Salt To The Sea

 
　　1945年，第二次世界大戰在東普魯士已接近尾聲，數以千計的難民走過崎嶇的長途跋涉，準備迎接自由；而在他們心中，幾乎每個人都有想要隱藏的一些往事。
 
　　艾米利亞、佛洛里安、瓊安娜以及阿爾弗雷德，這四個第二次世界大戰時代下的歐洲年輕人，以四種不同的觀點一起訴說了一艘德國納粹郵輪—威廉．古斯特洛夫號的故事。威廉．古斯特洛夫號，原本將帶領這群難民到一個更美好的地方，但當這四人在歷史的洪流中走到一起時，卻因為俄羅斯魚雷的打擊，讓他們走向一場歷史上最大的沈船悲劇。
 
　　《Salt to the Sea》是根據二次大戰真實故事改編的小說，作者挖掘出一場關於二戰最大的傷痛，對歷史小說或紀實作品有興趣的讀者來說，這是一本不可錯過的精彩巨著。（文／博客來編譯）

　　It's early 1945 and a group of people trek across Germany, bound together by their desperation to reach the ship that can take them away from the war-ravaged land. Four young people, each haunted by their own dark secret, narrate their unforgettable stories. Fans of The Book Thief or Helen Dunmore's The Siege will be totally absorbed.

　　This inspirational novel is based on a true story from the Second World War. When the German ship the Wilhelm Gustloff was sunk in port in early 1945 it had over 9000 civilian refugees, including children, on board. Nearly all were drowned. Ruta Sepetys, acclaimed author of Between Shades of Grey, brilliantly imagines their story.

作者簡介

露塔．蘇佩提斯 Ruta Sepetys

　　生長於密西根州，是一位立陶宛難民的女兒。一九四一年，波羅的海三小國──立陶宛、拉脫維亞與愛沙尼亞──從地圖上消失，直到一九九○年才重新獨立。這是一個鮮為人知的故事，因此露塔渴望透過自己的筆，為史達林在波羅的海區域進行種族淨化期間喪生的千百萬人發聲。

　　目前露塔與她的家人住在田納西州，《灰影地帶》是她的第一本小說。

　　Ruta Sepetys is the author of acclaimed YA novel, Between Shades of Grey. Born and raised in Michigan in a family of Lithuanian descent, Ruta now lives with her husband in Tennessee. Ruta was a highly successful promoter of classical music concerts, booking and touring with orchestras worldwide, before turning to writing full-time. In 2015 Ruta has been awarded The Rockefeller Foundation's prestigious Bellagio Center writing residency, where she will interact with other leading international artists, writers and thinkers.