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TO THE

END

OF THE

LAND

DAVID GROSSMAN

經歷喪子之痛的以色列作家大衛．格羅斯曼

對於戰爭最深層的反思

奧拉，這位中年以色列猶太母親，當她正打算慶祝兒子奧弗光榮退伍時，奧弗卻背著她申請志願延役，旋即又回到前線投入新一波的戰事。與其整天待在家中，提心吊膽的等著那封隨時可能會寄達，關於兒子噩耗的通知書，奧拉決定出發前往加利利郊遊，而且不打算留下任何聯絡方式。畢竟，如果為人母的沒在家簽收那份通知書，那兒子就不會戰死，對吧？

因為最近才跟丈夫伊蘭分居，奧拉找來了一位相當特別的旅伴，亦即夫妻倆的好友及前男友、同時也是兒子的生父阿夫拉姆作伴。兩人一路上露宿山陵、涉溪越谷，而奧拉也隨著旅途腳步，一字一句娓娓道來關於兒子的出世、軍旅生活以及可能戰死沙場的故事，試圖以為人母那神奇又急切，但又令人揪心的努力，極盡所能地讓她的兒子免於一切傷害。

Ora, a middle-aged Israeli mother, is about to celebrate her son Ofer's release from army service when he returns to the front for a major offensive. Instead of waiting at home for the 'notifiers' who could arrive at any moment to tell her of her son's fate, she sets off for a hike in Galilee, leaving no forwarding address. If a mother is not there to receive the news, a son cannot die, can he?

Recently estranged from her husband, Ora drags along an unlikely companion: their former best friend and her former lover Avram, the man who in fact turns out to be her son's biological father. As they sleep out in the hills, ford rivers and cross valleys, Ora recounts, step by step and word by word, the story of her son's birth, life and possible death, in one mother's magical, passionate and heartbreaking attempt to keep her son safe from harm.

大衛．格羅斯曼 David Grossman

暢銷小說作家大衛．格羅斯曼，1954年生於耶路撒冷，其父為波蘭猶太移民，母親則為以色列人。格羅斯曼除了寫作之餘，同時也頗為關心巴勒斯坦議題，為以色列頗負盛名左派作家。格羅斯曼著作至今已譯成多達三十六種語言版本，更以作品《一匹馬走進酒吧》（A Horse Walks into a Bar）獲得2017年曼布克國際文學獎。除此之外，格羅斯曼更曾獲得法國藝術與文學騎士勳章（French Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres）以及2010年德國書商和平獎（Peace Prize of the German Book Trade）等獎項的肯定。

除了《直到大地盡頭》（To the End of the Land）之外，格羅斯曼另有《獅子蜜──參孫的神話或迷思》（Lion's Honey: The Myth of Samson）、《一匹馬走進酒吧》（A Horse Walks into a Bar）與《鋸齒形的孩子》（The Zigzag Kid）等知名作品問世。

David Grossman is the bestselling author of numerous works, which have been translated into thirty-six languages. His most recent novel, A Horse Walks into a Bar, was awarded the International Man Booker Prize 2017, and shortlisted for the TLS-Risa Domb/Porjes Prize 2019. Grossman is also the recipient of the French Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the 2010 Frankfurt Peace Prize.

作者：大衛．格羅斯曼 David Grossman

版本：First Paperback Edition

規格：平裝／Paperback，13 x 19.8 x 4.2 cm，592頁

出版商：Vintage

出版日期：2011年09月01日

語言：英文

ISBN-13：978-0-099-54674-0

To the End of the Land 新書。

To the End of the Land new book.