三民網路書店 逆境人生．奮勇向前跑
以堅忍、寬恕與愛，體現動盪時代最珍貴的人性價值
二戰最激勵人心的傳奇人物
──美國奧運長跑國手路易．詹帕瑞尼
從奧運選手淪為日軍戰俘，一個再也無法馳騁賽道的跑者，以無比勇氣與信心贏得最光榮的人生獎章。這是一個關於逆境求生、堅毅與救贖的故事。
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美國長跑選手路易．詹帕瑞尼，曾是一九四○年呼聲最高的奧運金牌奪金選手，蓄勢待發的他，奧運金牌垂手可得。然而二次世界大戰爆發，在時代命運的巨輪推動下，路易．詹帕瑞尼的人生從此改變，他投身太平洋戰場，卻不幸墬機，漂流在一望無際的海洋上，而後為日軍服俘虜，歷經日本軍官渡邊睦弘慘無人道的折磨，仍抵死不願作日軍打擊美國士氣的廣播宣傳。從巔峰跑者淪為日軍戰俘，身心飽受摧殘，儘管無情的戰爭結束，他的人生與事業也再也無法往前，渡邊睦弘的臉孔與身影像鬼魅般日夜糾纏著他……，一度只能以酗酒來麻痺心靈。
戰爭，讓整座城市夷為平地，摧毀家園、奪人性命，但戰爭並不能摧毀最珍貴的人生信念，路易．詹帕瑞尼倚賴信仰來渡過人生困境，並且加入佈道團鼓勵不幸的人積極迎向人生，並且寬恕了他心中最可怕的敵人，渡邊睦弘。
人生就是一場漫長的賽道，考驗毅力與勇氣。路易．詹帕瑞尼的際遇，不僅是描述了戰爭的殘酷與無情，也彰顯可貴的人性價值與時代精神。他以寬恕與愛來面對自己以及過往的敵人，也超越是非與善惡，在逆境人生，奮勇迎向光明。路易．詹帕瑞尼的人生故事，鼓舞了混亂時代中的每一個人。
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.
The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he’d been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.
Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.
In her long-awaited new book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit. Telling an unforgettable story of a man’s journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.
本書中譯版《永不屈服》由時報出版發行。
作者簡介
蘿拉．希林布蘭 (Laura Hillenbrand)
蘿拉．希林布蘭的第一本作品《海餅乾》（Seabiscuit: An American Legend），描寫賽馬以及騎師奮鬥歷程的感人故事，大受讀者歡迎，銷量突破百萬冊，締造了紐約時報暢銷書排行榜四十二週第一名的紀錄，並獲得美國國家圖書評論獎各項殊榮。蘿拉．希林布蘭特別鍾愛書寫激勵人心的人生奮鬥故事，本書為奧運選手路易．詹帕瑞尼的真人傳記，也依舊鼓舞人心。蘿拉．希林布蘭還與演員蓋瑞．辛尼斯，共同創辦了國際兒童慈善團體（Operation International Children），提供貧困學童就學所需。目前居住於美國華盛頓特區。
Laura Hillenbrand is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Seabiscuit: An American Legend, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, won the Book Sense Book of the Year Award and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award, landed on more than fifteen best-of-the-year lists, and inspired the film Seabiscuit, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Hillenbrand’s New Yorker article, “A Sudden Illness,” won the 2004 National Magazine Award, and she is a two-time winner of the Eclipse Award, the highest journalistic honor in Thoroughbred racing. She and actor Gary Sinise are the co-founders of Operation International Children, a charity that provides school supplies to children through American troops. She lives in Washington, D.C.
