The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane | 誠品線上

愛德華的神奇旅行

內容簡介

內容簡介 愛德華‧杜蘭是一隻極度自負、個性冰冷的瓷兔子，十歲的小主人艾比琳十分寵愛他。某天晚上，艾比琳的奶奶說了一個故事，故事裡的公主從未愛過人；故事結束時，奶奶還悄悄的告訴愛德華：「你真是讓我太失望了。」 奶奶的這句話有如一道詛咒。愛德華的自我救贖之路，也從跟隨這家人到海上航行、掉出船外的那一刻開始。 沉到海底後，這隻瓷兔子在那裡待了297天，他第一次有了真真切切的感受──害怕。幸運的是，愛德華被漁夫的漁網打撈出海面，跟著溫柔、慈祥的老漁夫夫婦住在一起，也開始懂得傾聽、懂得關心身旁的人。沒想到，這對老夫婦已經長大成人的女兒，卻把他丟到了垃圾堆。過了一段時間，一隻狗和一個流浪漢在垃圾堆發現了他；他們一起搭著火車到處流浪，直到愛德華硬生生的被迫與他們分開。當下一任小主人──四歲的莎拉──去世時，愛德華的心真的碎了。這隻瓷兔子以一種前所未有的謙卑態度，想起了艾比琳的奶奶；他多麼希望那位老太太知道他已經懂得愛了，更希望老太太能收回那道詛咒。當這隻瓷兔子的頭被一個憤怒的男人砸碎時，他恨不得能加入莎拉的死亡行列；但在一場奇異的夢境中，被愛德華愛過的其他人卻說服他留下來…… 後來，在一位娃娃店師傅的巧手修復下，愛德華又恢復了原狀，但這隻瓷兔子卻因為心痛而關上了心門，直到一個一百多歲的老娃娃告訴他：「打開你的心門，一定會有人來帶你走的。」 愛德華才漸漸敞開心門，靜靜的等待，終於等到了那個適合他的小孩。 這個美得讓人心痛的故事，展現了作者真正大師級的寫作技巧。每一次跟不同的人相處，愛德華的心就會一點一滴變得更溫柔、更開敞。雖然這一路走來跌跌撞撞、傷痕累累，愛德華所呈現的美麗卻是最為極致的，而「美麗」也是形容這部作品的最佳字眼。

作者介紹

作者介紹 KATE DICAMILLO is the author of THE TALE of DESPEREAUX which received the Newbery Medal; BECAUSE of WINN-DIXIE, which received a Newbery Honor; THE TIGER RISING, which was named a National Book Award Finalist; and, most recently, the MERCY WATSON stories. She says, "One Christmas, I received an elegantly dressed toy rabbit as a gift. I brought him home, placed him on a chair in my living room, and promptly forgot about him. A few days later, I dreamed that the rabbit was face-down on the ocean floor - lost, and waiting to be found. In telling THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE, I was lost for a good long while, too. And then, finally, like Edward, I was found."BAGRAM IBATOULLINE is the illustrator of CROSSING by Philip Booth; THE NIGHTINGALE by Hans Christian Andersen, retold by Stephen Mitchell; THE ANIMAL HEDGE by Paul Fleischman; HANA in the TIME of the TULIPS by Deborah Noyes; and THE SERPENT CAME to GLOUCESTER by M. T. Anderson. He says, "It was a singular and most pleasurable experience to work on the illustrations for EDWARD TULANE and to be there with him on his journey. I must admit, I'm a bit wistful now that I've come to the end of this very special book."

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