内容简介
Inthisnewepicofimagination,timetravel,andadventure,DianaGabaldoncontinuestherivetingstorybeguninOutlander.JamieFraserisaneighteenth-centuryHighlander,anex-Jacobitetraitor,andareluctantrebelintheAmericanRevolution.Hiswife,ClaireRandallFraser,isasurgeon—fromthetwentiethcentury.Whatsheknowsofthefuturecompelshimtofight.Whatshedoesn'tknowmaykillthemboth.WithonefootinAmericaandonefootinScotland,JamieandClaire'sadventurespanstheRevolution,fromseabattlestoprintshops,astheirpathscrosswithhistoricalfiguresfromBenjaminFranklintoBenedictArnold.Meanwhile,intherelativesafetyofthetwentiethcentury,theirdaughter,Brianna,andherhusbandexperiencetheunfoldingdramaoftheRevolutionaryWarthroughClaire'sletters.Buttheletterscan'twarnthemofthethreatthat'srisingoutofthepasttoovershadowtheirfamily.DianaGabaldon'ssweepingOutlandersagareachesnewheightsinAnEchointheBone.
作者简介
Tomillionsoffans,DianaGabaldonisthecreatorofacomplex,original,andutterlycompellingamalgamof18th-centuryromanticadventureand20th-centurysciencefiction.Tothepublishingindustry,she'sagrassroots-marketingphenomenon.Andtowould-bewriterseverywherewhoworrythattheydon'thavethetimeorexpertisetodowhattheylove,Gabaldonisnothingshortofaninspiration.Gabaldonwroteherfirstnovelwhilejugglingthedemandsofmotherhoodandcareer:inbetweenherjobasanecologyprofessor,shealsohadapart-timegigwritingfreelancesoftwarereviews.Gabaldonhadneverwrittenfictionbefore,anddidn'tintendtopublishthisfirstnovel,whichshedecidedtocallOutlander.This,shedecided,wouldbeher"practicenovel".Worriedthatshemightnotbeabletopullaplotandcharactersoutofthinair,shesettledonahistoricalnovelbecause"it'seasiertolookthingsupthantomakethemupentirely."Theimpulsetosethernovelin18th-centuryScotlanddidn'tstem--assomefanshaveassumedfromadesiretoexploreherownfamilialroots(infact,Gabaldonisn'tevenScottish).Rather,itcamefromwatchinganepisodeoftheBritishsci-fiseriesDr.Whoandbecomingsmittenwithahandsometimetravelerinakilt.Atime-travelelementcreptintoGabaldon'sownbookonlyaftersherealizedherwisecrackingfemaleleadcouldn'thavecomefromanywherebutthe20thcentury.Theresultingloveaffairbetweenanintelligent,mature,sexuallyexperiencedwomanandacharismatic,brave,virginalyoungmanturnedtheconventionsofhistoricalromanceupside-down.Gabaldonhassaidherbookswerehardtomarketatfirstbecausetheywereimpossibletocategorizeneatly.Weretheyhistoricalromances?Sci-fiadventurestories?Literaryfiction?Whatevertheirgenre(Gabaldoneventuallyprofferedtheterm"historicalfantasias"),theyeventuallyfoundtheiraudience,anditturnedouttobeastaggeringlyhugeone.
