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　　Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher. Someone older who understood you when you were young and searching, who helped you see the world as a more profound place, and gave you advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.

　　Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of your mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn’t you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you?

　　Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man’s life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college.

　　Tuesdays With Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie’s lasting gift to the world.

　　本書作者，米奇，曾經是老師眼中的希望。大學畢業後，他進入社會，載浮載沈，曾有的理想逐漸幻滅，人生的課題日益龐大難以面對。十六年後，他偶然與大學時代的恩師重逢，而這時他的老師只剩下最後幾個月可活。於是，他又上了十四堂他老師的課。

　　米奇每個星期二到老師家探望他。這位老師，墨瑞．史瓦茲(Morrie Schwartz)，面對著死亡一步步接近，誠實看見自己在死亡面前的恐懼與脆弱，承認自己對人世的眷戀不捨，但他掙脫這些情緒，展現出洞澈人生之後的清明與安靜，並且帶著幽默感。

　　墨瑞不僅自己勇敢面對死亡，窮究死亡的多重意義，更藉著與學生米奇的談話，一點一點讓米奇因為世故而僵硬的心逐漸柔軟，讓他重新看待生命。

　　作者在夢想褪色、視野變窄、情感變得僵硬的時刻，有機會聆聽昔日恩師的教誨。讀到這本書的人，也彷彿跟著旁聽了這堂叫做「什麼是人生」的課，汲取了其中的智慧與溫暖。這是個會發光發熱的故事，讀後會讓你一輩子難忘。

作者簡介

米奇．艾爾邦 (Mitch Albom)

　　體育記者，曾十度被美聯社選為「最佳體育專欄作家」。體育專欄曾經集結出版。《最後十四堂星期二的課》是他的第一本非體育文章的作品。另外著有《在天堂遇見的五個人》(大塊文化)，中文版銷售已逾三十萬冊。

本書中譯本《最後十四堂星期二的課》由大塊文化出版。






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