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【換版】◎ 《少年Pi的奇幻漂流》作者最新力作!
三段故事、三顆破碎的心、跨越三個時代,追尋人生的意義。延續《少年Pi的奇幻漂流》的魔幻寫實風格與豐富想像,Yann Martel在新作中,帶領讀者回到二十世紀的葡萄牙。
在1904年的里斯本,名為Tomás的年輕男子發現一本古老的日誌。日誌裡的內容暗示,若他能找到一件重要古物,便能重新定義歷史。於是,他踏上一趟公路之旅,駕駛著歐洲早期的老式汽車,出發尋找這件寶物。
三十五年後,一位葡萄牙病理學家,著迷於作家克莉絲蒂推理小說中的謀殺謎團,卻發現自己也深陷於一樁謀殺謎團的中心,更莫名被捲入三十五年前Tomás追尋寶物的後果中。
又過了五十年,一位加拿大參議員,到葡萄牙北部的古老村莊尋求心靈慰藉,哀悼過世的妻子,卻意外與一隻黑猩猩成為好朋友。三段故事的碎片就此奇蹟似地產生連結,而這樁長達一世紀的尋求,也將會在此畫下令人意想不到的句點。
《The High Mountains of Portugal》作為一部當代寓言,探索愛與失落的真諦。充滿柔情、幽默感與驚喜,它帶領讀者經歷的,不僅是上世紀的葡萄牙公路之旅,更是探索人類靈魂的旅程。
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Lost in Portugal. Lost to grief. With nothing but a chimpanzee.
The extraordinary new novel from the author of Life of Pi.
In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomás discovers an old journal. It hints at the location of an extraordinary artefact that - if it exists - would redefine history. Travelling in one of Europe's earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this treasure. Some thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist finds himself at the centre of a murder mystery.
Fifty years on, a Canadian senator takes refuge in northern Portugal, grieving the loss of his beloved wife. But he comes to his ancestral village with an unusual companion: a chimpanzee.
The High Mountains of Portugal takes the reader on a road trip through Portugal in the last century - and through the human soul.