A Princess of Mars

作者 Edgar Rice Burroughs著
出版社 Library of America
出版时间 2012年4月
ISBN 9781598531657
定价 218.70

内容简介

Inthespringof1866,JohnCarter,aformerConfederatecaptainprospectingforgoldintheArizonahills,slipsintoacaveandisovercomebymysteriousvapors.Heawakestofindhimselfnaked,alone,andforty-eightmillionmilesfromEarth—acastawayonthedyingplanetMars.TakenprisonerbytheTharks,afiercenomadictribeofsixlimbed,olive-greengiants,hewinsrespectasacunningandablewarrior,whobygraceofMars’sweakgravitypossessestheagilityofasuperman.Healsowinstheheartoffellow-prisonerDejahThoris,thealluring,red-skinnedPrincessofHelium,whosepeopleheswearstodefendagainsttheirgraspingandancientenemy,thecity-stateofZodanga.?JohnCarterfirstappearedin1912inthepagesofTheAll-Storymagazineandimmediatelyenteredthedream-lifeofAmericanreadersyoungandold.HewasEdgarRiceBurroughs’sfavoriteamonghismanycreationsandremainsafavoriteofloversofsciencefictionandfantasyeverywhere.OntheoccasionofJohnCarter’scentenary,TheLibraryofAmericainvitesreaderstorediscoverAPrincessofMars,theadventure-pulpclassicthatgavetheworlditsfirstgreatinterplanetaryromance.ThestoryofaVirginiagentlemanwho,duringtheCivilWar,issuddenlydrawntoMarsbyastralprojection,torescuethePrincessofThelium.

作者简介

JunotDíaz’sfictionhasappearedinTheNewYorker,TheParisReview,andTheBestAmericanShortStories.Hishighly-anticipatedfirstnovel,TheBriefWondrousLifeofOscarWao,wasgreetedwithrapturousreviews,includingMichikoKakutaniinTheNewYorkTimescallingit“abookthatdecisivelyestablisheshimasoneofcontemporaryfiction'smostdistinctiveandirresistiblenewvoices.”Hisdebutstorycollection,Drown,publishedelevenyearspriortoOscarWao,wasalsometwithunprecedentedacclaim;itbecameanationalbestseller,wonnumerousawards,andhassincegrownintoalandmarkofcontemporaryliterature.BornintheDominicanRepublicandraisedinNewJersey,DíazlivesinNewYorkCityandisaprofessorofcreativewritingatMIT.