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艾笛的永生契約

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內容簡介 當人生無限漫長精采，卻不能在世界上留下痕跡，當你享有永恆的自由，卻無法進入任何人的記憶，你，該如何證明自己存在過？✴橫跨主流文學Ｘ奇幻小說Ｘ催淚療癒的暢銷奇蹟：《紐約時報》暢銷書排行榜連續在榜43週全美年度銷售量突破1,000,000冊✴社群口碑點燃共讀熱潮：#BookTok推書短片累計89,800,000次觀看Goodreads年度讀者票選獎決選入圍、五星評價超過270,000則✴當代奇幻大師傾心盛讚：「由不可思議的概念構想勾起的美妙遐思。」──尼爾‧蓋曼「一段萬花筒般令人目眩神迷的冒險，橫跨許多個充滿愛、失落、藝術與戰爭的世紀」──娜歐蜜‧諾維克✴稱霸各大通路暨書評媒體選書名單：亞馬遜網路書店年度20大推薦書、美國獨立書商協會選書、邦諾書店選書每月一書俱樂部年度好書決選入圍《出版人週刊》、《柯克斯書評》、《書單》、《圖書館期刊》星號佳評歐普拉雜誌、芝加哥論壇報、娛樂週刊、美國國家廣播電台、CNN、Medium、Bustle、PopSugar、BuzzFeed、io9、Literary Hub、Book Riot推薦選書✴故事簡介✴「我把妳想要的東西給了妳：時間，永無止盡的時間，沒有限制的人生。沒有比這更加自由的事了，妳可以自由自在，永遠獨行於這個世界。」十八世紀的法國女孩艾笛‧拉胡充滿好奇心與冒險精神，守舊落後的小鎮鄰人和親生父母卻只知逼迫她結婚生子、庸碌一生。她在心裡悄悄祈求自由，但回應她禱告的卻不是上帝或聖母，而是名為路克的古老黑暗之神，要她以靈魂為交易條件，簽下一份宛若美夢成真的契約：她可以脫離家鄉束縛、獨立生活而不受傷病侵襲，甚至能長生不老，擁有無限的自由和時間去探索世界。然而，魔鬼的交易總是暗藏玄機，這份契約要艾笛付出的真正代價，是陷入永遠的孤寂。她固然不再受到約束與管控，不受制於任何人對她的企圖或期待，但她與周遭世界的每一絲連繫都被斬斷，更終將被每一個人忘記──不但家人和朋友再也不認得她，新認識的人也會在她離開眼前之後完全遺忘她的存在。艾笛如同幽魂一般在人世間流浪，儘管路克認為無盡的寂寞會驅使她自願結束已經形同折磨的永生，但她依然頑強地堅持了三百年的歲月，經歷戰爭與革命、橫跨海洋與大陸，不斷嘗試突破契約的限制，想在世界上留下些許足跡、想被人記住，卻始終無法真正得償所願。到了二○一四年的紐約，艾笛走進一家書店，店員亨利發現她順手摸走一本希臘文版的《奧德賽》，但一時心軟把書送給了她。隔天艾笛回到店裡，理應忘記她曾經來過的亨利，竟對她說出了她漫長生涯中朝思暮想的四個字：「我記得妳。」難道是契約裡終究存在著漏洞？或者，也許亨利就是命定的詛咒破解者？艾笛想不出答案，只沉浸在終於被人記得的感動之中。三百歲的她和三十歲的他，開始了一場不可能的愛戀。艾笛原本註定被遺忘的漫長人生，從此開始化為他們兩人刻骨銘心的故事。但為什麼唯有亨利能夠保有對她的記憶？想和亨利坦白一切的艾笛，會得到他怎麼樣的回應？仍在等待將艾笛徹底推入永恆黑暗的路克，又將如何出手干預……？本中文書介出自《艾笛的永生契約》臉譜出版社出版 "For someone damned to be forgettable, Addie LaRue is a most delightfully unforgettable character, and her story is the most joyous evocation of unlikely immortality. "- Neil GaimanA Sunday Times-bestselling, award-nominated genre-defying tour-de-force of Faustian bargains, for fans of The Time Traveler's Wife and Life After Life, and The Sudden Appearance of Hope.When Addie La Rue makes a pact with the devil, she trades her soul for immortality. But there's always a price - the devil takes away her place in the world, cursing her to be forgotten by everyone.Addie flees her tiny home town in 18th-Century France, beginning a journey that takes her across the world, learning to live a life where no one remembers her and everything she owns is lost and broken. Existing only as a muse for artists throughout history, she learns to fall in love anew every single day.Her only companion on this journey is her dark devil with hypnotic green eyes, who visits her each year on the anniversary of their deal. Alone in the world, Addie has no choice but to confront him, to understand him, maybe to beat him.Until one day, in a second hand bookshop in Manhattan, Addie meets someone who remembers her. Suddenly thrust back into a real, normal life, Addie realises she can't escape her fate forever."

作者介紹

作者介紹 V.E. SchwabV.E. Schwab is the No.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Vicious, The Near Witch and the Shades of Magic series, which was described as ""a classic work of fantasy"" by Deborah Harkness. It was one of Waterstones’ Best Fantasy Books of 2015, The Guardian's Best Science Fiction novels, and a Telegraph choice. The Independent has called her ""The natural successor to Diana Wynne Jones."" She lives between Nashville, France and Edinburgh.

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