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1、StephenR.DonaldsonItoJenniferDunstantheprincessofmyheartAcknowledgmentsMyparticularthankstoJohnEccker,whowent"aboveandbeyondthecall"afterthefirstdraftandneverlookedback.TheChroniclesofThomasCovenanttheUnbelieverAsayoungman-anovelist,happilymarried,withaninfantson,Roger--ThomasCovenantisinexpli
2、cablystrickenwithleprosy.Afterthelasttwofingersofhisrighthandareamputated,medicationsarresttheprogressofCovenant'saffliction,butheistaughtthathisonlyhopeofsurvivalliesinprotectinghimselfobsessivelyfromanyformofinjury.Heisdevastatedwhenhiswife,Joan,abandonsanddivorceshiminordertoprotecttheirson
3、fromexposure.Otherblowstohisemotionalstabilityfollow.Fearingthemysteriousnatureofhisillness,thepeoplearoundhimcasthiminthetraditionalroleoftheleper:apariah,outcastandunclean.Inaddition,hediscoversthathehasbecomeimpotent-andunabletowrite.Grimlyhestrugglestogoonliving;butasthepressureofhisloneli
4、nessmounts,hebeginstoexperienceprolongedepisodesofunconsciousness,duringwhichheappearstohaveadventuresinamagicalrealmknownonlyastheLand.IntheLand,physicalandemotionalhealtharetangibleforces,madepalpablebyaneldritchenergycalledEarthpower.Becausevitalityandbeautyareconcretequalities,asplaintothe
5、sensesassizeandcolor,thewell-beingofthephysicalworldhasbecometheguidingpreceptoftheLand'speople.WhenCovenantfirstencountersthem,inLordFoul'sBane,theygreethimasthereincarnationofanancienthero,BerekHalfhand,inpartbecausehehaslosttwofingers,andinpartbecausehepossessesawhitegoldring-hisweddingband
6、-whichtheyknowtobeatalismanofgreatpower,abletowield"thewildmagicthatdestroyspeace."ShortlyafterhefirstappearsintheLand,Covenant'sleprosyandimpotencedisappear,curedbyEarthpower;andthis,heknows,isimpossible.Andthemereideathathepossessessomeformofmagicalpowerthreatenshisabilitytosustainthestubbor
7、ndisciplinesonwhichhissurvivaldepends.ThereforehechoosestointerprethistranslationtotheLandasadreamorhallucination.HerespondstohiswelcomeandhealthwithUnbelief:theharsh,doggedassertionthattheLandisnotreal.BecauseofhisUnbelief,hisinitialre
