UNBOUND
Book ID/图书代码： 06820014B70239
English Summary/英文概要： From the narrow hutongs of Beijing to the endless stone fortification towering 30 feet above the landscape and stretching as far as the eye can see, from treacherous country roads to sumptuously decorated brothels, from the mystery of the Forbidden City to a lonely prison cell, UNBOUND draws readers into the inextricably entangled fates of five people connected to the building of the Great Wall of China during the Ming Dynasty. At UNBOUND’s heart is the deeply moving love story of struggle and sacrifice between a young couple, Fan and Meng. At the time that Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was captivating audiences in the West, within China the story of Fan and Meng was being told with equal reverence.
A year after her husband, Fan, is forced to labor on the Great Wall, Meng decides she can no longer endure their excruciating separation. Vowing to find Fan before another cruel winter sets in, Meng begins a lengthy journey fraught with danger—a passage so unfit for a woman that she not only must disguise herself as a man but could also face execution if discovered. For the first time in her life, Meng experiences the tumultuous world outside her family’s home, encountering bandits, betrayal and brutality as she traverses a nation on the brink of war in order to be reunited with her true love. Meanwhile, master stone craftsman Fan struggles to survive on the Great Wall. Living under the constant threat of Mongol horsemen bent on breaching the Wall and destroying the Chinese empire, Fan has only his love for Meng and the friendship of a young Mongolian prisoner to give him hope. But when he finds himself at war with his own commander—a sadistic tyrant—Fan must risk everything to win his freedom and protect his beloved.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 从北京城里狭窄的胡同到雄踞地貌上30英尺的石筑防御工事，绵延不尽，非人眼所能及；从危机四伏的乡间小道到装潢得奢华异常的妓院；从神秘的紫禁城到孤独的监狱牢房，《自由》带领读者们走近明朝时因修筑中国的万里长城而命运交织的五个人。该书围绕一个深刻而感人的故事展开，有关于奋斗以及一对年轻夫妻范与孟的牺牲。 在那个莎士比亚的罗密欧与朱丽叶风靡西方世界的年代，在中国境内，范与孟的故事也同样为人们所传颂与敬仰。在孟的丈夫被迫去修筑长城一年后，孟决定不再忍受难耐的分离之苦。孟发誓要再可怕的严冬再次来临前找寻到范，于是开始了一段与危险斗争的漫长之旅---这是一段极度不适合女性进行的旅程，因此她不仅需要把自己伪装成男子，还要冒着被发现的风险。生平第一次，她见识了自家以外的喧哗世界，遭遇了土匪、背叛，以及世界的残酷，她踏足在一片濒临战争的土地之上，只为与真爱团聚一堂。而与此同时，石匠大师范也正在为在长城之上存活下来而努力着。范生活在蒙古铁骑意欲突破长城，摧毁中国的持续威胁之下，他心中唯有对孟的爱以及一名蒙古囚犯与他的友情给与着他希望。殊不知，当他发现自己正与指挥官处于一触即发的边缘--一名暴虐的将领---范必须冒着危险并尽一切努力去赢得自由并保护所爱之人。(DC)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 杰米•福特，纽约时报畅销书作家，著有《甜涩街角的酒店》，称“绝对引人入胜--史诗之作，令人爱不释手并有着一颗跳动的心。”宝拉•马克林，纽约时报畅销书作家，著有《巴黎妻子》，认为该书是“一个迷人的故事，讲述了一种牵绊我们同时又拯救着我们的纽带，尤其是当---贫穷、奴役、残酷、退化等其他枷锁被打碎后。光彩夺目的叙事。”
Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, calls UNBOUND, “…Utterly captivating—an epic, historical page-turner with a beating heart.” Paula McLain, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife, deems it, “…A haunting tale of the enduring bonds that anchor and save us when all the other chains—poverty, enslavement, cruelty, degradation—have been broken. A gem of storytelling.”
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