畅销书似乎普遍难以得到文学评委们的垂青,但英国女作家希拉里·曼特尔却是个例外。她的长篇历史小说《狼厅》,在摘取2009年布克奖之前,就已荣登英国图书畅销榜数月。在这部长达650页的小说中,作者以英国政治家克伦威尔的视角,引人入胜地讲述了亨利八世统治下的都铎王朝的故事。 Best-sellers seem to be generally difficult to get the attention of literary judges, but the British woman Hillary Mantle is an exception. Her long historical novel “Wolf Hall” won the best-selling list of British books for months before the 2009 Booker Award was taken. In this 650-page novel, the author captures the fascinating story of the Tudor dynasty under the reign of Henry VIII from the perspective of British statesman Cromwell.