The Tombs of Atuan

　　「阿兒哈」，意為「被食者」。世世轉生、繼承「阿兒哈」之名的第一女祭司，自五歲起便在孤絕的神廟中受訓，終日只能與女祭司、侍女、閹人與奴隸為伴。嚴苛的規訓逐漸磨損了阿兒哈的心智，直到她獲准進入唯一屬於她的幽暗國度──大迷宮。這是充滿禁忌的神域之地，作為懲處重大罪犯的恐怖刑罰，更是亙古的黑暗力量盤踞所在。然而，受黑暗保護、也受黑暗禁錮的阿兒哈，竟在這裡見到一絲絲亮光……來自內環群島的法師所追尋的冒險傳說，與阿兒哈的命運有何關連？在巨大的黑暗與微小的自我間，她將何去何從？



　　《地海古墓》從少女成長的迷惘追尋中，道出傳統社會與女性群體如何世代囚錮著每個新生女性的自我意志。孤立的神廟、純女性的祭司群，以及地底陵墓與迷宮，《地海古墓》中的歷史、傳說、事件及人物設定，無不象徵著女性成長過程中的各種意涵，既發人深省又令人動容。



　　．1969年波士頓全球號角書獎‧1979年路易斯．卡洛書架獎．1971年紐伯瑞銀帶獎．1972年美國國家書卷獎童書獎．1990年星雲小說獎．2002年軌跡獎最佳選集與最佳中篇小說．世界奇幻獎



媒體推薦



　　娥蘇拉．勒瑰恩是我最喜歡的女作家之一。──村上春樹



　　想像力豐富，風格上乘，超越托爾金，更遠勝多麗絲．萊辛。勒瑰恩在當代奇幻與科幻文學界中，實已樹立無人可及的範例。──哈洛．卜倫



　　娥蘇拉．勒瑰恩在這部優異的三部曲中創造了龍與魔法的「地海世界」，已然取代托爾金的「中土」，成為異世界冒險的最佳場所。──倫敦週日時報



　　一如所有偉大的小說家，娥蘇拉．勒瑰恩創造的幻想世界重建了我們自身，是放了心靈。──波士頓全球報



　　她的人物複雜，令人難忘；文筆以堅韌優雅著稱。──時代雜誌



　　美國圖書館協會推薦好書、美國亞馬遜網路書店2000年奇幻文學必讀榜首



　　---中文簡介擷取自中譯本《地海古墓》，木馬文化出版

The second novel in the renowned Earthsea series from Ursula K. LeGuin

When young Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken away -- home, family, possessions, even her name. For she is now Arha, the Eaten One, guardian of the ominous Tombs of Atuan. While she is learning her way through the dark labyrinth, a young wizard, Ged, comes to steal the Tombs' greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. But Ged also brings with him the light of magic, and together, he and Tenar escape from the darkness that has become her domain.

With millions of copies sold, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere. Complex, innovative, and deeply moral, this quintessential fantasy sequence has been compared with the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and has helped make Le Guin one of the most distinguished fantasy and science fiction writers of all time.

作者簡介

娥蘇拉．勒瑰恩（Ursula K. Le Guin）

　　美國重要奇幻科幻、女性主義文學作家，1929年生。父親Alfred Kroeber是人類學家，母親Theodora Kroeber是心理學家暨作家，出身書香世家的她，從小便受到多元文化觀的洗禮。著有長篇小說20餘部、短篇小說集10本、詩集7本、評論集4本、童書10餘本；並編纂文選與從事翻譯，包括將老子《道德經》譯成英文。曾獲美國國家書卷獎、號角書獎、紐伯瑞獎、世界奇幻獎、軌跡獎、星雲獎、雨果獎、小詹姆斯．提普翠獎、卡夫卡獎、普須卡獎……等，以及SFWA大師、洛杉磯時報Robert Kirsch終生成就獎等榮譽。

　　她的奇幻成長小說系列「地海六部曲」與「魔戒」、「納尼亞傳說」並列奇幻經典，科幻小說《黑暗的左手》、《一無所有》等也是科幻迷心目中永遠的經典。小說探討的議題，從自我成長與認同，到社會制度探討與性別問題，都鞭辟入裡，在優美恬澹的敘事風格中予人寬廣深沈的省思空間。西洋文學評論家哈洛．卜倫將她列為美國經典作家之列，日本作家村上春樹也是她的書迷。

　　---作者中文簡介擷取自中譯本《地海古墓》，木馬文化出版

Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was the celebrated author of twenty-three novels, twelve volumes of short stories, eleven volumes of poetry, thirteen children’s books, five essay collections, and four works of translation. Her acclaimed books received the Hugo, Nebula, Endeavor, Locus, Tiptree, Sturgeon, PEN-Malamud, and National Book Awards, a Newbery Honor, and the Pushcart and Janet Heidinger Kafka Prizes, among others. In 2014, she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2016 joined the short list of authors to be published in their lifetimes by the Library of America. Le Guin was also the recipient of the Association for Library Service to Children’s May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award and the Margaret Edwards Award. She received lifetime achievement awards from World Fantasy Awards, Los Angeles Times, Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, and Willamette Writers, as well as the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Award and the Library of Congress Living Legends Award. Her website is UrsulaKLeGuin.com.