《哈利波特》作者JK罗琳再出新作《临时空缺》_BEC初级作文

《哈利波特》作者JK罗琳再出新作《临时空缺》

JK Rowling's new novel arrives with the high drama and state secrecy of a royal birth. Its due date is announced in February, and in April the disclosure of its title, The Casual Vacancy, makes international news. The release of the cover image in July commands headlines again, and Fleet Street commissions a "design guru" to deconstruct its inscrutable aesthetic, in search of clues as to what might lie within. Waterstones predicts the novel will be "the bestselling fiction title this year". Literary critics begin to publish preliminary reviews, revealing what they think they will think about a book they have not yet even read.

JK罗琳的新小说带着有如皇室出生般的国家机密以及很高的戏剧性面世。其截稿日期在2月宣布，并于4月书名曝光。《临时空缺》成为了国际资讯，7月的封面再次把它作为头条资讯发布，舰队街（英国媒体）委托某“设计权威”去解构其高深莫测的艺术性，挖掘小说哪些地方有可能撒谎的线索。水石（英国连锁书店）预测该书将成为“今年最畅销的虚幻小说”。文学批评家开始发表初步评论，揭示他们将如何看待一本他们甚至还没读过的书的看法。

I am required to sign more legal documents than would typically be involved in buying a house before I am allowed to read The Casual Vacancy, under tight security in the London offices of Little, Brown. Even the publishers have been forbidden to read it, and they relinquish the manuscript gingerly, reverently, as though handling a priceless Ming vase. Afterwards, I am instructed never to disclose the address of Rowling's Edinburgh office where the interview will take place.