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阿嘉莎‧克莉絲蒂：謀殺天后與她的未解之謎 ★《衛報》《泰晤士報》年度最佳圖書: : 11 @CrimeFest H. R. F. Keating Award Best Seller The Times DBE 196080 1926 1926 1. 86 2. Christie Archive Trust50 3. Lucy Worsley Historic Royal PalacesBBC2019BBC OneBAFTA 20082013
作者: 露西・沃斯利 | 譯者: 李佳純 / 薄文承
她的人生比她的所有小說都更離奇
傳記文學天后露西．沃斯利隆重鉅作
首次從女性角度解密克莉絲蒂的傳奇人生！
她如何成為史上最暢銷的作家，她「失蹤的11天」之謎，
以及她如何打破了那個時代對女性的種種規範——
★英國@CrimeFest H.R.F. Keating Award決選入圍
★《衛報》、《泰晤士報》年度最佳圖書
★《星期日泰晤士報》暢銷榜Best Seller
「所有克莉絲蒂的愛好者都該閱讀這本傳記，原因就和閱讀她的小說相同！」──《泰晤士報》The Times
從「維多利亞女孩」到「戰時護士」到「謀殺天后」，
她的作品不僅是英國歷史的縮影，更是照見她生命歷程的鏡子，也代表了那個戰後的偵探小說黃金年代。
但關於阿嘉莎・克莉絲蒂本人，我們又了解多少？
作品銷量僅次於《聖經》和莎士比亞，《東方快車謀殺案》、《尼羅河謀殺案》、《一個都不留》多次改編成電影，劇作《捕鼠器》創下史上最長公演紀錄。她因文學成就獲得「女爵士」（DBE）封號，她筆下最受歡迎的偵探赫丘勒．白羅過世時，訃聞甚至登上了《紐約時報》。
如此超凡出眾的職涯成就，但終其一生，阿嘉莎．克莉絲蒂卻總在假裝成一個普通的「家庭主婦」，這是為什麼？
絕對不是因為她生性保守，即使在女權突飛猛進的二十世紀，阿嘉莎的作風依舊前衛十足。她曾在夏威夷衝浪，熱愛開快車、異國旅行，對心理學這門新科學充滿興趣，甚至以此熬過了沉重的心理疾病。她拒絕為了家庭犧牲工作，因為：
「一旦養成寫犯罪小說的習慣，我就知道自己永遠不可能停筆。就算是我兩歲的小女兒也無法阻止我。」
而她不只是推理佈局的天才，除了創造不朽的偵探形象，她以筆名「瑪麗．魏斯麥珂特」所寫的愛情小說，承載了她對女性心靈世界的細膩刻畫。她的創作更被視為「英國文化的體現」，從戰爭難民潮到1960年代以來的黑人民權運動、冷戰、流行文化，處處可見歷史演進的痕跡。她也跨足劇作與電影，直到80餘歲仍筆耕不輟。直到人生謝幕的那一刻，她的筆記本仍記載著尚未成書的謀殺點子。
謎樣的1926年，
阿嘉莎的「失蹤事件」是自導自演？還是有更複雜的真相？
然而創作為她帶來名聲與財富，卻也招來惡意與攻擊。在「雅俗之爭」的背景下，文壇作家批評偵探小說通俗、不入流，更有人認為「寫犯罪小說的女人，精神肯定不正常」。
1926 年，在出版代表作《羅傑．艾克洛命案》名聲如日中天之時，阿嘉莎卻面臨了母親逝世、丈夫外遇、婚姻瀕臨破裂的打擊。某天晚上，她在家中留下一封信，就離奇失蹤多日。
當阿嘉莎再次現身，她宣稱自己「失憶」、「精神狀態不佳」，卻引來輿論群起圍攻，認定她自導自演，為的是博取名聲與報復丈夫。「機關算盡的女作家，在婚變後用人生編織詭計」，這些論述處處可見「不信女性說詞」的父權陰影，而撰寫克莉絲蒂傳記的男性作家也助長了陰謀論流傳至今。
這「失蹤的十一天」真相究竟為何？那塊遺失的「小小的拼圖」是什麼？
爬梳信件、訪談與對讀小說文本，
重現阿嘉莎一生之謎的完整拼圖
作家筆下的奇案終要破解，作家本人的謎霧也終將撥雲見日。這次，不再是跟著阿嘉莎筆下的神探白羅和瑪波小姐解謎，知名傳記作家兼歷史學家露西．沃斯利，爬梳過往罕受關注的私人信件、訪談，細讀小說文本，一一還原歷史情境與社經脈絡，嘗試解答偵探女王留下的未解之謎。
她小說中令人拍案叫絕的謎案，是在什麼樣的情境下構思成篇？她如何看待與自己同時代的作家與作品？她的卓越劇作成就為何長期以來被嚴重低估？又是什麼原因，致使她總是聲稱「我不真的是一名作家」？
而與彼時的性別框架格格不入的她，在那個時代面臨了哪些困境？出身富裕的她，對階級和種族的思考有哪些侷限？這些意識形態是如何反映了二十世紀的英國社會？而她，又是怎麼突破種種框架，成為一位超越時代的不凡存在？
透過這本絕無僅有的精采傳記，你將重新認識這位阿嘉莎．克莉絲蒂所創造出來最偉大的角色──她自己。
本書特色
1. 依年代順序撰寫，完整含括阿嘉莎86年生涯，作者並在克莉絲蒂後代同意下，獲准使用大量私密信件、筆記等資料，彌補《自傳》中的不足、略寫與刻意隱藏之處。
2. 克莉絲蒂檔案信託機構（Christie Archive Trust）官方授權50張珍貴照片，圖文並茂地呈現阿嘉莎所生活的英倫年代。
3. 結合最新克莉絲蒂相關研究，包括心理學、性別理論、電影產業、酷兒理論等，多方剖析阿嘉莎的複雜面貌。
作者
露西．沃斯利（Lucy Worsley）
英國著名傳記作家、歷史學家、主持人，曾獲大英帝國勳章。著有多本暢銷書，包括《維多利亞女王》、《珍．奧斯汀的家》、《英國謀殺的藝術》和《如果牆壁能說話：家的私密歷史》等。同時也擔任慈善機構Historic Royal Palaces的首席策展人、BBC歷史紀錄片主持人。2019年，她主持的BBC One節目《與露西．沃斯利重回婦女參政運動》贏得英國電影和電視藝術學院獎（BAFTA）。現居住於英國。
譯者
李佳純
畢業於輔大心理系、美國社會研究新學院媒體研究所，目前就讀臺灣大學翻譯碩士學程口譯組。曾旅居紐約六年求學就業，返台後正職為翻譯，副業為音樂電影相關活動。譯作包括《疼痛帝國》（前言至第十章）、《喬凡尼的房間》、《白老虎》（2008年曼布克獎得獎作）、《大亨小傳》、《十一種孤獨》（2013年開卷好書獎年度好書翻譯類）、《邁向柏林》、《諾桑格寺》等。
薄文承
畢業於政治大學英國語文學系，目前就讀臺灣大學翻譯碩士學程筆譯組。希望未來能成為在各方面（心靈、時間、金錢等）都擁有充裕自由的專業自由譯者。譯有《疼痛帝國》（第十一章至第二十章）等。
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