早在今年年初,羅琳女士曾透露將於今年出版與《哈利波特》無關的新書,日前終於有進一步的消息了:新作名為《The Casual Vacancy》,將於今年九月二十七日出版!新作以成人為讀者對象,全書大約480頁,將在全球同步發行英文的硬皮精裝版、電子書以及有聲書。由於與《哈利波特》的創作方向截然不同,因此也換了新的出版商Little, Brown Company。
劇情簡介:(翻譯得不好,下面附有英文原文給大家參考)
Barry Fairweather 突如其來的死亡,震驚了整個Pagford 小鎮。
Pagford 表面看來只是個典型的英國田園小鎮,鎮內有一個鋪滿鵝蛋石的小市集和一所古老的修道院,但在平靜假象掩蓋之下的,卻是一處充滿劇烈鬥爭之地。富與貧、青少年與家長、妻子與丈夫、老師與學生,無時無刻都在上演著一場又一場的戰爭………Pagford 並不如它最初看起來般普通。
而Barry 在教區行政議會中留下的空缺成了催化劑,引爆了小鎮有史以來最大的戰爭。這場選舉充滿了熱情、欺騙和被揭露的真相,最終誰會獲得勝利?
《The Casual Vacancy》是羅琳第一本以成人為讀者對象的小說,充滿黑色幽默、引人思考以及令人意外的劇情。
原文:
When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock.
Seemingly an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war.
Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils…Pagford is not what it first seems.
And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?
Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling’s first novel for adults.
另外,羅琳女士的官方網站進行了改版,煥然一新的設計令人眼前一亮。
http://www.jkrowling.com/
而網站裡的FAQ 部分也增加了新的問答,
羅琳女士確認了她已經開始了寫作哈利波特百科全書!
她表示,當中的一些內容將會加進Pottermore,百科全書是一項費時的工作,當她完成整本書後會把所有版稅捐給慈善機構。
原文:
What about the Harry Potter Encyclopaedia?
For a long time I have been promising an encyclopaedia of Harry’s world, and I have started work on this now – some of it forms the new content in Pottermore. It is likely to be a time-consuming job, but when finished I shall donate all royalties to charity.
仙境在二月時的相關報導:
J.K. 羅琳新書將至 插畫版波特將上市
支持羅琳女士,期待跟HP很不一樣的新作!😉
還有她終於著手百科全書了!(撒花花)