《消失的囚徒》作者 奧戴莎·莫思斐 2022最新作！ ☆《今日美國》最佳夏季讀物！ 面對無處不在的殘酷，是否能夠保持純潔心靈？ 在瘟疫、陰謀和惡人橫行的中世紀村莊拉普馮納，對受虐兒馬雷克來說，他與盲眼助產士伊娜的聯繫是生命中少有的安慰⋯ In a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself the unlikely pivot of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test, in a spellbinding novel that represents Ottessa Moshfegh’s most exciting leap yet Little Marek, the abused and delusional son of the village shepherd, never knew his mother; his father told him she died in childbirth. One of life’s few consolations for Marek is his enduring bond with the blind village midwife, Ina, who suckled him when he was a baby, as she did so many of the village’s children. Ina’s gifts extend beyond childcare: she possesses a unique ability to communicate with the natural world. Her gift often brings her the transmission of sacred knowledge on levels far beyond those available to other villagers, however religious they might be. For some people, Ina’s home in the woods outside of the village is a place to fear and to avoid, a godless place.