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imagination and move you to the very depths of your soul.
尼尔·盖曼短篇小说集，将萦绕你的想象，并感动你的灵魂深处。
内容简介
在《烟与镜》——这部盖曼平生首部短篇作品集中，他凭借卓绝的想象力以及非凡的描摹力，将平凡俗世瞬间点化为诡谲奇境。《我们可以给你批发价》，男人因为贪图批发价之蝇头小利，却无意启动了毁灭世界的暗语；而等到梦境绝断，人苏醒之后，《扫梦人》正在白日阔步穿行。

阅读《烟与镜》，犹如跟随作者步入一个全新的现实——它或为烟雾笼罩，同时却又触手可及——因为作者十足是一位戏法大师，信手便能为你构筑一座令人欲罢不能的文学世界：打开尘封的感官，感受怦然心动的一刻，梦想也从此游弋。

Open your mind to one of the brightest, most brilliant writers of our generation...
向我们这一代聪明、杰出的作家之一敞开心扉。。。
'Gaiman is god in the universe of story' - Stephen Fry
“盖曼是故事宇宙中的上帝”——斯蒂芬·弗雷
'There's no one quite like Neil Gaiman' - George R. R. Martin
“没有人能像尼尔·盖曼一样。”——乔治·r·r·马丁
An elderly widow finds the Holy Grail beneath an old fur coat. A stray cat fights and refights a terrible nightly battle to protect his unwary adoptive family from unimaginable evil. A young couple receives a wedding gift that reveals a chilling alternative history of their marriage...
一位年老的寡妇在一件旧皮衣下发现了圣杯。一只流浪猫为了保护他粗心大意的领养之家免受难以想象的邪恶之害，每晚都在与一只可怕的猫搏斗。一对年轻夫妇收到了一份结婚礼物，这份礼物揭示了他们婚姻的另一段令人毛骨悚然的历史。。。
These tales and much more await in this extraordinary book, revealing one of our most gifted storytellers at the height of his powers.
这些故事和更多的等待在这本非凡的书中，展示出了故事天才的能力之巅。

媒体评论
'A very fine and imaginative writer' ― The Sunday Times
《星期日泰晤士报》:“一位非常优异且富有想象力的作家。

Biographical Note:
作者简介
Neil Gaiman is the N0.1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling writer of books, graphic novels, short stories, film and television for all ages, and is known for creating extraordinary worlds beyond imagination. He has been awarded numerous literary honours and many of his books have been made into films and adapted for TV and radio. In recent years, Neil wrote and was the showrunner for a critically acclaimed television adaptation of Good Omens, the seminal novel he co-authored with the late Sir Terry Pratchett.
尼尔·盖曼是《星期日泰晤士报》和《纽约时报》畅销书籍、漫画小说、短篇小说、电影和电视的作家，并以创造超凡想象的世界而知名。他获得了许多文学荣誉，他的许多书被拍成电影，并被改编成电视和广播节目。近年来，尼尔创作了一部广受好评的电视剧，改编自他与已故的特里·普拉切特爵士合著的开创性小说《好兆头》(Good兆头)，并担任制片人。他还创作了两集《神秘博士》
In 2017, Neil became a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. He received a Doctor of Letters from the University of St Andrews, is a Professor in the Arts at Bard College and is a Royal Society of Literature fellow. Born in the UK, Neil now mostly lives in America, and travels all around the world every year appearing at festivals, events and conventions.
2017年，尼尔成为联合国难民署亲善大使。他获得了圣安德鲁斯大学的文学博士学位，是巴德学院的艺术教授，也是英国文学学会的会员。出生在英国的尼尔现在大部分生活在美国，每年在世界各地参加节日、活动和会议。