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Angels and Demons was published in 2000 by American writer dan brown as a mystery novel. This book is a prequel to another famous work by dan brown, The Da Vinci Code, and its main role, Professor robert langdon, made his debut here. The story of this novel involves the conflict between the Illuminati and the ancient Roman Catholic Church.
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Dan brown's novel 00 Angels and Demons is the third dan brown novel introduced by China before The Da Vinci Code. The first two parts are Da Vinci Code and Digital Castle, and then the secret symbols of deception and loss are introduced.
Dan brown's novels are famous for their wonderful suspense, and this novel is no exception. A story between characters with antimatter as the theme.
00 Angels and Demons is a work published by the famous American writer dan brown in 2000. This is one of the best-selling books in the world and a prequel to The Da Vinci Code. It describes the protagonist of The Da Vinci Code, Robelin Deng, a semiotics professor at Harvard University, who accidentally got involved in the Illuminati, an ancient and mysterious club of the Holy See. In the dispute between the Illuminati and the Vatican Catholic Church, there are a series of conflicts between science and religion behind it. Whether Langdon can rescue four mysteriously missing papal candidates is vital to the life and death of the Catholic Church, which has 654.38 billion followers, but he only has six hours to save this dying religion, because the Vatican is located on a time bomb. ...
00 book content twists and turns bizarre, plot compact suspense, people have to read him in one breath, its wonderful and content depth is "The Da Vinci Code", the ending is even more amazing, until the last moment, you will never know who the mastermind is.
The author's clear and restrained brushwork, rich and varied knowledge and gripping stories constitute a huge and complex system, which makes people linger for a long time. It is really a rare "in-depth novel". The traditional Chinese translation of this book was translated by You and published in 2006. Readers who like suspense in reasoning must not miss it.
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A devout believer in God, Leonardo Wittler, an outstanding scientist of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, devoted his life to proving the existence of God by scientific means. He and his adopted daughter Victoria, a mysterious and charming scientist, conducted highly confidential experiments in the laboratory and successfully created an extremely powerful energy-"antimatter".
Before this important discovery was announced, Leonardo was killed in the laboratory, one eye was gouged out by the murderer, and a mysterious mark-"Illuminati" was printed on his chest! What is even more shocking is that the antimatter hidden underground has disappeared. Robert langdon, a symbolist at Harvard University, was invited by the head of the European Organization for Nuclear Research to investigate this mysterious symbol. On the day of his arrival, the missing antimatter was found somewhere underground in Vatican City. The antimatter leaving the laboratory will explode after 24 hours due to lack of electricity. This day is the election day of the Catholic Pope. Catholic leaders from all over the world gathered in Vatican City. Anti-matter hidden underground is like a time bomb. If it is not discovered in time, the whole Vatican City will be destroyed in an instant.
00, Langdon and Victoria embarked on an adventure trip to the Vatican. ...
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Brief introduction of the author
Born in 1964, dan brown is the most famous best-selling author in America. His works, including The Da Vinci Code, are still at the top of the best-seller list in The New York Times and one of the best-selling novels of all time. In the first week of 2004, dan brown's four novels made the best-seller list in The New York Times at the same time. His novels have been translated into more than 40 languages and published all over the world.
Dan brown graduated from Amherst College and Philip Exeter College, and stayed in Philip Exeter College to teach English after graduation. From 65438 to 0996, his interest in password cracking and secret government organizations prompted him to write his first novel, Digital Castle, which quickly became the best-selling e-book in the United States. The novel is about the National Security Bureau, and it discusses the boundary between personal privacy and national security. Another novel by dan brown after this, The Scam (a pirated "trap" with the same publisher and main translator, which was first published to avoid the black market), also continued the theme of politics, national security and high technology.
Dan brown's father is a famous professor of mathematics, who won the Presidential Mathematics Award, and his mother is a religious musician. Such a family environment of conflict between science and religion later became the source of inspiration for his creation of Angels and Demons. This suspense thriller with the theme of the relationship between science and religion is written not only to a European nuclear physics research center in Switzerland, but also to the Vatican. His popular hero, Harvard semiotics expert robert langdon, will also appear in his next novel in Paris, London and Washington. ...
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Brief introduction of translator
Zhu Zhenwu, professor of foreign languages, postdoctoral fellow, mainly engaged in aesthetic research and novel translation of British and American novels. His works include On the Plane of Psychoaesthetics ―― On william peake's Novel Creation, and his main translated works include The Da Vinci Code, Digital Castle, Deciphering the Da Vinci Code, Deception, Lost Secret Symbol and so on.
00 Angels and Demons is a best-selling novel written by dan brown before The Da Vinci Code, which is second only to The Da Vinci Code and a cookbook in the national book sales list in 2004. Like The Da Vinci Code, the protagonist of the novel is robert langdon, a semiotics professor at Harvard University. Adhering to the author's consistent style, this book explores the serious themes behind the ups and downs, namely, the collision and integration of human nature and divinity, religion and science.
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In 2003, The Death Code by dan brown (1964-), the new darling of American book industry, reached the bestseller list as soon as it was published, creating a miracle in the book market. So far, nearly10 million copies have been sold in the United States alone, and the author is famous for it. The whirlwind of dan brown swept the world quickly, and it also set off an upsurge in China. The Chinese version of The Da Vinci Code, published by Shanghai People's Publishing House in 2004 1 month, achieved a sales success of 300,000 copies in just three months. Dan brown's first book, DigitalFortress, became the best-selling e-book in the United States immediately after its publication, and it was also grandly published by People's Literature Publishing House in September 2004, thus pushing the dan brown fever in Chinese mainland to a new height. These two intellectual mystery novels seem to have opened up a new era of novel creation. In the four novels, including The Deception Point, which are selling well at present, almost all the authors skillfully and without leaving any trace integrate the knowledge in different fields such as religion, science, history, art, semiotics and computer into their works. If The Da Vinci Code is a product of seamless combination of religion and suspense, art and thriller, and Digital Castle is a high-tech thriller in the information age, then his work AngelsandDemons, as a knowledge-based mystery novel, is also a best-seller in The New York Times, and has the same protagonist as The Da Vinci Code and the characteristics of these two novels.
00 Angels and Demons was inspired by the author's trip to the Vatican. When dan brown visited the underground passage of the Vatican, he learned that this secret tunnel was the hiding place of the early Catholic Pope when he was hiding from the enemy. Hundreds of years ago, the enemy that most frightened the Vatican was a secret organization called the Illuminati. This organization is made up of some scientists persecuted by religion, who vowed to take revenge on the Vatican. Today, many contemporary historians still believe in the existence of this organization and consider it one of the most powerful organizations in the world. It has penetrated into every corner of the world and is unknown ... Inspired by this, dan brown created this thriller mystery novel with the theme of the relationship between science and religion.
Leonardo Wittler, an outstanding scientist at CERN and a devout believer of God, devoted his life to proving the existence of God by scientific means. He and his adopted daughter Victoria, a mysterious and charming scientist, conducted highly confidential experiments in the laboratory and successfully created an "antimatter" with extremely powerful energy. Before this important discovery was announced, Leonardo was killed in the laboratory, one eye was gouged out by the murderer, and a mysterious mark "Illuminati" was printed on his chest. What is even more shocking is that the antimatter hidden underground has disappeared, and once these antimatter meet with matter, it will generate huge energy, which is enough to destroy a city. Robert Langdon, a semioticist at Harvard University, came to investigate this mysterious symbol at the invitation of the head of the European Nuclear Center. On the same day, the missing antimatter was found somewhere underground in Vatican City. The antimatter leaving the experimental center will explode by itself after 24 hours, which is the election day of the Catholic Pope. Catholic cardinals from all over the world gathered in Vatican City. Anti-matter hidden underground is like a time bomb. If it is not discovered in time, the whole Vatican City will be in ruins. There are still six hours left, and it is urgent for Langdon and Leonardo's daughter to embark on an adventure trip to the Vatican. In the process of searching for antimatter, they found that the legendary Illuminati, which died decades ago, is still active in the world, and many scientists in history are members of it. After decades of silence, the Illuminati even aimed at the Pope's election day to retaliate against Catholicism, while looking for hidden murderers and clues of the Illuminati in the works of Galileo and Milton! The two men fought bravely with the mysterious behind-the-scenes manipulator, and their footprints were all over the ancient abandoned churches, alleys, basements and gloomy catacombs. The mystery that shocked the world was also revealed with the deepening of the plot.
The debate between science and religion has become the theme of this novel. This debate has never stopped from the beginning. Hundreds of years ago, countless scientists were persecuted by the Holy See. Today, whether to teach Darwin's theory of evolution or publicize God's creationism is still a controversial issue in western universities. Where did human beings come from and where did the world originate? This has always been a problem that science and religion try to solve. Leonardo, a scientist in the novel, proved that matter comes from "nothing" by simulating BIGBANG, thus demonstrating God's creationism. In his view, God, Buddha and Jehovah all refer to the same thing, and science and religion explain the same truth. Everything is created by pure energy. When a reporter asked dan brown what he thought of the debate between science and religion, he said, "In many ways, I regard science and religion as the same thing. Both are people's doubts about divinity. The difference is that religion appeals to the question itself, while science focuses on seeking answers. " Dan brown believes that science and religion are just two languages that tell the same story. The novel expresses the concern about the loss of faith and the omnipotence of science. The scientific level of mankind is constantly improving, but the development of mind and morality is relatively lagging behind. When the imbalance between them reaches a certain level, the possible consequences are bound to be worrying. The author takes "Angels and Demons" as the title of the novel, which has profound and rich implications. "Lucifer" (Satan's name before the fall) is regarded by the Illuminati as a messenger of light, and only under the guidance of "angels" can we find the secret meeting place of the Illuminati. People persecuted by religion regard Catholicism as the devil, while fanatics think that science is the power to destroy mankind and the devil who opposes religion. Who is the angel and who is the devil? We don't seem to need to ask, because we know that angels and demons are sometimes only one step away. There is no conclusion as to which is right or wrong between science and religion, humanity and divinity, but dan brown just found the balance point between them in his novels, leaving readers more room for thinking.
Dan brown's Angels and Demons, like The Da Vinci Code and The Digital Castle, also broke the boundary between serious novels and popular novels to the greatest extent, borrowed a lot from the creative techniques of popular novels, and had the characteristics of many post-modern novels, integrating knowledge and interest, and truly achieved the aesthetic effect of appealing to both refined and popular tastes. In the narrative mode, dan brown does not abandon the traditional narrative mode, such as detective, science fiction and gothic novels, but does not stick to any one. He also applies the best-selling factors of popular novels, such as detective, horror, suspense, mystery and romance, to his works. Dan brown's works combine the advantages of various genres and break the shackles of traditional genres, thus gaining the greatest narrative freedom. The author's expression technique not only develops the novel creation in the post-modern and post-industrial period, but also gets rid of some chronic diseases of many post-modern novels, and novels seem to find a new direction and development space here.
Dan brown claimed from the beginning that the works of art, tombs, tunnels and buildings in Rome involved in the novel are all based on historical facts, and the Illuminati does exist, which is by no means groundless. He also quoted a large number of historical materials and characters in his novels, and integrated real people and things into the illusory space, creating an atmosphere that is both real and illusory, and it is difficult to distinguish between reality and reality, which embodies the post-modern novel style with strong romantic tendency. While experiencing the exciting, mysterious and sweet reading pleasure, the readers made a vivid and unique trip to Switzerland, Vatican and Rome with Langdon. At CERN, readers can hear descriptions of the latest scientific discoveries. Dan brown explained the profound knowledge of physics into a common saying, so that laymen can have a glimpse of its charm. The trip to the Vatican is even more thrilling. With Langdon's footsteps, readers can find the squares, streets and churches frequented by the protagonist in the book on the map, and they can also dabble in the little-known life of the Pope and church ceremonies. Dan brown, like an excellent and peculiar tour guide, does not take readers to the daily sightseeing spots, but boldly leads them to overstep the restricted area, where they are in danger and meet life everywhere. During the trip, dan brown also used his knowledge of semiotics, history, astronomy, religion and architecture for reference, so that readers with different tastes could find their own interests and concerns.
The word "fascinating" in the novel is far from expressing readers' reading feelings. The author not only attracts readers with a suspense that runs through the novel, but magically gives birth to one suspense after another with the development of the plot, throwing out one mystery after another, so that readers have to hold their breath and chase his changeable rhythm. Between a series of tense actions and scene descriptions, there are often reflections on philosophy and history, and concerns about the present and the past. Publishers Weekly once commented on this book: "Vatican conspiracy and high-tech art are intertwined, and the plot is tortuous and unexpected, which keeps readers highly excited until the end." Best-selling author Dale Brown said that Angels and Demons is a damn book. You can't put it down when you pick it up. I can't do anything until I finish reading it. "
00 Angels and Demons is like a play written, directed and acted by dan brown. The audience was absorbed in his seemingly unintentional movements and carefully designed props. When the performance ended and the screen fell, the novelist dan brown, as a director and actor, was satisfied.
00 Zhu Zhenwu
February, 2005 1 day, Shanghai Chengyi Jiayuan.
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00 thrilling real adventure.
After 00, it is exciting, thrilling and has an unusually high IQ. -The San Francisco Chronicle Angels and Demons is a damn book.
0 Charm, Suspense and Imagination —— Dale, the best-selling author of new york Times. Brown, an unforgettable reading experience.
00 Dan. Brown has created another confusing thriller, which can rival Clancy's and Kasler's best works. -"Brewer Book Review" thrilling cat-and-mouse competition 00
Mystery novels, legends, religion, science, murder, mysticism, architecture and fierce fighting. Angels and demons are great! The Cox Review is one of the best works I have ever read.
Angels and Demons is full of horror and mystery, and the gripping fighting runs through the whole story. A very entertaining and interesting thriller. Davina. Morgan-witz Corp.
00 "Angels and Demons" classic to 00.
A disturbing thriller. Angels and Demons is as compelling as the novels of Alberto Eco, as charming as the novels of tom clancy, as compact and thrilling as the novels of michael crichton, and comparable to the best thriller novels in Thomas Harris. Angels and demons made Dan. Brown ranks among these literary giants and has won a place. -Syndicate professional book reviewer Joe Mosseri.
00 a creepy cat-and-mouse contest, a life-and-death and gripping thriller, a bizarre event, a tortuous novel integrating religion, science, murder, reasoning and architecture. Angels and demons win the house! "-Cox Book Review
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Book information in 2009 edition
00 Title: Angels and Demons
00: dan brown.
00 Translator: Zhu Liyao Xin Yan
00 Press: People's Literature Publishing House
00 Publication date: February 2009
00ISBN: 978-7-02-0067 10-7
00 format: 890× 1240mm
00 words: 440,000 words
00 insert: 1
00 pricing: 32.00 yuan