Wicked Collector's Edition: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

《邪惡》（Wicked）是全球暢銷數百萬冊的經典小說，亦為由辛西婭·艾利沃 (Cynthia Erivo) 和亞莉安娜·格蘭德 (Ariana Grande) 主演的轟動電影之原著。此豪華精裝版特別收錄綠色染邊、絲帶書籤及精美燙金封面設計。

格萊葛利．馬奎爾 (Gregory Maguire) 的《邪惡》在全球發行量已達數百萬冊，被譽為一部跨時代的評論作品，值得一再品讀。這部小說以 L. Frank Baum 1900 年經典作品《綠野仙蹤》為靈感，巧妙地顛覆我們對 1939 年 MGM 電影的集體記憶，重塑了奧茲國的面貌。馬奎爾以奔放的想像力，賦予了這個鮮為人知的世界全新的生命，使小說既節奏明快，又充滿奇幻現實感，帶來無與倫比的閱讀樂趣。

故事發生在桃樂絲與小狗墜落奧茲國之前。另一位女孩——艾芙芭 (Elphaba)——誕生於此，並擁有祖母綠般的皮膚。在貧窮而冷酷的奧茲國，迷信與魔法無法解釋或抵禦洪水與飢荒，這樣的外貌成為她沉重的負擔。然而，艾芙芭聰穎過人，當她進入希茲大學時，成為奧茲國最有潛力的青年菁英之一。

然而，艾芙芭的奧茲國並非烏托邦：巫師的秘密警察無處不在，擁有聲音與思想的動物 (Animals) 面臨驅逐的威脅。年輕的艾芙芭，綠皮膚、叛逆且被誤解，決心保護動物，即使這意味著要對抗神秘的巫師，甚至犧牲唯一的愛情機會。隨著罪惡與悲傷讓她逐漸成熟，她學會坦然面對「女巫」這一世界加諸於她的稱號，甚至迎接那位來自堪薩斯的年輕女孩。

自首次出版以來，這部打破傳統的傑作已成為經典，並啟發了同名百老匯音樂劇——這部音樂劇至今仍是百老匯歷史上演出時間最長的劇目之一，名副其實地「風靡全球」。雖然這部小說在某種程度上與魔幻現實主義、神話奇幻及十九世紀道德史詩有淵源，但馬奎爾的《邪惡》依然獨樹一幟，正如他筆下那位綠皮膚的女巫一樣獨特非凡。

The beloved multimillion-copy-bestselling novel and basis of the smash hit movie starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, in a deluxe hardback edition with green stained edges, a ribbon marker, and an elegant foil-stamped cover.

With millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire’s Wicked is established not only as a commentary on our time but as a novel to revisit for years to come. Wicked relishes the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, while playing sleight of hand with our collective memories of the 1939 MGM film starring Margaret Hamilton (and Judy Garland). In this fast-paced, fantastically real, and supremely entertaining novel, Maguire has populated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own imagination. 

Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz’s most promising young citizens.

But Elphaba’s Oz is no utopia. The Wizard’s secret police are everywhere. Animals—those creatures with voices, souls, and minds—are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals—even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas. 

Recognized as an iconoclastic tour de force on its initial publication, the novel has inspired the blockbuster musical of the same name—one of the longest-running plays in Broadway history. Popular, indeed. But while the novel’s distant cousins hail from the traditions of magical realism, mythopoeic fantasy, and sprawling nineteenth-century sagas of moral urgency, Maguire’s Wicked is as unique as its green-skinned witch.