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The Sirens

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內容簡介 《Weyward》作者Emilia Hart第二本小說。以希臘神話中海妖Sirens為核心隱喻，在澳洲形成國家初期的黑暗歷史脈絡中，描繪關於女性的堅韌和跨越時空的姐妹情誼的驚心動魄的故事，關於夢想的力量以及大海的神秘和魔力。致敬澳洲原住民，以及被一艘又一艘死囚船載往澳洲的英國人。2019年：露西從夢中醒來，發現她的手掐在前情人的喉嚨上。她驚恐萬分，逃到澳洲海岸的姊姊家，希望能夠幫助她解釋攻擊前那場奇怪而逼真的惡夢——但潔絲卻不見蹤影。當露西等待她回來時，與潔絲居住小鎮有關的謠言開始浮出水面：幾十年來無數人在海上失蹤；人們在一個山洞裡發現了一個小嬰兒；水手們也說聽到海浪中傳來女人的聲音。露西迫切想要找到答案，她找到了姊姊青春時期寫的日記。1999 年：潔絲是澳洲中部一個鄉村小鎮孤獨的十六歲少女。她被診斷出患有罕見的水過敏症，她總是覺得自己不太一樣，直到年輕迷人的美術老師被她的畫吸引，進而看出她的作品與身上那股獨特的成熟與力量。1800 年：雙胞胎姊妹瑪麗和伊麗莎被迫與愛爾蘭慈愛的父親分離，並被帶上開往澳洲的囚犯船。她們一輩子都害怕大海，因為當她們還是孩子的時候，她們的母親就不幸溺水身亡了。然而，隨著船載著她們離她們所熟悉的一切越來越遠，她們開始注意到她們身體上無法解釋的變化，她們感覺到大海開始召喚她們...... A spellbinding novel about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea, from the author of the runaway New York Times bestseller Weyward2019: Lucy awakens from a dream to find her hands around her ex-lover’s throat. Horrified, she flees to her older sister’s house on the Australian coast, hoping she can help explain the strangely vivid nightmare that preceded the attack―but Jess is nowhere to be found.As Lucy awaits her return, the rumors surrounding Jess’s strange small town start to emerge. Numerous men have gone missing at sea, spread over decades. A tiny baby was found hidden in a cave. And sailors tell of hearing women’s voices on the waves. Desperate for answers, Lucy finds and begins to read her sister’s adolescent diary.1999: Jess is a lonely sixteen-year-old in a rural town in the middle of the continent. Diagnosed with a rare allergy to water, she has always felt different, until her young, charming art teacher takes an interest in her drawings, seeing a power and maturity in them―and in her―that no one else has.1800: Twin sisters Mary and Eliza have been torn from their loving father in Ireland and forced onto a convict ship bound for Australia. For their entire lives, they’ve feared the ocean, as their mother tragically drowned when they were just girls. Yet as the boat bears them further and further from all they know, they begin to notice changes in their bodies that they can’t explain, and they feel the sea beginning to call to them…A breathtaking tale of female resilience and the bonds of sisterhood across time and space, The Sirens captures the power of dreams, and the mystery and magic of the sea.

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各界推薦 "Entertaining. Hart (Weyward) delivers a high-voltage tale of family secrets, fantastical occurrences, and Australian history." ―Publishers Weekly"The Sirens entices us with the combination of mesmerising beauty mixed with mortal danger. Hart skillfully entwines mystical aspects into what could be construed as part-fairytale, but its multiple timeframes and historical settings are firmly grounded." ―Historical Novel Society"Hart’s second novel (after Weyward) weaves a lyrical story, intricately blending family dynamics with the magic of folklore. For fans of family relationship stories with elements of magical realism, such as the novels of Sarah Addison Allen." ―Library Journal

作者介紹

作者介紹 Emilia HartEmilia Hart is the author of Weyward and The Sirens. She grew up in Australia and studied English Literature at university before training as a lawyer. She now lives in London.

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最佳賣點 : 跨越兩百年時空的姊妹情深，在澳洲開發初期的黑暗歷史與海洋深邃魔力中展開

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