The Hunger Games #1 : The Hunger Games (Hardcover)

수잔 콜린스의 '헝거 게임 3부작'의 첫 번째 작품 . 은 독재체제하의 미래사회를 배경으로 식민지의 각 구역에서 뽑혀 온 스물 네 명의 소년소녀가 서로 죽고 죽인다는 충격적인 설정에, 로맨스나 신데렐라 스토리 등 인기 코드를 버무려 넣은 소설이다. 「뉴욕타임스」 베스트셀러 1위를 차지했으며, 현재 영화화 진행 중이다. 폐허가 된 북미 대륙에 독재국가 '판엠'이 건설된다. 판엠의 중심부에는 '캐피톨'이라는 이름의 수도가 있고, 모든 부가 이곳에 집중되어 있다. 주변 구역은 캐피톨에 대항해 반란을 일으키지만 결국 실패로 돌아가고 만다. 그로부터 시작된 판엠의 피비린내 나는 공포 정치를 상징하는 것이 바로 '헝거 게임'. 헝거 게임은 해마다 12개 구역에서 각기 두 명씩의 십대 소년 소녀를 추첨으로 뽑은 후, 한 명만 살아남을 때까지 서로 죽고 죽이게 하는 잔인한 유희다. 또 이 모든 과정은, 24시간 리얼리티 TV쇼로 생중계된다. 마침내 온갖 위험이 도사리고 있는 '경기장'에 던져지는 스물 네 명의 십대들. 오직 단 한 명의 생존자를 가려내기 위한 잔혹한 게임이 시작된다. In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games." The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When Kat's sister is chosen by lottery, Kat steps up to go in her place. Set in the cruel world in the Capital of the nation of Panem, the annual Hunger Games pits young children against one another in a battle to the death on national t.v., so when Katniss is ordered to represent her district, she knows an important decision between survival and the love of another will have to be made when she is called to enter the ring. 75,000 first printing.Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games." The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When Kat's sister is chosen by lottery, Kat steps up to go in her place. In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through a televised survival competition pitting young people against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don't live to see the morning?In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival