《Grayson》是美國游泳運動員琳恩·考克斯創作的紀實文學作品，由霍頓·米夫林·哈考特出版社於2008年出版。該書基於作者青年時期在加州海岸游泳訓練時的真實經歷，記述其與一頭迷途幼年灰鯨相遇的偶然事件。
作品以凌晨海洋為背景，展開作者與幼鯨共同尋找母鯨的數小時救援行動。通過克制而細膩的筆觸，呈現人類與野生動物在遼闊海域中建立的短暫信任，同時以游泳運動員的獨特視角刻畫海洋生態的脆弱性。敘事融合自然奇觀與救助行動的時間緊迫感，既有紀實文學的真實性，又兼具懸疑故事的節奏張力。
基本介紹
- 書名：Grayson
- 作者：Lynne Cox
- 出版社：Houghton Mifflin Harcourt出版社
- ISBN：9780156034678
內容簡介,作者簡介,
內容簡介
This captivating bestseller tells the true story of a miraculous encounter between a teenaged girl and a baby whale off the coast of California. It was the dark of early morning; Lynne was swimming her last half mile back to the pier after a long workout when she became aware that something was swimming with her. The ocean was charged with energy as if a squall was moving in; whatever it was felt large enough to be a white shark coursing beneath her body. In fact, it was a baby gray whale following alongside her. Lynne quickly realized that if she swam back to the pier, the young calf would follow her onto shore and die from collapsed lungs. On the other hand, if Lynne didnt find the mother whale, the baby would suffer from dehydration and starve to death. Something so enormousthe mother whale would be at least fifty feet longsuddenly seemed very small in the vast Pacific Ocean. How could Lynne possibly find her? This is the storypart mystery, part magical taleof what happened.
作者簡介
LYNNE COX has set records all over the world for open-water swimming. She was named a Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year, inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, and honored with a lifetime achievement award from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of Swimming to Antarctica, which won an Alex Award. She lives in Los Alamitos, California.
