Very Long Engagement (Vintage War) Exp

　　Now a major motion picture'Diabolically clever-The reader is alternately impressed, beguiles, frightened, bewildered-A considerable achievement' Anita Brookner

　　情深，是否真值一生無悔的等待？

　　那一年夏天，在奧賽格湖畔的白楊樹前，他們倆流著淚，許下最真摯的誓言，要在戰爭結束後，他返鄉時結婚。

　　一九一七年一月七日，一個下著大雪、天寒地凍的夜晚，在「黃昏賓果」戰壕對峙的德法兩軍，突然展開了前所未有的慘烈攻擊，而其中五名受傷的法國士兵，竟然雙手被縛地被丟棄在火線最密集的無人之地……

　　 戰爭終於結束了。雙腿不良於行的她，等來的卻是未婚夫再也無法回來的噩耗，命運彷彿與她開了一個天大的玩笑。然而，一個垂死老兵的臨終證詞卻帶給她一線希望。於是，她展開了一場可能徒勞無功的查訪工作，希望知道當天在「黃昏賓果」戰壕究竟發生了什麼事。

　　時間流逝，她遭遇了許多挫折，走過許多舖滿謊言、騙局、巧合與同情的人生道路，一直讓命運把她背負到真相的大門口。 她，是否能再見到自己的未婚夫？

　　本書曲折懸疑，峰迴路轉，對戰爭的殘酷、人性的掙扎，以及親情、友情和愛情都有深刻而真實的描述，更道出了女人為愛受苦的堅定與強韌。《未婚妻的漫長等待》是一本令人真情動容，回味無窮的精采好書！

　　---中文簡介擷取自中譯本《未婚妻的漫長等待》，先覺出版
 

作者簡介

　　Sébastien Japrisot was born in Marseille, France in 1931. He published his first novel, Les Mal Partis when he was only 17. He translated the works of J. D. Salinger and pursued a successful career in advertising and publicity. He was a scriptwriter and the director of two films. His first crime novel, The 10:30 from Marseille, was received with great acclaim. His reputation as a master for crime fiction grew with the publication of The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun, A Trap for Cinderella and Rider on the Rain. His novel One Deadly Summer was made into a film starring Isabelle Adjani. A Very Long Engagement was an international bestseller and won the Prix Interallie. He died in 2003.