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內容簡介 2079年，因為極端氣候的影響，海水淹沒了整座紐約市，大多數的人民都葬身海底，政府由警察集權統治，四處追捕流浪的移民。 利比亞少女Laisve為躲避警察時常感到害怕，常夢到被淹死的母親與失蹤的弟弟，但擅長游泳與跳水的她發現自己擁有奇特的能力─Laisve可以透過水來穿越時空。她和一隻會說話的海龜穿越時空，來到200年前的紐約，她遇見建築工人、設計師、歐洲戰爭罪犯的女兒和以大膽自由作風聞名的交際花，以及那尊現在已沉入海中的美國精神象徵─自由女神像。 在當時，數以萬計的移民不斷湧入紐約，他們是廚師或保姆、碼頭工人或小販，年紀有老有小，來自不同國家，Laisve開始思考，為什麼我的國家最終會變成這樣？ 思索並尋找自由的真義，於是她來回穿越無數次，只為尋找能扭轉現況的關鍵，而高舉自由火把的女神像，究竟是一個國家的中心思想，抑或只是美好的泡影？ Laisve is a refugee in a destroyed city-island, hunted in Raids and haunted by the spirits of her drowned mother and brother. She dives into the river and finds herself travelling between times and waterways in a race to rescue the future - and past - of other lost children. A Lenape Nation iron-walker, a Dominican nun, a scarred acrobat and a piebald man are risking their lives constructing a colossal monument to freedom for a young and bustling nation. But exactly what - and whom - will that liberty represent? As Laisve drifts into their histories, she schools seekers in the ways of dreams, love and the ultimate aim of liberty - to free the next generation from the chains of this one.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Lidia YuknavitchLidia Yuknavitch is the internationally bestselling author of the novels The Book of Joan, The Small Backs of Children and Dora: A Headcase, and of the memoir The Chronology of Water. She is the recipient of two Oregon Book Awards and has been a finalist for the PEN Center USA Creative Nonfiction Award. She lives in Portland, Oregon.@LidiaYuknavitch | lidiayuknavitch.net

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