PRIMA DI LASCIARSI (BEFORE WE SAY GOOD BYE)

Book ID/图书代码： 10890010B38103

English Summary/英文概要： Loosely based on a true story, Prima di lasciarsi narrates the final hours in the lives of a teenage bomber and her victims – a 17 year-old girl from Jerusalem and the security guard whose intervention saved the lives of the rest of the people at the busy market on that Passover Eve.

Dima is at the top of her class. She dreams of going to college and studying journalism. Instead, she decides to become a news story herself. Bad news. Myriam dreams of America and misses Michael, of whom only one arm was left. As she photographs trees, she fantasises about sinking her own roots in her country. Dima is Palestinian and Myriam is Israeli and at sunset on a day in March they meet to die together. The story begins at seven o’clock in the morning on the day of the attack and ends with the horrifying explosion. Despite the very short time span – a mere seven hours – seen from the points of view of the different characters, the book tries to portray the complex reality between Israel and Palestine.

After receiving rave reviews all over Italy, the book became a textbook in Italian high schools as well as in several universities around the world. The book was also translated into Hebrew and Arabic and published in the Palestinian territories and other Middle Eastern countries. The book has been employed by Israeli colleges and human rights organizations working in Israel and Palestine as an educational tool. It also won the prize for Italian novels at the Festival du Premier Roman in Chambéry.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一個看似永無休止的衝突，一個希望不再發生的故事！

以下故事是作者根據真實事件改寫，故事的開始是一個在耶路撒冷春天的早晨上午七點鐘。
Dima一位十八歲的巴勒斯坦少女，正長途跋涉走過泥濘來到學校。她在學校的成績很優秀，也夢想能上大學，成為一名記者，能嫁給自己的表哥Faris。但一天她決定加入某個團體，讓自己能為新聞的頭條…
Myriam一位十七歲的以色列少女，正準備蹺課到山上，俯瞰城市的早晨，熱愛攝影的她，希望能過照片訴說自己國家的根源。除了對美國有相當憧憬，也對剛逝去的好友Michael有著無限的懷念…
七個小時後，兩個不同種族少女，生活在同一時空，同一塊土地上，因為過去民族歷史的恩怨及宗教衝突，讓兩個充滿夢想及未來的少女，以最不悲慘及不幸的方式相識，並提早結束自己的生命…
書中以同步時間點的敘述方式，透過兩位主角的觀點及事件的發生過程，試圖為我們解說以色列與巴勒斯坦間的複雜現況及難解的問題！
此書在義大利出版時，曾被學校使用成教學讀物，及其他國家的大學選讀作品。(Vincent)

Awards/获奖情况：Rights sold:
Italy (NUTRIMENTI); US & Canada (CANDLEWICK PRESS); UK & ANZ (WALKER); France (GALLIMARD JEUNESSE); Israel (PARDES PUBLISHING HOUSE)

Reviews:
’...juxtaposes cultural tradition and extremism with explosive consequences…with an electrifying sense of pace and short, spare narrative that progresses the story at a real lick, this is a book that is guaranteed to make an impression as well as holding real appeal for less confident readers’---The Bookseller

“Before We Say Goodbye can do infinitely more for the peace between the two people than hundreds of political goodwill talks I have heard.”---Ali Rashid, former head of the Palestinian delegation in Italy

“Before We Say Goodbye gives us a rare look and a wonderful opportunity to get to know reality from the bird’s-eye view, with all its complexity and many faces. It does not embellish it. It does not blame or judge, nor does it get tangled in political accusations of who is better off or who is hurting more. It mourns, it despairs and it hurts, but it is brutally honest. And that is where its importance lies. That is where its magic lies.”---Vered Cohen-Barzilay, Director of Communications and Publications, Amnesty International Israel

About the Author/作者介绍： Gabriella Ambrosio，曾在義大利羅馬擔任記者，廣告文案、大學教師等。目前是一間廣告公司的老闆。曾經寫過幾篇短篇故事，並刊登於一本人權刊物Freedom中，該期刊物還同時收錄世界知名作家的文章。雖然Prima di lasciarsi (Before We Say Good Bye)是她的第一部長篇小說作品，但一推出便榮獲法國Festival du Premier Romance in Chambery的小說獎。目前與丈夫及兩小孩居住在羅馬。

Format:TRADE PAPERBACK

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE

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