Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire

Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire
定價:523
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  • 作者:BerwinMargot
  • 出版社:Baker & Taylor Books
  • 出版日期:2010-06-01
  • 語言:英文
  • ISBN10:0307390543
  • ISBN13:9780307390547
  • 裝訂:平裝 / 12.7 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm / 普通級
 

內容簡介

當生命充滿問號時,就勇敢冒個險吧!

  ※繼《享受吧!一個人的旅行》,茱莉亞.羅伯茲親自挑選、執導的女性成長代表作!
  ※探討性靈、植物魔法、旅行療癒的女性成長小說,各國爭相競購!

  植物需要根,因為它們無法移動。
  能四處移動的妳,卻因為害怕自由,把自己綁在不喜歡的地方。
  唯有忍痛拔根,妳才能展開另一趟生命之旅……

  每個女生都需要放手一搏的勇氣,加入這趟改造身心靈的重生之旅……

   莉拉是個才華洋溢的廣告人,住在什麼都沒有的公寓裡。剛剛經歷情變,她的人生新準則成了:沒有貓狗、沒有花草、沒有男人,也就沒有麻煩。但 世事難料,她 遇見了粗獷性感的艾斯理,向他買了一株天堂鳥,還因此得知欲望九植物的神話,也認識了欲望九植物的守護者──洗衣店老闆阿曼。他就像個心靈導 師般解答她的 人生困惑。正當莉拉覺得自己擁有美好人生時,一樁神秘的失竊案,讓她不得不踏上一段從沒想過的冒險之旅。

  莉拉背上裝滿昂貴保養品的名牌包,來到墨西哥的猶加敦半島。她要如何在這座未知的雨林裡,度過生命考驗,重新湊齊欲望九植物?這些具有 魔力的植物又將把她的心帶往何處?

  當生命充滿問號時,就勇敢冒個險吧!

  九種欲望植物

  大岩桐——主宰一見鍾情的神話植物。
  蘇鐵——長生不朽的植物,堪稱源自侏羅紀的活恐龍。
  可可樹——可食又可帶來財富的巧克力樹。
  月光花——主宰豐饒與繁殖。
  無籽大麻——俗稱森森米亞。主宰女性的性能力。
  鈴蘭——主宰力量。危急時,這種美麗的植物能取代毛地黃作為強心劑。
  曼德拉草——威廉.莎士比亞與聖經都說它是具有魔力的植物。
  菊苣——主宰自由。其乳汁色白味苦,據稱食用後能隱形。
  毛曼陀羅——會使人精神渙散、勇於冒險的植物。食用後會產生幻覺、預見未來。

  還有第十種植物,但這種熱情植物沒有名稱。若想知道,請閱讀本書。

  本書中譯本《溫室女子和欲望九植物》由「圓神」出版。

  In the heart of New York City, hidden in the back room of an old Laundromat, are nine rare and valuable plants. Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire tells the story of this legendary garden, and the distance one woman must travel—from the cold, harsh streets of Manhattan to the lush jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula—to claim what is hers.

  Lila Nova lives alone in a plain, white box of an apartment. Recovering from a heartbreaking divorce, Lila’s life is like her home: simple, new, and empty. But when she meets a handsome plant-seller named David Exley, an entire world opens up before her eyes. Late one night Lila stumbles across a strange Laundromat and sees ferns so highly-prized that a tiny cutting can fetch thousands of dollars. She learns about flowers with medicinal properties to rival anything found in drugstores. And she hears the legend of nine mystical plants that bring fame, fortune, immortality, and passion.

  The owner of the Laundromat, Armand, presents Lila with a test: if she can make the cutting from a fire fern grow roots, he will show her the secret of his locked room. But Lila is too trusting, and with one terrible mistake she ruins her chance to see Armand’s plants. The only way to win it back is to travel, on her own, to the Yucatan.

  Deep in the rain forests of Mexico, Lila enters a world of shamans and spirit animals, snake charmers, and sexy, heart-stopping Huichols. Alone in the jungle, Lila is forced to learn more than she ever wanted to know about nature—and about herself. An exhilarating journey of love and self-discovery, Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire brings together mystery, adventure, and heat, in every sense of the word.

作者簡介

瑪格.博文 Margot Berwin

  畢業於紐約市新學院大學藝術碩士。寫作風格幽默犀利,受到都會女性的青睞。作品散見於美國知名網路都市情色雜誌 《Nerve.com》、《紐約報刊》,以及選集《淘氣行為的未來》。她之前任職於廣告公司。目前居住於紐約,在自家中種植了許多植物。

  本書靈感來自於深夜在24H洗衣店與老闆的邂逅。種滿植物的店老闆剪了一根切枝送給她,在步行十條街返家的途中,她的腦中便孕育出這本 書的架構。而這位洗衣店老闆,正是書裡的植物守護者,阿曼。

  為了本書的寫作,作者也踏上精采的冒險旅程,實地走訪雨林與研究熱帶植物。當她回顧這一路的轉變時,發現自己有如錯置的溫室之花,歷經 種種挑戰,終將迸發成碩大又甜美多汁的花朵。這本女性成長之書於焉誕生。

  MARGOT BERWIN earned her MFA from the New School in 2005. Her stories have appeared on Nerve.com, in the New York Press, and in the anthology The Future of Misbehavior. She worked in advertising for many years and lives in New York City with a killer collection of plants.

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