在旋律中沉醉,
在舞步中捲走你的心,
這是一曲祈禱的、
也是一曲獻祭的華爾滋
凱特琳.彭歌
《鱷魚的黃眼睛》續集
全系列法國熱賣400萬冊──《烏龜的華爾滋》
沒有比愛情更美好的了,
彷彿在跳一曲華爾滋……
小說《一個如此卑微的女王》出版大賣後,12世紀史學者約瑟芬從此成為家喻戶曉的暢銷作家,並靠著豐厚版稅收入搬離巴黎郊區,進駐高級地段公寓。她的先生安東尼在肯亞經商不利,似乎被一頭鱷魚啃噬,從此人間蒸發;約瑟芬進入青春期的小女兒若伊,開始懂得愛美並期盼偉大的愛情,大女兒奧恬絲在倫敦知名設計學校就讀,夢想成為香奈兒一流的時裝設計師。
始終活在自己謊言世界裡的艾麗絲,因無法承受被踢爆代筆的醜聞而罹患憂鬱症,在療養院裡接受治療,命運給了她美貌與財富,卻忘了給她一顆心。約瑟芬面對日常的諸多波折,她和姐姐艾麗絲的糾紛、和母親昂麗耶特的緊張關係、和女兒的對立衝突、第二本小說創作的瓶頸、禁忌的愛情、社區凶殺命案等等,每件事都使她感到迷惘、困惑。原以為小說成功之後,生活接著而來的是一曲甜蜜華爾滋,結局卻峰迴路轉,令人意想不到,懸疑性十足。關於巴黎,以及巴黎人的思想,在《烏龜的華爾滋》中,我們發現原來還能懂得更多的。
本書中譯本《烏龜的華爾滋》由商周出版。
Fortysomething mother of two Joséphine Cortès is at a crossroads. She has just moved to a posh new apartment in Paris after the success of the historical novel she ghostwrote for her sister,
Iris. Still struggling with her divorce—the result of her husband running off to Kenya to start a crocodile farm with his mistress—she is now entangled too in a messy lie orchestrated by her
sister. And just when things seem they can't get any more complicated, people start turning up dead in her neighborhood.
As Joséphine struggles to find her voice and her confidence amidst a messy web of relationships and a string of murders, she and those around her must learn to push on with determination,
like headstrong little turtles learning to dance slowly in a world that's too violent and moving too fast.