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內容簡介 當你要理解一個敵人,最終極的手段就是去愛他。但當她深愛著會吞噬家園的巨大帝國時,你有勇氣不稱她為「叛徒」嗎?──寫自異國卻藏著這塊土地上的危險隱喻────最適合「此刻我們」閱讀的雨果獎巨作──愛上一個會吞噬我們的文化,是否是件屈辱之事,令所有種類的「愛」都褪色?■摘下3項文學桂冠、超過5家主流媒體年度選書、榮獲12種文學獎提名■《沙丘》瑰麗磅礡 ╳《異星入境》異種接觸╳《冰與火之歌》權力政爭■作家展現城市規劃師、拜占庭歷史研究者、礦產及自然資源顧問的專業, 以驚人創意描繪文明、異星、語言、詩歌,城市、種族、人類、自我一部史詩,也是人性的故事。──《科克斯》書評賽博龐克、太空歌劇、政治驚悚三種類型的完美結合。──《The VERGE》書評具有重塑類型樣貌的力量。──《出版者週刊》書評這本書包含我所愛的一切:身分認同的衝突、看似難以成真的戀情、多層次的政治,驚險的冒險。──《群鳥飛舞的世界末日》作者查莉‧珍‧安德斯■《名為和平的荒蕪》入圍好讀選書獎、龍獎、英國科幻小說獎、浪達同志文學獎、星雲獎、雨果獎;獲得《出版者週刊》、亞馬遜網站、《書頁》、《好讀》年度選書【《泰斯凱蘭》二部曲故事簡介】她是亂源、天生的叛徒、媚外者、被心中所愛視為「野蠻人」的局外者;也是孤獨的流亡者、旅人、三個靈魂的異端、不被任何地方接納的自由之人。瑪熙特熱愛「他方」。文明的泰斯凱蘭帝國,那裡光輝燦爛,有詩歌、水源、四季;她出生的萊賽爾太空站只有貧瘠、匱乏、單調,所以有機會以「外交大使」身分派駐帝國時,她興奮得忘了危機──故鄉正遭無孔不入的泰斯凱蘭文化浸透,勉強維持獨立,也因此研發出一項科技「憶象傳承」,利用植入體內的機器,讓珍貴技能、經驗和文化得以保存和流傳,抵抗吞噬。得到了「前任外交大使」的憶象,瑪熙特肩負起保護故鄉的責任。然而,抵達後的現實戳破了幻想──前任大使神祕身亡、無人聞問;帝國皇帝命在旦夕、各方蠢動。美好的文明滿是謊言,人們有禮的態度下全是歧視,她的憶象甚至半途毀損、資料過時,連故鄉都藏有敵人。爆炸、毒殺、暴動,帝國暗潮洶湧;運籌、臣服、屈辱、小國面對強勢文化,是否難逃同化命運?不甘淪為陰謀的犧牲者,瑪熙特調查前任大使之死,但不斷出錯的憶象侵蝕著她的自我;而爭權奪利的眾人,都沒發現更大的陰影正壓境而來……帝國有些地方誘惑著你,有些地方鐵腕壓制你;它的口顎宛如巨鉗,若遭咬住,你將斷頸而亡……就算只是經帝國碰觸,一切也將不同──只是,若帝國外還有帝國、獵物變成獵人,棋局將如何逆轉,人類會迎向何種新局?【簡介】《名為和平的荒蕪》介紹|帝國動亂平息,新的危險逼近。瑪熙特回到故鄉,卻發現官員包藏禍心。這時,她在帝國相戀的對象冒命前來、帶來任務,那攸關盤據在帝國邊境,奪走眾多性命的陌生文化……《名為帝國的記憶》及《名為和平的荒蕪》情節緊密連結,結合殖民與被殖民、文化衝突、現實歷史、身分認同的隱喻及主題,佐以宮廷鬥爭、帝國征戰、諜報陰謀、浪漫愛情、異星接觸,完成磅礡巨作,也描繪出一個具有爭議性但複雜多面的女性自我追尋旅程,藏著永恆命題:我是誰?我屬於何方?又將往哪裡去?本中文書介出自《泰斯凱蘭二部曲: 名為和平的荒蕪》獨步文化出版Now a USA Today bestseller!Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2021Bookpage's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2021Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee for Best Science Fiction Book of 2021 "An all around brilliant space opera, I absolutely love it. "―Ann Leckie, on A Memory Called EmpireA Desolation Called Peace is the spectacular space opera sequel to Arkady Martine's genre-reinventing, Hugo Award-winning debut, A Memory Called Empire.An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy it, and Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus is running out of options.In a desperate attempt at diplomacy with the mysterious invaders, the fleet captain has sent for a diplomatic envoy. Now Mahit Dzmare and Three Seagrass―still reeling from the recent upheaval in the Empire―face the impossible task of trying to communicate with a hostile entity.Their failure will guarantee millions of deaths in an endless war. Their success might prevent Teixcalaan’s destruction―and allow the empire to continue its rapacious expansion.Or it might create something far stranger . . .Also by Arkady Martine:A Memory Called Empire"
作者介紹
作者介紹 Arkady MartineArkady Martine is the Hugo Award-winning author of A Memory Called Empire. She is a speculative fiction writer and, as Dr. AnnaLinden Weller, a historian of the Byzantine Empire and a city planner. She is currently a policy advisor for the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department, where she works on climate change mitigation, energy grid modernization, and resiliency planning. Under both names, she writes about border politics, rhetoric, propaganda, and the edges of the world. Arkady grew up in New York City and, after some time in Turkey, Canada, and Sweden, and Baltimore, lives in Santa Fe with her wife, the author Vivian Shaw.