內容簡介
A Long Petal of the Sea, by Isabel Allende
【窮極一生追尋的家，即便顛沛流離只願能適得其所】
1930年代，23歲的醫學生Victor為了逃離西班牙內戰與極權統治的佛朗哥政權，流亡法國，而在法國的難民營他遇見了懷孕的嫂子Roser， 由於他的兄弟Guillem不幸身亡，為了獲得逃往智利的機會，兩人決定假結婚以爭取船票。然而輾轉流離來到夢想之地後，殊不知更殘酷的未來正等待著他們。Victor和Roser日久生情，一起扶養孩子共組家庭，看來穩定的生活卻又被一場政變搗毀：1973年，智利總統在政變中遭到殺害，新的掌權者展開獨裁統治。而兩人的政治理念，又再度令他們陷入險境，於是，回到故鄉成了他們生存下去的希望...
In the late 1930s, civil war grips Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage neither of them desires.
Together with two thousand other refugees, Roser and Victor embark on the SS Winnipeg, a ship chartered by the poet Pablo Neruda, to Chile: “the long petal of sea and wine and snow.” As unlikely partners, the couple embraces exile as the rest of Europe erupts in world war. Starting over on a new continent, they face trial after trial, but they will also find joy as they patiently await the day when they might go home. Through it all, their hope of returning to Spain keeps them going. Destined to witness the battle between freedom and repression as it plays out across the world, Roser and Victor will find that home might have been closer than they thought all along.
