歐赫貝的秘密 II：席雅拉的旅行

Le secret d'Orbae #2

by François Place, 陳太乙 (Translator)

一趟橫跨沙漠海洋的壯闊長征，一場揭開生命謎團的奇幻冒險
　　媲美《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》×《少年pi的奇幻漂流》的史詩旅程
　　波隆納文學類大獎得主，法國圖文大師普拉斯傾心鉅獻

　　一個與眾不同的海港少女，揚帆航向生命中的無限驚奇！

　　從小嚮往遼闊海洋的少女席雅拉，在十五歲那年，意外尋獲一只小小的象牙海豚。根據古老的記載，擁有此寶物之人，將擁有海洋的神祕力量，統御艦隊航行遠方……然而一次毀滅性的災難，使她背負永遠放逐他鄉的詛咒。流浪的旅程，卻也領她走向命中注定相遇的男子。他是陸地之子、她是海洋之女，兩個背景迥異的人，因著同樣渴望冒險的心相戀。他們交換了一則又一則的冒險傳奇，在宛若世外桃源的小島，忘卻過去種種的煩惱與悲傷……

　　但生命所賦予他們的，是更強烈的召喚，迫使他們拔錨航向藍山的所在地——世界盡頭的歐赫貝大島。為了達成戀人的夢想，席雅拉需要拋棄熟悉的一切，包括對海洋的熱愛、對朋友的信賴、對愛情的依戀，甚至付上性命的代價……

　　法國圖文大師普拉斯用瑰麗細膩的文字和圖像，刻劃出一個又一個令人嘆為觀止的國度，開展出無限寬廣的想像空間。透過兩個旅人的腳步，帶領讀者踏上波瀾壯闊的長征之旅。在這部深富想像、詩意與哲思的作品中，普拉斯也融入了他對於旅行冒險本質的探討、面對異文化的反思、對人性和人生的體悟，以洞悉世事的清澈目光，重拾對生命最初的感動與好奇。

　　這套作品形式特殊，使它有別於一般單線發展的冒險故事。小說巧妙運用雙觀點的敘事方式，讓讀者從兩個不同視角來閱讀這套書。第一冊《歐赫貝的祕密1—科內流士的旅行》從男主角的觀點敘說，從陸路展開尋找雲綢之旅（絲綢之路）；《歐赫貝的祕密2—席雅拉的旅行》則從女主角的視角出發，從香料大城崗妲城展開海上歷險（香料之路）。獨立於小說之外的十八張畫卡（收錄於盒裝套書），涵蓋不同地域的自然人文景觀，繪製出彷彿一千零一夜的綺麗幻想國度。宛如鏡像般的三種敘事互補襯托、互相呼應，並各以其方式，揭開某些祕密，創造出與眾不同的閱讀體驗。

178 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2013

About the author

After a ferry literary, he makes visual communication studies at the Ecole Estienne. (1974-1977.) He worked for several years as a freelance illustrator for studios of graphics and advertising and professional journals. His first children's book illustrations appear in the Rose Library at Hachette. In 1985, he met Pierre Marchand, publisher Gallimard Jeunesse, who notices his d'adolescent drawings. It shows a series of documentary books on the theme of travel and discover the world, and made ​​his first steps in writing. It helps other nonfiction books, and begins to illustrate novels, notably those of Michael Morpurgo.

In 1992, appears to Casterman Editions The last giants, then, between 1996 and 2000, the three volumes of the Atlas of d'Orbæ geographers, an imaginary atlas built on the principle of the alphabet. This atlas was extended in 2010 by The d'Orbæ secret. He received from the Grand Prix of the Fair of Bologna for the Atlas geographers of Orbae and a Witches Prix Special to reward his work award from youth specialist bookshops and Library Association of France.

In 2008, François contributes to Place du Louvre youth website, alongside the authors Benedict and Emmanuelle de Saint Chamas.

In 2010 his first novel Youth Flying Customs (Gallimard Jeunesse) is distinguished by the magazine read. In 2012, The Secret d'Orbæ receives the prize fiction International Fair Youth Book of Bologna (Italy).

The originals of François Place were regularly exposed, especially with the youth of Montreuil Book Promotion Centre and the Art Gallery page.