Bridge of Clay

　　這是關於 Dunbar 家族的故事。母親已去世，父親也在多年前離家，Dunbar 五兄弟彼此扶持；他們有自己的規則，他們生活、相愛、爭吵，在這個父母缺席，混亂而喧鬧的家——直到有一天，父親走進家門，問：誰願意和他一起建造一座橋？

　　五兄弟中唯一願意答應父親的是 Clay。為什麼他必須接受這個挑戰？又為什麼他的內心如此破碎？而在這個過程中，他們將發現父親當年離家背後的什麼動人祕密？

　　這是關於 Clay 的故事，一個陷入困境、必須摧毀所擁有的一切以成為自己的男孩；在他面前展開的是一座橋，而這座橋將會拯救他的家庭，以及他自己。這是個關於存在之謎及救贖的故事，圍繞著五個男孩的成長，並充滿活力、喜悅及傷感，是馬格斯．朱薩克繼《偷書賊》後的動人之作。

The unforgettable, New York Times bestselling family saga from Markus Zusak, the storyteller who gave us the extraordinary bestseller THE BOOK THIEF, lauded by the New York Times as ＂the kind of book that can be life-changing.＂

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY - THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

＂One of those monumental books that can draw you across space and time into another family’s experience in the most profound way.＂ --The Washington Post

＂Mystical and loaded with heart, it’s another gorgeous tearjerker from a rising master of them.＂ --Entertainment Weekly

＂Devastating, demanding and deeply moving.＂ --Wall Street Journal

The breathtaking story offive brothers who bring each other up in a world run by their own rules. As the Dunbar boys love and fight and learn to reckon with the adult world, they discover the moving secret behind their father’s disappearance.

At the center of the Dunbar family is Clay, a boy who will build a bridge--for his family, for his past, for greatness, for his sins, for a miracle.

The question is, how far is Clay willing to go? And how much can he overcome?

Written in powerfully inventive language and bursting with heart, BRIDGE OF CLAY is signature Zusak.

Markus Zusak is the international bestselling author of six novels, including The Book Thief and most recently, Bridge of Clay. His work is translated into more than forty languages, and has spent more than a decade on the New York Times bestseller list, establishing Zusak as one of the most successful authors to come out of Australia.
All of Zusak’s books - including earlier titles, The Underdog, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, When Dogs Cry (also titled Getting the Girl), and The Messenger (or I am the Messenger) - have been awarded numerous honors around the world, ranging from literary prizes to readers choice awards to prizes voted on by booksellers.
In 2013, The Book Thief was made into a major motion picture, and in 2018 was voted one of America’s all-time favorite books, achieving the 14th position on the PBS Great American Read. Also in 2018, Bridge of Clay was selected as a best book of the year in publications ranging from Entertainment Weekly to the Wall Street Journal.
Markus Zusak grew up in Sydney, Australia, and still lives there with his wife and two children.