一生必讀的傳奇西班牙小說
墜入書頁那一刻,你的生命將從此改變
「你的時間已經用完了。最後還有一個機會留給你──迷宮入口見。」
歡迎回到「遺忘書之墓」──
《風之影》故事迷宮全新入口,震撼開啟
全球三千萬讀者等待15年,橫掃西班牙書店排行榜冠軍
鍾愛書本的小女孩艾莉夏,在巴塞隆納大轟炸中受父親的故友費爾明所救,卻意外墜入一棟神祕建築的玻璃圓頂。醒來時,眼前只見一座通達天際的螺旋梯,以及書本堆砌而成的迷宮──這裡正是「遺忘書之墓」。
艾莉夏始終以為,當年在戰火中庇護她的群書殿堂,只是瀕死之際的夢境。沒想到二十年後,當她身不由己地捲入文化部部長失蹤懸案,竟再次與那座螺旋梯重逢。
部長消失之前,曾收到一本沒有書名的書,黑色封面上僅有螺旋燙金圖樣,書中夾著一張紙條:「你的時間已經用完了。迷宮入口見。」
當艾莉夏深入追尋,線索指向一系列名為《靈魂迷宮》的小說,主角艾麗娜失足墜入無止盡的螺旋梯,進入鏡像裡的另一個巴塞隆納。《靈魂迷宮》系列僅存的書 不知去向,而牽連其中的人們,竟包括「森貝雷父子書店」的達尼與選書顧問費爾明……這套奇詭之書,究竟會將他們的生命帶往何處?
故事從來就沒有開頭,也沒有結束,只有進入其中的入口。
---中文簡介擷取自中譯本《靈魂迷宮》,圓神出版
The long-awaited new novel from the author of the global bestseller and modern classic, The Shadow of the Wind.
In the heart of Barcelona’s winding alleyways, Daniel Sempere runs the Sempere & Sons bookshop - a place of refuge for booklovers and wandering souls. Married and with a young son, Daniel is still haunted by the strange rumours surrounding his mother’s death. One night, he dreams he is standing in The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a secret library of forgotten titles known only by a few. There he finds a white coffin containing the body of his mother. As he reaches towards her, she utters the words ’You must tell the truth, Daniel.’
Aided by his trusted friend Fermin, Daniel realises he must lay her ghost to rest. It is a journey that will take him back deep into the past. To a young girl abandoned amid the wreckage of the civil war. To a wealthy government minister tormented by an anonymous blackmailer. To the secrets behind a series of prohibited books called The Labyrinth of the Spirits. And at the heart of the enigma is Alicia Gris, born in the shadows of the war, who holds the secrets to the family’s past.
An electrifying story of passion, intrigue and adventure, The Labyrinth of Spirits is a Russian doll of a novel, of plots within plots, where even the shadows have a story to tell.