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內容簡介
This extraordinary, magical novel is the story of Clare and Henry who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself pulled suddenly into his past or future. His disappearances are spontaneous and his experiences are alternately harrowing and amusing. The Time Traveler's Wife depicts the effects of time travel on Henry and Clare's passionate love for each other with grace and humour. Their struggle to lead normal lives in the face of a force they can neither prevent nor control is intensely moving and entirely unforgetable.
相遇那年,她六歲,他三十六歲; 結婚那年,她二十三歲,他三十一歲; 離彆後再度重逢時,她八十二歲,他四十三歲…… 他把愛人一次又一次遠遠地拋在瞭後麵, 她卻用一生的時間等待愛人迴到身邊 是什麼過濾著這個時代依然還在的愛情? 是什麼推動著人們在復雜交錯中的命運中勇敢地探索? 又是什麼終於讓時間在愛麵前也變得微不足道? 這是一麯高昂的愛的頌歌,是一程常人不可思議的浪漫之旅。 這像是一本科幻小說,卻洋溢著濃濃的詩意。 這像是一本愛情小說,卻飽含瞭信念與時空的哲理。 相遇那年,她六歲,他三十六歲;結婚那年,她二十三歲,他三十一歲;離彆後再度重逢時,她八十二歲,他四十三歲……
作者簡介
Audrey Niffenegger is an exceptionally creative writer and visual artist who has achieved enormous success in both worlds. Her debut novel, The Time Traveler's Wife, has sold nearly five million copies worldwide and has been translated into thirty-three languages to date. A Richard & Judy book club choice in the UK, it has been a huge bestseller all round the world. In the Daily Telegraph's readers' poll of the 'Top 50 Books of All Time' it appeared at no. 11. Niffenegger is also the author of two 'novels-in-pictures', The Three Incestuous Sisters (2005) and The Adventuress (2006), both published by Jonathan Cape. Her graphic novel The Night Bookmobile was recently serialized in the Guardian and will be published soon on the Cape Graphic list. A Chicago native, Niffenegger received her MFA in Printmaking and Drawing from Northwestern University. Her art has been widely exhibited in the United States and is in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress and Harvard University's Houghton Library.
奧德麗·尼芬格(Audrey Niffenegger),視覺藝術傢,也是芝加哥哥倫比亞學院書籍與紙藝中心的教授,她負責教導寫作、凸版印刷以及精美版書籍的製作。曾在芝加哥印花社畫廊展齣個人藝術作品。《時間旅行者的妻子》是她的第一本小說。目前她居住在芝加哥。
精彩書評
“This clever and inventive tale works on three levels: as an intriguing science fiction concept, a realistic character study and a touching love story. Henry De Tamble is a Chicago librarian with 'Chrono Displacement' disorder; at random times, he suddenly disappears without warning and finds himself in the past or future, usually at a time or place of importance in his life. This leads to some wonderful paradoxes. From his point of view, he first met his wife, Clare, when he was 28 and she was 20. She ran up to him exclaiming that she'd known him all her life. He, however, had never seen her before. But when he reaches his 40s, already married to Clare, he suddenly finds himself time travelling to Clare's childhood and meeting her as a 6-year-old. The book alternates between Henry and Clare's points of view, and so does the narration. Reed ably expresses the longing of the one always left behind, the frustrations of their unusual lifestyle, and above all, her overriding love for Henry. Likewise, Burns evokes the fear of a man who never knows where or when he'll turn up, and his gratitude at having Clare, whose love is his anchor. The expressive, evocative performances of both actors convey the protagonists' intense relationship, their personal quirks and their reminiscences, making this a fascinating audio.”
——Publishers Weekly
“On the surface, Henry and Clare Detamble are a normal couple living in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. Henry works at the Newberry Library and Clare creates abstract paper art, but the cruel reality is that Henry is a prisoner of time. It sweeps him back and forth at its leisure, from the present to the past, with no regard for where he is or what he is doing. It drops him naked and vulnerable into another decade, wearing an age-appropriate face. In fact, it's not unusual for Henry to run into the other Henry and help him out of a jam. Sound unusual? Imagine Clare Detamble's astonishment at seeing Henry dropped stark naked into her parents' meadow when she was only six. Though, of course, until she came of age, Henry was always the perfect gentleman and gave young Clare nothing but his friendship as he dropped in and out of her life. It's no wonder that the film rights to this hip and urban love story have been acquired.”
——Booklist
“不可思議的愛情,不可思議的小說。”
——畢飛宇
“帶著這本書上路,記住中心思想:時間和愛情相比,後者纔是終極真諦,這樣,你纔有資格在這個時代發誓:永生永世。”
——毛尖
“神奇和感動,這兩種體驗融閤在一起,會産生一種奇妙的化學反應,讓人心神搖曳。《時間旅行者的妻子》,就能讓人有這樣的感覺。”
——潔塵
“奧德麗˙尼芬格和馬爾剋斯一樣,他們試圖告訴我們,在如此崇高的愛情裏,沒有悲劇可言,也永遠不會被任何限製所睏。”
——《華盛頓郵報》
“一首愛戰勝瞭時間的高昂頌歌。”
——《芝加哥論壇報》
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