The Little Liar

本書採用『毛邊裝幀』（Deckle Edge）設計，書邊不平整為刻意呈現的手工復古質感，並非裝訂瑕疵。

《最後十四堂星期二的課》、《在天堂遇見的五個人》作者

米奇‧艾爾邦2023動人新作！

這部由暢銷作家米奇·艾爾邦（Mitch Albom）帶來的重磅新作，是他迄今最重要的小說。這是一個關於大屠殺背景下，真理與謊言交織、令人永生難忘的故事。

故事簡介
十一歲的尼可·克里斯皮斯（Nico Krispis）這輩子從未撒過謊。當納粹入侵他位於希臘薩羅尼卡的家鄉時，這名誠實的孩子被一名德國軍官發掘。軍官給了他一個解救家人的機會：尼可只需要說服猶太同胞登上前往「北方」的列車，宣稱那裡有工作與安全保障。

天真單純的尼可並不知道這是一場殘酷的騙局，他每天都在月台上安撫乘客，給予他們信心。

然而，當最後一班列車裝載完畢時，尼可竟親眼看見自己的家人被趕進貨車車廂。直到那一刻，他才驚覺自己親手將家人——以及所有他認識與深愛的人——送往了奧斯威辛集中營的死亡深淵。

尼可死裡逃生，但從此以後，他再也不說真話。

從戰爭歲月、集中營生活到戰後的數十載時光，艾爾邦揭示了誠實與虛偽帶來的連鎖反應，並帶領讀者重回一切的起點，迎向一個震撼人心、足以媲美他過往經典作品的巔峰結局。

Beloved bestselling author Mitch Albom returns with a powerful novel that moves from a small village in Greece during the Holocaust, to America, where the intertwined lives of three survivors are forever changed by the perils of deception and the grace of redemption. Eleven-year-old Nico Crispi never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading towards "the east" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures the passengers that the journey is safe. But when the final train is at the station, Nico sees his family being loaded into a large boxcar crowded with other neighbors. Only after it is too late does Nico discover that he helped send the people he loved--and all the others--to their doom at Auschwitz.Nico never tells the truth again.In The Little Liar, his first novel set during the Holocaust, Mitch Albom interweaves the stories of Nico, his brother Sebastian, and their schoolmate Fanni, who miraculously survive the death camps and spend years searching for Nico, who has become a pathological liar, and the Nazi officer who radically changed their lives. As the decades pass, Albom reveals the consequences of what they said, did, and endured.A moving parable that explores honesty, survival, revenge and devotion, The Little Liar is Mitch Albom at his very best. Narrated by the voice of Truth itself, it is a timeless story about the harm we inflict with our deceits, and the power of love to ultimately redeem us.