Son of Nobody

國際暢銷小說《少年Pi的奇幻漂流》作者 Yann Martel 帶來一部宏闊而深刻的新作，將 特洛伊戰爭中的一名步兵與現代牛津的古典學者兩條生命軌跡緊密相連。

過去從未結束——那首歌始終在唱。

哈洛．唐恩（Harlow Donne）一生奉獻給古典世界。當他獲得機會前往牛津研究一批晦澀難解的古希臘紙草文獻時，他毫不猶豫地抓住這個機會。即使這意味著離開遠在加拿大的女兒，讓原本脆弱的婚姻更加破裂——這仍是他夢寐以求的學術突破。

在 牛津大學博德利圖書館幽深的書庫裡，哈洛發現了一段失落的特洛伊戰爭記錄，彷彿窺見西方文明誕生的瞬間。他將這部史詩命名為《Psoad》，以詩中的主人公——一名希臘平民 米迪亞的普索阿斯（Psoas） 為名。人們稱他為「無名之子」。

作為這部史詩唯一的譯者與詮釋者，哈洛將翻譯與註解獻給他的女兒 海倫（Helen）。在他的閱讀與書寫之下，古希臘的聲音逐漸穿越三千年的時間，回響於當下世界，甚至像是一封寫給女兒的私密訊息。

即使相隔三千年，某條線仍未斷裂——
那是一首關於 思鄉與懊悔、野心與愛、失去與哀傷 的永恆之歌。

在這部融合 神話、歷史與家庭情感 的傑作中，《Son of Nobody》探索了故事如何成為歷史、講述故事需要付出的代價，以及人類如何在過去、現在與未來之間尋找自己的

From the author of the international bestseller Life of Pi, a fabulous novel connecting the lives
of a foot soldier in the Trojan War with a scholar struggling to make sense of his life in
modern-day Oxford.
The past is never done with: always the song continues

Harlow Donne has devoted his life to the Classical world. When a chance comes up to study an obscure collection of papyrus fragments at Oxford University, he seizes it. Though it means leaving his daughter and fracturing marriage back home in Canada, this is the kind of career break he desperately needs.

In the depths of the Bodleian Library, Harlow discovers a lost account of the Trojan War, a glimpse into the founding of Western civilization itself. He names the epic poem The Psoad, after its protagonist, a Greek commoner identified as Psoas of Midea but known to all as 'son of nobody'.

As sole translator and interpreter of the Psoad, Harlow dedicates the poem and its footnotes to his daughter, Helen. Under his gaze, the text unlocks echoes of Ancient Greece into the present day, and a personal message to his beloved child appears. Despite the three-thousand-year gap between the two, a thread hasn't frayed: the universal song of homesickness and regret, of ambition, love and grief.

In this masterpiece of myth, history and domesticity, Son of Nobody explores how stories become facts, the price we pay to share them and how we live - then, now and always.