnLlewellynRhysPrizeandwasshortlistedfortheGuardianFirstBookAward.Hissecondnovel,NUMBER9DREAM,wasshortlistedfortheBookerPrizeaswellastheJamesTaitBlackMemorialPrize.In2003,DavidMitchellwasselectedasoneofGranta'sBestofYoungBritishNovelistsandhisthirdnovel,CLOUDATLAS,wasshortlistedforsixawardsincludingtheManBookerPrizeandwontheBritishBookAwardsBestLiteraryFictionandSouthBankShowLiteraturePrize.Hispreviousnovel,BLACKSWANGREEN,waspublishedin2006andwasshortlistedfortheCostaNoveloftheYearAward.Bornin1969,hegrewupinWorcestershire,andnowlivesinIrelandwithhiswifeandtwochildren.
