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四十三年後重逢的兩人。
閃起亮若白晝的哀傷。

以色列北方小城內坦亞的酒吧裡，喜劇演員多夫在他五十七歲生日當天，邀請兒時舊識、地方法院的退休法官拉札爾來觀賞演出，並希望拉札爾告訴他看完表演的感想。

隨著多夫時而爆笑時而歇斯底里的表演，內容也逐漸變成他個人的回憶，超乎臺下觀眾的預期：年幼的多夫被同儕欺負時，會靠著倒立走路來脫身；逃過納粹大屠殺的母親，精神受創，需要人時時照顧；嚴肅的父親，經營理髮店兼二手布料買賣，致力給全家更好的生活。

終於，多夫談起十四歲時，與拉札爾一起在軍事營中度過的那一週，令原本一直不願意正視多夫表演的拉札爾，被迫面對自己在好友傷痛求生的過程中所扮演的角色。

《直到大地盡頭》作者、國際知名作家大衛．格羅斯曼的最新小說《一匹馬走進酒吧》，透過單人喜劇表演者與觀眾之間的言語交鋒，讓隱含在故事人物內心深處的故事逐漸成形，為觀眾與讀者的心靈投下震撼彈。


In a dive bar in a small Israeli city, Dov Greenstein, a comedian a bit past his prime, takes the stage for his final show. Over the course of a single evening, Dov’s patter becomes a kind of memoir, taking us back into the terrors of his childhood.

And in the dance between comic and audience, a deeper story begins to take shape as Dov confronts the decision that has shaped the course of his life—a story that will alter the lives of several of those in attendance. A poignant exploration of how people confront life’s capricious battering, A Horse Walks into a Bar is a searing story of loss and survival.