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Venetian Vespers

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內容簡介 布克獎得主John Banville傾力打造的又一部精彩絕倫小說一切都是謎，一切都是設下的陷阱，為了迷惑我、阻礙我……1899 年，隨著新世紀的來臨，掙扎中的英國作家Evelyn Dolman自稱拙劣作家——娶了美國石油大亨的女兒Laura Rensselaer。Evelyn原以為，他與 Laura將繼承可觀的財產，過上安穩舒適的生活。然而，在家族族長去世前夕，Laura與父親之間的神秘裂痕導致她被剝奪繼承權，所有期望頓時破滅。這對不幸福的新婚夫婦前往威尼斯，計畫在Palazzo Dioscuri——迷人卻危險的巴巴里戈伯爵的祖宅——慶祝新年。從踏入這座迷霧籠罩的水都開始，超自然事件便接連發生。Evelyn本已脆弱的神經更為緊繃。Laura消失到哪裡了？他周遭日益險惡的情況該如何解釋？他是否正在失去理智？ Venetian Vespers是一部令人毛骨悚然、氛圍濃烈的小說，由當代最精緻的文學風格家之一創作。A masterful, enthralling new novel from the Booker Prize winnerEverything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me. . . .1899. As the new century approaches, struggling English writer Evelyn Dolman—a hack, by his own description—marries Laura Rensselaer, daughter of an American oil tycoon. Evelyn anticipates that he and Laura will inherit a substantial fortune and lead a comfortable, settled life. But his hopes are dashed when a mysterious rift between Laura and her father, just before the patriarch’s death, leads to her disinheritance.The unhappy newlyweds travel to Venice to celebrate the New Year at the Palazzo Dioscuri, ancestral home of the charming but treacherous Count Barbarigo. From their first moments in the mist-blanketed floating city, otherworldly occurrences begin to accumulate. Evelyn’s already jangled nerves fray further. Where has Laura disappeared to? How to explain the increasingly sinister circumstances closing around him? Could he be losing his mind?Venetian Vespers is a haunting, atmospheric novel from one of the most sophisticated stylists of our time.

作者介紹

作者介紹 John BanvilleJohn Banville, the author of seventeen novels, has been the recipient of the Man Booker Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Guardian Fiction Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, a Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, and the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature. He lives in Dublin.

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