最後14堂星期二的課
Tuesdays with Morrie
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曾經,他是老師眼中的希望。
大學畢業之後,他進入社會的浮沉,
在幻滅的理想人生中掙扎。
直到十六年後,才在一個最偶然的機會和老師重逢。
而他的老師,只剩下生命中最後幾個月時間。
於是,他又上了14堂他老師的星期二的課。
這次,課上的學生只有他一人……
本書作者在昔日恩師生命的最後幾個月,每星期二到老師家看他、這位誨人不倦的老師墨瑞.史瓦茲,面對著死亡一步一步逼近,不僅自己勇敢面對,窮究其多面的意義,更藉著與學生米奇的談話,一點一點柔軟了米奇因世故而僵硬的心,讓他重新看待生活。
這位墨瑞,誠實地看見自己在死亡面前的恐懼、脆弱與哀傷,承認自己對人世的眷戀不捨,但他掙脫這些情緒的束縛,展現出洞澈人生之後的清明與安靜,並且帶著幽默感。
也許你和作者一樣,年輕時曾遇到過這麼一個人,他比你年長,有耐心又有智慧,懂得你年輕徬徨的心,教導你為人處世之道。但是,你後來與他斷了連絡,獨自在人生路上奮鬥,你的視野變窄,你的夢想褪色。再沒有人在你身邊為你指引方向,告訴你生命的路怎麼走。
作者在這樣的時刻和老師重聚,上了最後的一門課,一門學著如何活在世上、如何對待死亡的課。如今我們也有幸旁聽這堂課,汲取其中的溫暖與智慧。這是個會發光發熱的真實故事,讀後讓你一輩子感到溫馨。
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
As a student at Brandeis University in the late 1970s, Albom was especially drawn to his sociology professor, Morris Schwartz. On graduation he vowed to keep in touch with him, which he failed to do until 1994, when he saw a segment about Schwartz on the TV program Nightline, and learned that he had just been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease. By then a sports columnist for the Detroit Free Press and author of six books, including Fab Five, Albom was idled by the newspaper strike in the Motor City and so had the opportunity to visit Schwartz in Boston every week until the older man died. Their dialogue is the subject of this moving book in which Schwartz discourses on life, self-pity, regrets, aging, love and death, offering aphorisms about each--e.g., "After you have wept and grieved for your physical losses, cherish the functions and the life you have left." Far from being awash in sentiment, the dying man retains a firm grasp on reality. An emotionally rich book and a deeply affecting memorial to a wise mentor, who was 79 when hedied in 1995.
