VALENTINA AND THE DARK ROOM

Book ID/图书代码： 13851012B56392

English Summary/英文概要： An erotic story of love, mystery and the dark side of desire Milan, 2012. Photographer Valentina Rosselli has been living with her lover of one year, Theo Steen, but she can’t shift the uneasy feeling that she shouldn’t be settling down. When she is offered an intriguing photography assignment, to take pictures of those who indulge in the darker side of desire, she gets drawn into a shadowy world that reveals a side to her she has not yet explored.... Venice, 1924. Belle is on a quest. Unfulfilled by her husband and caged by the constraints of society, she strives to liberate herself by using her body in a secret life as a courtesan. She longs to meet the man who can not only fulfil her sexually, but also love her. Belle and Valentina are living parallel lives, but what connects them? Theirs is a story that taps into the secret desires of all modern women, and explores the relationship between sex and true love.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 2012，時尚之都米蘭，攝影師Valentina Rosselli和男友Theo Steen同居已經一年。但是內心似乎無法感到安定，對於兩人的未來也沒有十足的保握…直到某天接到一份攝影任務，攝影主題是關於人性慾望的黑暗面，她開始感覺自己被捲入一個朦朧的世界，並且漸漸顯露出自己深層未知的一面… 1924，水都威尼斯，已婚婦女Belle仍不斷追尋滿足生命的方式，她的丈夫無法滿足她，社會也以傳統的規範及價值觀約束她。她試圖用自己身體及妓女角色，暗地裡的釋放自己慾望，渴望遇到一位不僅能滿足她性需求，也能真正愛她的男人… Valentina和Belle雖是生活在不同時代、不同背景的女性，但確有著共通的關連，就是同樣有追求性及真愛的渴望，這也是現代女性隱藏在內心中慾望。

Awards/获奖情况：Rights sold: UK, Italy, Germany, Holland, France, Spain, Croatia, Brazil

About the Author/作者介绍： Evie Blake生於英國，目前定居於挪威。Evie Blake是作者 Noelle Harrison在創作此系列時用的筆名。作者創作Valentina系列的主角靈感是來是1970年代Guido Crepax創作紅極一時的情愛圖文小說(graphic novel)。
Evie Blake is a pen name for the author is Noelle Harrison. Noelle was born in England, moved to Ireland in 1991, and now lives in Norway. She has written several plays and four novels.

Format:TRADE PAPERBACK

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