This book tells the story: When he was a boy, Chu Pingyang and his friends heard an illiterate old lady chanting over and over again alone inside a crumbling leaning church by the canal: Jerusalem. Chu Pingyang always thought that the Chinese pronunciation of this word was so beautiful and mysterious that he could not forget it for many years. It was not until the eve of his Ph.D. graduation that he was questioned by a Jewish professor from Israel that he discovered that his yearning for Jerusalem not only stemmed from the temptation of Chinese pronunciation, but also from the knot of confession and atonement that had been hidden in his heart for many years.
本书讲述了：少年时代，初平阳和小伙伴们在运河边一座摇摇欲坠的斜教堂外，听见一个文盲老太太独自在里面一遍遍地念叨：耶路撒冷。初平阳一直以为是这个词的汉语发音足够动听和神秘，才让他多年来念念不忘。直到博士毕业前夕，在一个从以色列来的犹太教授的追问下，他才发现，自己对耶路撒冷的向往，不仅源于汉语发音的诱惑，更是内心里隐秘多年的忏悔和赎罪之结。
本书讲述了：少年时代，初平阳和小伙伴们在运河边一座摇摇欲坠的斜教堂外，听见一个文盲老太太独自在里面一遍遍地念叨：耶路撒冷。初平阳一直以为是这个词的汉语发音足够动听和神秘，才让他多年来念念不忘。直到博士毕业前夕，在一个从以色列来的犹太教授的追问下，他才发现，自己对耶路撒冷的向往，不仅源于汉语发音的诱惑，更是内心里隐秘多年的忏悔和赎罪之结。
