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1、“Apowerfullyoriginallovestory.BOTTOMLINE:Amazingtrip.”—PEOPLE“Tothosewhosaytherearenonewlovestories,IheartilyrecommendTTheTimeTraveler’sWifeT,anenchantingnovel,whichisbeautifullycraftedandasdazzlinglyimaginativeasitisdizzyinglyromantic.”—SCOTTTUROWAUDREYNIFFENEGGE
2、R’Sinnovativedebut,TTheTimeTraveler’sWifeT,isthestory,ofClare,abeautifulartstudent,andHenry,anadventuresomelibrarian,whohaveknowneachothersinceClarewassixandHenrywasthirty-six,andweremarriedwhenClarewastwenty-threeandHenrythirty-one.Impossiblebuttrue,becauseHenryi
3、soneofthefirstpeoplediagnosedwithChrono-DisplacementDisorder:periodicallyhisgeneticclockresetsandhefindshimselfmisplacedintime,pulledtomomentsofemotionalgravityfromhislife,pastandfuture.Hisdisappearancesarespontaneous,hisexperiencesunpredictable,alternatelyharrowi
4、ngandamusing.TTheTimeTraveler’sWifeTdepictstheeffectsoftimetravelonHenryandClare’smarriageandtheirpassionateloveforeachother,asthestoryunfoldsfrombothpointsofview.ClareandHenryattempttolivenormallives,pursuingfamiliargoals—steadyjobs,goodfriends,childrenoftheirown
5、.Allofthisisthreatenedbysomethingtheycanneitherpreventnorcontrol,makingtheirstoryintenselymovingandentirelyunforgettable.THETIMETRAVELER’SWIFETanovelbyAudreyNiffeneggerTHTUCopyrightnoticeUTHClocktimeisourbankmanager,taxcollector,policeinspector;thisinnertimeisourw
6、ife.—J.B.Priestley,ManandTimeForELIZABETHHILLMANTAMANDLMay20,1915—December18,1986andNORBERTCHARLESTAMANDLFebruary11,1915—May23,1957PROLOGUECLARE:It’shardbeingleftbehind.IwaitforHenry,notknowingwhereheis,wonderingifhe’sokay.It’shardtobetheonewhostays.Ikeepmyselfbus
7、y.Timegoesfasterthatway.Igotosleepalone,andwakeupalone.Itakewalks.IworkuntilI’mtired.Iwatchthewindplaywiththetrashthat’sbeenunderthesnowallwinter.Everythingseemssimpleuntilyouthinkaboutit.Whyisloveintensifiedbyabsence?Longago,menwenttosea,andwomenwaitedforthem,sta
8、ndingontheedgeofthewater,scanningthehorizonforthetinyship.NowIwaitforHenry.Hevanishesunwillingly,withoutwarning.Iwaitforhim.EachmomentthatIwaitfeelslike