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  '美'维斯贝格尔(Weisberger;L。)
   
    时尚女魔头介绍:
  畅销职场小说《时尚女魔头》《The Devil Wears Prada》,该书作者系全球顶级杂志《VOGUE》离职助理劳伦·魏丝伯格(Lauren Weisberger),以犀利幽默的笔触述了由一名大学毕业生跻身时尚圈内部的曲折离奇经历,影射出时尚界的众生百态,从某种程度上也揭示了时尚圈不为人知的内幕及真相。 
    劳伦·魏丝伯格本人就是一个从学校刚毕业不久的女孩,她在毕业之后进入了顶顶大名的美国《Vogue》杂志担任总编辑助理。大概在工作了一年后辞职,之后就写了这本书,把她自己的工作经历写了出来。书中那个号称是从 地狱里来的老板毫无疑问就是现实生活中的美国版《Vogue》主编Anna Wintour,由于“老百姓们对于名人及富人们的生活总是好奇的,如果这些家伙在光鲜外表之下还有那么些‘不太漂亮的事’那更是会掉足读者胃口。该书在国外一问世就引起广泛争议,尤其是时尚界反响强烈,雄踞《纽约时报》畅销排行近三十周。

  本书作者是顶级杂志《VOGUE》离职助理,以笔触犀利的故事影射时尚真相。在国外一问世就引起广泛争议,尤其是时尚界反响强烈。小说中,刚刚大学毕业的安德里亚通过考试,进入挤满时尚杂志社的伊莱亚斯大楼,开始为这本美国销量最大、最有声望的《天桥》服务。她是主编米兰达的初级助理。不过帮助这个时尚界最有影响力的女人完成日常事务、看她编辑杂志、会见作家和模特到底意味着什么?米兰达是魔鬼一般的女人——她穿零号一线时装,吃熏肉、冰淇淋加喝星巴克却从不发胖,每天看九种报纸和七种杂志,嗜好爱玛仕纱巾,永远弄不清助理的名字。安德里亚任何时候都紧张焦虑。她终于发现自己没法再和男友保持正常关系,在巴黎的时装秀场,不知名的助理对时尚界的传奇人物说出了惊天动地的话……


  1
  The light hadn’t even officially turned green at the intersection of 
  17th and Broadway before an army of overconfident yellow cabs roared 
  past the tiny deathtrap I was attempting to navigate around the city 
  streets。Clutch; gas; shift (neutral to first? Or first to 
  second?);release clutch ; I repeated over and over in my head; the 
  mantra offering little fort and even less direction amid the 
  screeching midday traffic。 The little car bucked wildly twice before 
  it lurched forward through the intersection。 My heart flip…flopped 
  in my chest。 Without warning; the lurching evened out and I began to 
  pick up speed。 Lots of speed。 I glanced down to confirm visually 
  that I was only in second gear; but the rear end of a cab loomed so 
  large in the windshield that I could do nothing but jam my foot on 
  the brake pedal so hard that my heel snapped off。 Shit! Another pair 
  of seven…hundred…dollar shoes sacrificed to my plete and utter 
  lack of grace under pressure: this clocked in as my third such 
  breakage this month。 It was almost a relief when the car stalled 
  (I’d obviously forgotten to press the clutch when attempting to 
  brake for my life)。 I had a few seconds—peaceful seconds if one 
  could overlook the angry honking and varied forms of the word “fuck” 
  being hurled at me from all directions—to pull off my Manolos and 
  toss them into the passenger seat。 There was nowhere to wipe my 
  sweaty hands except for the suede Gucci pants that hugged my thighs 
  and hips so tightly they’d both begun to tingle within minutes of my 
  securing the final button。 My fingers left wet streaks across the 
  supple suede that swathed the tops of my now numb thighs。 Attempting 
  to drive this 84;000 stick…shift convertible through the 
  obstacle…fraught streets of midtown at lunchtime pretty much 
  demanded that I smoke a cigarette。

  “Fuckin’ move; lady!” hollered a swarthy driver whose chest hair 
  threatened to overtake the wife…beater he wore。 “What do you think 
  this is? Fuckin’ drivin’ school? Get outta the way!”

  I raised a shaking hand to give him the finger and then turned my 
  attention to the Business at hand: getting nicotine coursing through 
  my veins as quickly as possible。 My hands were moist again with 
  sweat; evidenced by the matches that kept slipping to the floor。 The 
  light turned green just as I managed to touch the fire to the end of 
  the cigarette; and I was forced to leave it hanging between my lips 
  as I negotiated the intricacies ofclutch; gas; shift (neutral to 
  first? Or first to second?);release clutch; the smoke wafting in and 
  out of my mouth with each and every breath。 It was another three 
  blocks before the car moved smoothly enough for me to remove the 
  cigarette; but it was already too late: the precariously long line 
  of spent ash had found its way directly to the sweat stain on the 
  pants。 Awesome。 But before I could consider that; counting the 
  Manolos; I’d wrecked 3;100 worth of merchandise in under three 
  minutes; my Cell Phone bleated loudly。 And as if the very essence of 
  life itself didn’t suck enough at that particular moment; the caller 
  ID confirmed my worst fear: it was Her。 Miranda Priestly。 My boss。

  “Ahn…dre…ah! Ahn…dre…ah! Can you hear me; Ahn…dre…ah?” she trilled 
  the moment I snapped my Motorola open—no small feat considering both 
  of my (bare) feet and hands were already contending with various 
  obligations。 I propped the phone between my ear and shoulder and 
  tossed the cigarette out the window; where it narrowly missed 
  hitting a bike messenger。 He screamed out a few highly unoriginal 
  “fuck yous” before weaving forward。

  “Yes; Miranda。 Hi; I can hear you perfectly。”

  “Ahn…dre…ah; where’s my car? Did you drop it off at the garage yet?”

  The light ahead of me blessedly turned red and looked as though it 
  might be a long one。 The car jerked to a stop without hitting anyone 
  or anything; and I breathed a sigh of relief。 “I’m in the car right 
  now; Miranda; and I should be at the garage in just a few minutes。” 
  I figured she was probably concerned that everything was going well; 
  so I reassured her that there were no problems whatsoever and we 
  should both arrive shortly in perfect condition。

  “Whatever;” she said brusquely; cutting me off midsentence。 “I need 
  you to pick up Madelaine and drop her off at the apartment before 
  you e back to the office。” Click。 The phone went dead。 I stared 
  at it for a few seconds before I realized that she’d deliberately 
  hung up because she had provided all of the details I could hope to 
  receive。 Madelaine。 Who the hell was Madelaine? Where was she at the 
  moment? Did she know I was to pick her up? Why was she going back to 
  Miranda’s apartment? And why on earth—considering Miranda had a 
  full…time driver; housekeeper; and nanny—was I the one who had to do 
  it?

  Remembering that it was illegal to talk on a Cell Phone while 
  driving in New York and figuring the last thing I needed at that 
  moment was a run…in with the NYPD; I pulled into the bus lane and 
  switched my flashers on。Breathe in; breathe out; I coached myself; 
  even remembering to apply the parking brake before taking my foot 
  off the regular one。 It had been years since I’d driven a 
  stick…shift car—five years; actually; since a high school boyfriend 
  had volunteered his car up for a few lessons that I’d decidedly 
  flunked—but Miranda hadn’t seemed to consider that when she’d called 
  me into her office an hour and a half earlier。

  “Ahn…dre…ah; my car needs to be picked up from the place and dropped 
  off at the garage。 Attend to it immediately; as we’ll be needing it 
  tonight to drive to the Hamptons。 That’s all。” I stood; rooted to 
  the carpet in front of her behemoth desk; but she’d already blocked 
  out my presence entirely。 Or so I thought。 “That’sall; Ahn…dre…ah。 
  See to it right now;” she added; still not glancing up。

  Ah; sure; Miranda;I thought to myself as I walked away; trying to 
  figure out the first step in the assignment that was sure to have a 
  million pitfalls along the way。 First was definitely to find out at 
  which “place” the car was located。 Most likely it was being repaired 
  at the dealership; but it could obviously be at any one of a million 
  auto shops in any one of the five boroughs。 Or perhaps she’d lent it 
  to a friend and it was currently occupying an expensive spot in a 
  full…service garage somewhere on Park Avenue? Of course; there was 
  always the chance that she was referring to a new car—brand 
  unknown—that she’d just recently purchased that hadn’t yet been 
  brought Home from the (unknown) dealership。 I had a lot of work to 
  do。

  I started by calling Miranda’s nanny; but her Cell Phone went 
  straight to voice mail。 The housekeeper was next on the list and; 
  for once; a big help。 She was able to tell me that the car wasn’t 
  brand…new and it was in fact a “convertible sports car in British 
  racing green;” and that it was usually parked in a garage on 
  Miranda’s block; but she had no idea what the make was or where it 
  might currently be residing。 Next on the list was Miranda’s 
  husband’s assistant; who informed me that; as far as she knew; the 
  couple owned a top…of…the…line black Lincoln Navigator and some sort 
  of small green Porsche。 Yes! I had my first lead。 One quick phone 
  call to the Porsche dealership on Eleventh Avenue revealed that yes; 
  they had just finished touching up the paint and installing a new 
  disc…changer in a green Carrera 4 Cabriolet for a Ms。 Miranda 
  Priestly。 Jackpot!

  I ordered a Town Car to take me to the dealership; where I turned 
  over a note I’d forged with Miranda’s signature that instructed them 
  to release the car to me。 No one seemed to care whatsoever that I 
  was in no way related to this woman; that some stranger had cruised 
  into the place and requested someone else’s Porsche。 They tossed me 
  the keys and only laughed when I’d asked them to back it out of the 
  garage because I wasn’t sure I could handle a stick shift in 
  reverse。 It’d taken me a half hour to get ten blocks; and I still 
  hadn’t figured out where or how to turn around so I’d actually be 
  heading uptown; toward the parking place on Miranda’s block that her 
  housekeeper had described。 The chances of my making it to 76th and 
  Fifth without seriously injuring myself; the car; a biker; a 
  pedestrian; or another vehicle were nonexistent; and this new call 
  did nothing to calm my nerves。

  Once again; I made the round of calls; but this time Miranda’s nanny 
  picked up on the second ring。

  “Cara; hey; it’s me。”

  “Hey; what’s up? Are you on the street? It sounds so loud。”

  “Yeah; you could say that。 I had to pick up Miranda’s Porsche from 
  the dealership。 Only; I can’t really drive stick。 But now she called 
  and wants me to pick up someone named Madelaine and drop her off at 
  the apartment。 Who the hell is Madelaine and where might she be?”

  Cara laughed for what felt like ten minutes before she said; 
  “Madelaine’s their French bulldog puppy and she’s at the vet。 Just 
  got spayed。 I was supposed to pick her up; but Miranda just called 
  and told me to pick t
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