Author： Laura Hillenbrand

Publisher： Random House Trade Paperbacks

In boyhood， Louis Zamperini was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager， he channeled his defiance into running， discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But when World War II began， the athlete became an airman， embarking on a journey that led to a doomed flight on a May afternoon in 1943. When his Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean， against all odds， Zamperini survived， adrift on a foundering life raft. Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean， leaping sharks， thirst and starvation， enemy aircraft， and， beyond， a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance， Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity； suffering with hope， resolve， and humor； brutality with rebellion. His fate， whether triumph or tragedy， would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.

少年時(shí)期的路易斯·贊貝里尼是個(gè)不可救藥的小混混。青年時(shí)期的他用跑步來抒發(fā)自己的野性，但卻意外的把他帶去了柏林奧運(yùn)會(huì)。但當(dāng)二戰(zhàn)打響，作為運(yùn)動(dòng)員的他成為了一名飛行員。1943年5月，某天下午的飛行是他生命中的一場(chǎng)劫難。他的空軍轟炸機(jī)墜入了太平洋，但贊貝里尼憑著一張破爛的救生筏奇跡般地生還了。他面對(duì)的是數(shù)萬英里的廣闊海洋，躁動(dòng)的鯊魚，饑餓和口渴，敵人的飛行偵查以及日后更大的考驗(yàn)。被逼入絕境的時(shí)候，贊貝里尼用他的機(jī)智回?fù)袅私^望；懷著希望忍受痛苦；用叛逆對(duì)抗暴行。不論是勝利或是悲劇，他的命運(yùn)都將依附在他殘存的信念上。