作者：N.K.Jemisin
出版社：Orbit
出版年：2015-8-4
页数：512
定价：USD15.99
装帧：Paperback
丛书：TheBrokenEarthSeries
ISBN：9780316229296
内容简介
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Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman living an ordinary life in a small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Meanwhile, mighty Sanze — the world-spanning empire whose innovations have been civilization's bedrock for a thousand years — collapses as most of its citizens are murdered to serve a madman's vengeance. And worst of all, across the heart of the vast continent known as the Stillness, a great red rift has been torn into the heart of the earth, spewing ash enough to darken the sky for years. Or centuries.
Now Essun must pursue the wreckage of her family through a deadly, dying land. Without sunlight, clean water, or arable land, and with limited stockpiles of supplies, there will be war all across the Stillness: a battle royale of nations not for power or territory, but simply for the basic resources necessary to get through the long dark night. Essun does not care if the world falls apart around her. She'll break it herself, if she must, to save her daughter.
作者简介
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N. K. Jemisin lives and works in New York City.
评论 ······
可能因为故事架构的原因，开始读的有点困难，总是觉得剧情接不上。但是一旦到了后面就豁然开朗了的感觉，是需要有点耐心的小说。故事背景和走向和（我们的）现实之间的映射挺强的，但是又没有因为”寓言性质”过于明显而很无聊。
是读过最网文味的lit reading了
主角们拥有能够引发或者消解地震的能力，读完前几章会感觉是个类似 X-MEN 的「少数群体」故事。好在这感觉没持续太久，主线以 POV 的形式迅速展开又收拢，最后稳稳抛出一个 hook，举重若轻地告诉读者，「你看，这是关于他们，也是关于我们的，奴役与自由的故事。」
在路上看的，叙述方式有点故弄玄虚，因为并没有增加作品的文学性。可是结尾那么大坑，好像不追下去又不甘心。
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