The Magician’s Elephant

The Magician’s Elephant
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內容簡介

  真相會不停的改變
  端看你 站在哪個角度 用什麼樣的眼 什麼樣的心 去映照

  彼得一心惦掛著他對媽媽臨終時的承諾:要好好照顧妹妹。可是收養他的老兵告訴他,他的妹妹一出生就死了。彼得一再想起幼年時爸爸陪他在花園裡嬉戲,大肚子的媽媽微笑看著的畫面,並不真切相信老兵的話,於是懷著姑且一試的心情,用一塊錢去換取算命師的一個答案。算命師告訴他,他的妹妹活著,一頭大象可領他到妹妹住的地方。

  彼得很沮喪,因為在這個寒冷的城裡,並沒有大象,他覺得算命師只是開他一個玩笑。

  沒多久,城的另一端,有個過氣的魔術師因不滿觀眾的不尊重,倒唸咒語,招來了一個他原先毫無預定的東西──一頭大象。大象穿過帳棚,從天而降,壓壞了一名貴婦的腿,他也因此被關進牢裡。

  大象被展示在伯爵夫人的大舞池裡,供民眾參觀,彼得也去看了,眾人興奮談論的時刻,他卻看進了大象的眼裡,看到牠的焦慮與孤單,看到牠的思鄉,所以想法子懇求警察、伯爵夫人、腿傷的貴婦讓魔術師用法術倒退時間,將大象送回牠原本的地方,將貴婦的一雙好腿留住。在一干人和一頭大象浩浩蕩蕩去牢房的路上,經過了一所孤兒院,意外遇見了彼得失聯的妹妹。
大象最後回家了,貴婦的腿傷沒好轉,但她選擇原諒。

  In a highly awaited new novel, Kate DiCamillo conjures a haunting fable about trusting the unexpected — and making the extraordinary come true.

  What if? Why not? Could it be?

  When a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her? The fortuneteller's mysterious answer (an elephant! An elephant will lead him there!) sets off a chain of events so remarkable, so impossible, that you will hardly dare to believe it’s true. With atmospheric illustrations by fine artist Yoko Tanaka, here is a dreamlike and captivating tale that could only be narrated by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo. In this timeless fable, she evokes the largest of themes — hope and belonging, desire and compassion — with the lightness of a magician’s touch.

  ★本書中譯版《魔術師的大象》由台灣東方出版。

作者簡介

凱特.狄卡密歐(Kate DiCamillo)

  出生於美國賓州,成長於溫暖的佛羅里達州,目前居住於冬季漫長的明尼蘇達州。第一本兒童小說《傻狗溫迪客》(Because of Winn-Dixie)獲2001年美國紐伯瑞兒童文學銀牌獎;隔年《高飛》(The Tiger Rising)獲美國國家圖書館青少年文學銀牌獎;《雙鼠記》(The Tale of Despereaux)獲2004年紐伯瑞兒童文學金牌獎;《愛德華的神奇旅行》獲2006年美國角書─環球報兒童文學獎。各本書在國內也屢獲、好書大家讀、深耕閱讀、新聞局優良讀物甄選活動推薦。

  她表示:對我來說,講這篇有關魔術師、大象、彼得和亞黛爾的故事,是一種意味深長、可以令人折服的經驗。我大膽的希望,你在讀這篇故事時,會發現一些安慰、希望、魔法和一些治療力,這些都是我在創作時發現的。

  Kate DiCamillo is the author of THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX, which was awarded the Newbery Medal; THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE, winner of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award; BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE, a Newbery Honor winner; THE TIGER RISING, a National Book Award Finalist; the picture book GREAT JOY; and five books starring Mercy Watson, including a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book. She lives in Minneapolis.

  Yoko Tanaka is a graduate of the Art Center College in Pasadena, California. She is the illustrator of THEODOSIA AND THE SERPENTS OF CHAOS by R. L. LaFevers, and SPARROW GIRL by Sara Pennypacker. Yoko Tanaka lives in Los Angeles and Bangkok.

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