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1、TheTimeTraveler'sWifeanovelbyAudreyNiffeneggerClocktimeisourbankmanager,taxcollector,policeinspector;thisinnertimeisourwife.-J.B.Priestley,ManandTimeLOVEAFTERLOVEThetimewillcomewhen,withelation,youwillgreetyourselfarrivingatyourowndoor,inyourownmirror,TheTimeTraveler'sWife1andeachwill
2、smileattheother'swelcome,andsay,sithere.Eat.Youwillloveagainthestrangerwhowasyourself.Givewine.Givebread.Givebackyourhearttoitself,tothestrangerwhohaslovedyouallyourlife,whomyouignoredforanother,whoknowsyoubyheart.Takedownthelovelettersfromthebookshelf,thephotographs,thedesperatenotes
3、,peelyourownimagefromthemirror.Sit.Feastonyourlife.-DerekWalcottForELIZABETHHILLMANTAMANDLMay20,1915-December18,1986andNORBERTCHARLESTAMANDLFebruary11,1915-May23,1957PROLOGUEClare:It'shardbeingleftbehind.IwaitforHenry,notknowingwhereheis,wonderingifhe'sokay.It'shardtobetheonewhostays.
4、Ikeepmyselfbusy.Timegoesfasterthatway.Igotosleepalone,andwakeupalone.Itakewalks.IworkuntilI'mtired.Iwatchthewindplaywiththetrashthat'sbeenunderthesnowallwinter.Everythingseemssimpleuntilyouthinkaboutit.Whyisloveintensifiedbyabsence?Longago,menwenttosea,andwomenwaitedforthem,standingon
5、theedgeofthewater,scanningthehorizonforthetinyship.NowIwaitforHenry.Hevanishesunwillingly,withoutwarning.Iwaitforhim.EachmomentthatIwaitfeelslikeayear,aneternity.Eachmomentisasslowandtransparentasglass.ThrougheachmomentIcanseeinfinitemomentslinedup,waiting.WhyhashegonewhereIcannotfoll
6、ow?TheTimeTraveler'sWife2Henry:Howdoesitfeel?Howdoesitfeel?Sometimesitfeelsasthoughyourattentionhaswanderedforjustaninstant.Then,withastart,yourealizethatthebookyouwereholding,theredplaidcottonshirtwithwhitebuttons,thefavoriteblackjeansandthemaroonsockswithanalmost-holeinoneheel,theli
7、vingroom,theabout-to-whistleteakettleinthekitchen:allofthesehavevanished.Youarestanding,nakedasajaybird,uptoyouranklesinicewaterinaditchalonganunidentifiedruralroute.Youwaitaminutetoseeifmaybeyouwilljustsnaprightbacktoyourbook,yourapartment,etcetera.Afteraboutfiveminutesofswearingands
8、hiver
