A Monster Calls: Inspired by an Idea from Siobhan Dowd

Book Description

An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor.

At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn’t the monster Conor’s been expecting– he’s been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he’s had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It’s ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth. From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd– whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself– Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined.

中文：

书名：怪物呼唤：灵感来自西沃恩·多德的一个想法

这是一个关于一个男孩、他的重病母亲和一个意想不到的怪物访客的坚定、黑暗、有趣和感人的故事。

午夜过后7分钟，13岁的康纳醒来，发现卧室窗外有一只怪物。但这并不是康纳一直期待的怪物，他一直在期待噩梦中的怪物，自从他母亲开始治疗后，他几乎每晚都会做噩梦。他家后院的怪物就不一样了。它很古老。而且很狂野。它想从康纳那里得到一些东西。一些可怕和危险的事情。它想要真相。根据获奖作家西沃恩·多德的最终想法，帕特里克·内斯创作了一部令人难以忘怀的黑色滑稽小说，既有恶作剧，也有失落，还有怪物，既有真实的，也有想象中的。西沃恩·多德因癌症过早去世，无法亲自创作。