THE

AGE OF

MIRACLES

A NOVEL

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

KAREN THOMPSON WALKER

「真正的災難不是那些你早已預期會發生的事，而是那些出乎你意料之外的」茱莉亞說道。文壇新銳作家凱倫．湯普森．華克，在這本令人愛不釋手的末日生存小說當中，華克以其懸疑淺明又深刻的筆觸，呈現給讀者主人翁茱莉亞一家，那令人動容難忘而淒美的生存故事，看她們如何在這末日災變當中克服種種難關、奮力求生。

一個加州市郊的尋常週六早晨，茱莉亞醒來卻赫然發現地球自轉出了問題。日夜時間逐拉長，連帶重力也受影響；鳥兒、潮汐甚至人們的行為舉止，只見宇宙常規紛亂無序。身處這個如今看來危機四伏與死傷不絕的世界，茱莉亞同時得面對自己與個人生活的驚詫驟變，包括雙親裂痕加深、好友們古怪的行為舉止、初戀所帶來的脆弱與苦痛、日趨強烈的孤立感，以及身上那驚人且難以控制的全新精力。藉著平易近人的筆觸與令人難忘的魔法設定，文壇新星凱倫．湯普森．華克，為吾人帶來這個令人嘆為觀止，深刻描寫歷經災變的世界下，人們戮力求生的動人故事。

"It's never the disasters you see coming that finally come to pass—it's the ones you don't expect at all," says Julia, in this spellbinding novel of catastrophe and survival by a superb new writer. Luminous, suspenseful, unforgettable, The Age of Miracles tells the haunting and beautiful story of Julia and her family as they struggle to live in a time of extraordinary change.

On an ordinary Saturday in a California suburb, Julia awakes to discover that something has happened to the rotation of the earth. The days and nights are growing longer and longer; gravity is affected; the birds, the tides, human behavior, and cosmic rhythms are thrown into disarray. In a world that seems filled with danger and loss, Julia also must face surprising developments in herself, and in her personal world—divisions widening between her parents, strange behavior by her friends, the pain and vulnerability of first love, a growing sense of isolation, and a surprising, rebellious new strength. With crystalline prose and the indelible magic of a born storyteller, Karen Thompson Walker gives us a breathtaking portrait of people finding ways to go on in an ever-evolving world.

"Gripping drama . . . flawlessly written; it could be the most assured debut by an American writer since Jennifer Egan's Emerald City."—The Denver Post

"Pure magnificence."—Nathan Englander

"Provides solace with its wisdom, compassion, and elegance."

—Curtis Sittenfeld

"Riveting, heartbreaking, profoundly moving."

—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

凱倫．湯普森．華克／Karen Thompson Walker

Karen Thompson Walker is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Age of Miracles, which has been translated into twenty-seven languages and named one of the best books of the year by People, O: The Oprah Magazine, and Financial Times, among others. Born and raised in San Diego, Walker is a graduate of UCLA and the Columbia MFA program. She lives with her husband, the novelist Casey Walker, and their two daughters in Portland. She is an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Oregon.

作者：凱倫．湯普森．華克／Karen Thompson Walker

版本：First Edition

規格：小平裝／Mass Market Paperback，10.7 x 17.5 x 2.3 cm，304頁

出版商：Random House Publishing Group

商標：RANDOM HOUSE

出版日期：2013年01月03日

語言：英文

ISBN-13：978-0-8129-8475-0

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