陪安娜穿过漫漫长夜 – Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit

那些在艰难时刻陪伴我们的人，就是照进我们生命里的光。

一个关于勇气、陪伴和如何认知这个世界的故事。

1939年，德国入侵波兰，安娜只有七岁，但更坏的消息是，安娜的父亲被德国人带走了。

在安娜艰难无助的时候 ， 遇到了一个神秘的“燕子男”。他像安娜的父亲一样能说多国语言，甚至还能和燕子交流。他向安娜表演了一个奇迹，将燕子引落在自己的手指上。这个神奇之举让安娜忘记了悲伤。燕子男决定带安娜离开，行走在被战火摧毁的原野上，躲避战争，并陪伴安娜慢慢长大。

无论在哪种语言里，“战争”都是一个沉重的字眼。

无论在哪种情况下，“陪伴”都是一种温暖的力量。

Kraków, 1939. A million marching soldiers and a thousand barking dogs. This is no place to grow up. Anna Łania is just seven years old when the Germans take her father, a linguistics professor, during their purge of intellectuals in Poland. She’s alone.

And then Anna meets the Swallow Man. He is a mystery, strange and tall, a skilled deceiver with more than a little magic up his sleeve. And when the soldiers in the streets look at him, they see what he wants them to see.

The Swallow Man is not Anna’s father—she knows that very well—but she also knows that, like her father, he’s in danger of being taken, and like her father, he has a gift for languages: Polish, Russian, German, Yiddish, even Bird. When he summons a bright, beautiful swallow down to his hand to stop her from crying, Anna is entranced. She follows him into the wilderness.

Over the course of their travels together, Anna and the Swallow Man will dodge bombs, tame soldiers, and even, despite their better judgment, make a friend. But in a world gone mad, everything can prove dangerous. Even the Swallow Man.

Destined to become a classic, Gavriel Savit’s stunning debut reveals life’s hardest lessons while celebrating its miraculous possibilities.

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