In Mitch Albom's exceptional work of fiction, the inventor of the world's first clock is punished for trying to measure God's greatest gift. He is banished to a cave for centuries and forced to listen to the voices of all who come after him seeking more days, more years. Eventually, with his soul nearly broken, Father Time is granted his freedom, along with a magical hourglass and a mission: a chance to redeem himself by teaching two earthly people the true meaning of time. He returns to our world--now dominated by the hour-counting he so innocently began--and commences a journey with two unlikely partners: one a teenage girl who is about to give up on life, the other a wealthy old businessman who wants to live forever. To save himself, he must save them both. And stop the world to do so.


本書是作者米奇•艾爾邦的傑出小說作品，描述世上第一個時鐘發明者因為試圖衡量上帝最偉大的禮物而遭天譴，他也被尊稱為「時間之父」。時間之父被監禁在一個洞穴裡長達數世紀之久，每日被迫聆聽人們的哀求，這些人想要追求更多的時間，就在他的靈魂幾乎成為碎片之際，他得到重獲自由的機會，他必須帶著一個魔法沙漏回到地球執行一項使命，教導兩名人類瞭解時間的真諦，藉此贖罪。

時間之父回到了我們這個被時間制約的世界，與兩名看似毫無關係的夥伴踏上一段旅程。為了拯救自己，時間之父必須拯救同行的兩人：一名花樣年華、即將了結生命的少女；一名家財萬貫、希望可以長生不死的年邁商人。為了這個任務，他必須暫時中止整個世界的運行……