雨果的秘密(The Invention of Hugo Cabret)

我曾經是個名叫雨果‧卡伯瑞的男孩，當時我深信一個損毀的機器人會拯救我的命運.....

一本令人難以置信的好作

把真實與虛構，完美地結合在一起

真的是“一本讓電影與繪本兩相逢的奇妙之書！”

還有，

一個令人驚奇的機器人

雖故事裏的機器人虛構的，但在18世紀，真有一機器人叫Maillardet Automaton。

In November of 1928, a truck pulled up to The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia and unloaded the pieces of an interesting, complex, but totally ruined brass machine. The family who donated it kept it for many years because they understood that it had once been able to write and draw pictures. The machine, however, had been in a fire and needed significant work. After careful study and restoration by staff, the Franklin Institute began to realize the treasure it had been given...

The Maillardet Automaton produces seven sketches:

For more info: http://www.fi.edu/learn/sci-tech/automaton/automaton.php?cts=instrumentation

在巴黎火車站的二十七座時鐘後頭，在火車站牆內的暗窄通道裡，十二歲的男孩雨果一直過著不為人知的祕密生活。

孤兒、守鐘人和小偷──雨果以為自己終將以這三重身分悲慘的生活下去，甚至再也無法踏出這座車站……除非，他能修好那個會寫字的機器人！

雨果的爸爸才剛過世不久，他生前是個鐘錶匠，曾在工作的博物館裡發現一個機器人：一個栩栩如生的人偶！這個機器人偶坐在小書桌前，手裡握著筆，似乎隨時都準備傳達訊息。自從雨果看了機器人後，這男孩就跟他父親一樣、全心全意想讓這個機器人再度運作；雨果的爸爸甚至將畫有機器人內部機件的筆記本交給他。

雨果相信，只要修好機器人，一定可以讀見爸爸預留的訊息，明白自己今後將何去何從。

為了修理機器人，這個男孩三番兩次偷取車站玩具店裡的發條玩具，以便拆解出更多適合機器人的零件。沒想到，卻因此引出更複雜、甚至深具意義的祕密！這個男孩的命運，出其不意的和擁有玩具店的老人、機伶的女孩伊莎貝兒交纏在一起。

魔術、電影、夢想……隨著電影運鏡般的炭筆畫畫面，文字、插畫和照片交替上演，故事情節如同機器人的齒輪和機件，越來越錯綜複雜……

ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message all come together...in The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

This 526-page book is told in both words and pictures. The Invention of Hugo Cabret is not exactly a novel, and it’s not quite a picture book, and it’s not really a graphic novel, or a flip book, or a movie, but a combination of all these things. Each picture (there are nearly three hundred pages of pictures!) takes up an entire double page spread, and the story moves forward because you turn the pages to see the next moment unfold in front of you.