《独自上路》内容简介

　　哈维尔·萨莫拉九岁时的冒险旅程，是从萨尔瓦多一座小镇出发的。他要经过危地马拉和墨西哥，越过美国边境，全程近5000公里。他将离开他深爱的姨妈和外婆、外公，去和四年前离家的母亲，以及他几乎不记得的父亲团聚。哈维尔没有亲人陪伴，独自上路，身边是做偷渡生意的蛇头，还有一群也要越境的陌生人。他预计，这次旅行只要两周。

　　九岁的哈维尔，小脑袋瓜里能想象的就是冲进父母的怀抱，依偎在他们的床上，再次生活在同一个屋檐下。他无法想象前路上等待他的种种危险：在海浪浪头狂乱颠簸、在沙漠烈阳下无情跋涉、在士兵黑洞洞的枪口下瑟瑟发抖，还有移民局的无情逮捕，同伴的欺骗……他也想象不到，两周竟变成漫长的两个月，彻底改变了他的人生。而他身边的年轻偷渡者们，会组成一个意想不到的“假冒”家庭，温暖地包围他。

　　《独自上路：一个九岁男孩的边境历险》是一本扣人心弦又感人至深的回忆录，提供了一次直接、细腻、身临其境的体验。本书展示的不仅是一次充满危险和近乎不可能的旅程，也展示了在最意想不到的时刻，人类能传递出的奇迹般的善良和爱。

　　《独自上路》是哈维尔·萨莫拉的故事，但它也是其他数百万人的故事，他们别无选择，只能离开家园，去往他乡。

　　【作者简介】

　　哈维尔·萨莫拉（JavierZamora），萨尔瓦多诗人，1990年出生。因为美国资助的萨尔瓦多内战，他的父亲在他一岁的时候逃离了这个国家，四年后母亲也偷渡前往美国。九岁时，哈维尔辗转危地马拉和墨西哥，徒步跨越边境与父母团聚。他的首部诗集《无人陪伴》（Unaccompanied）探讨了战争和移民对他家庭的影响。哈维尔在加州大学伯克利分校获得学士学位，在纽约大学获得艺术硕士学位，曾获斯坦福大学斯特格纳创意写作奖学金（WallaceStegnerFellowship）、哈佛大学拉德克利夫奖学金（RadcliffeFellowship），曾获美国国家艺术基金会和诗歌基金会（NationalEndowmentfortheArtsandPoetryFoundation）资助。

　　【译者简介】

　　舍其，译者、作者、教育工作者，热爱读书、写字及户外运动，现居美国。毕业于北京大学，在校期间曾担任北大登山队攀登队长，攀登过多座雪山。毕业后曾骑行青藏，并著有《给我一条地平线》。

　　

"On the Road Alone" content introduction

When Javier Zamora was nine years old, his adventure began in a small town in El Salvador. He would have traveled nearly 5,000 kilometers through Guatemala and Mexico, across the U.S. border. He was leaving his beloved aunt and grandmother and grandfather to join his mother, who had left four years earlier, and his father, whom he barely remembered. Javier, unaccompanied by his family, travels alone, surrounded by smugglers and a group of strangers who also want to cross the border. He expects the trip to take only two weeks.

Nine-year-old Javier, all he could imagine was rushing into his parents' arms, snuggling into their bed, living under the same roof again. He could not imagine the dangers that awaited him on the road ahead: thrashing wildly on the waves, trekking mercilessly under the desert sun, shivering under the black guns of the soldiers, the ruthless arrest of the immigration authorities, the deception of his companions... He could not have imagined that two weeks would turn into two long months that would completely change his life. And the young stowaways around him will form an unexpected "fake" family, warmly surrounding him.

On the Road Alone: A Nine-year-old Boy's Frontier Adventures is a gripping and moving memoir that offers a direct, nuanced, and immersive experience. This book shows not only a dangerous and nearly impossible journey, but also the miraculous kindness and love that humans can deliver in the most unexpected of moments.

"On the Road Alone" is the story of Javier Zamora, but it is also the story of millions of others who have no choice but to leave their homes and go elsewhere.

【 About the author 】

JavierZamora is a Salvadoran poet born in 1990. His father fled El Salvador when he was a year old because of the U.S.-funded civil war, and his mother fled to the United States four years later. At the age of nine, Javier crossed the border on foot from Guatemala to Mexico to reunite with his parents. His first collection of poems, Unaccompanied, explores the impact of war and migration on his family. Havel received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, an MFA from New York University, a Stanford Stegner Creative Writing Fellowship, a RadcliffeFellowship from Harvard University, Was awarded the national endowment for the arts and poetry foundation (NationalEndowmentfortheArtsandPoetryFoundation) funding.

What do you mean?

Sheki is a translator, author, and educator who loves reading, writing, and outdoor sports and lives in the United States. Graduated from Peking University, he once served as the climbing leader of the Peking University Mountaineering team and climbed many snow-capped mountains. After graduation, he cycled to Qinghai-Tibet and wrote "Give Me a Horizon".