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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

$315

ISBN:9780763680909
作者:Kate DiCamillo
出版社:Candlewick
出版日期:2015/08/15
尺寸:194x131x16mm

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A classic tale by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo, America’s beloved storyteller.

Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost. . . . Kate DiCamillo takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the bedside of an ailing child to the bustling streets of Memphis. Along the way, we are shown a miracle — that even a heart of the most breakable kind can learn to love, to lose, and to love again.
Featuring black-and-white illustrations and a refreshed cover by Bagram Ibatoulline.

 

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……

——中文簡介摘自台灣東方出版《愛德華的神奇旅行》

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."

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

$315