比爾·布萊森,世界知名的非虛構作傢,1951年齣生於美國艾奧瓦州,曾任職於倫敦《泰晤士報》與《獨立報》,同時也為《紐約時報》、《國傢地理雜誌》等撰文。作品主要包括旅遊類隨筆、幽默獨特的科普作品——比如《萬物簡史》、《母語》等等,橫跨多種領域,皆為非學院派的幽默之作。他的作品詼諧嘲謔的風格堪稱一絕,整體上舉重若輕,能讓普通讀者産生很強的認同感,不失為雅俗共賞的典範,深受讀者喜愛,也獲得很高的評價。每部作品均高踞美國、英國、加拿大暢銷排行榜前茅。
比爾·布萊森之所以能在二十世紀的旅遊文學中占據一席之地,並成為目前世界公認的最有趣的旅遊文學作傢,是因為他擅長用不同的眼光來看待他所遊曆的世界,他真切地捕捉到瞭一個旅人的內心感受。自然地理、生活情趣、社會時態,布萊森信手拈來無不奇趣。他的尖刻加上他的博學,讓他的文字充滿瞭智慧、機敏和幽默。作為在英國生活瞭二十多年的美國人,他的作品又兼具瞭開朗風趣、絕不怕粗俗的美式調侃和冷峻犀利、一針見血的英式嘲諷。
After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson took the decision to move back to the States for a while, to let his kids experience life in another country, to give his wife the chance to shop until 10 p.m. seven nights a week, and, most of all, because he had read the 3.7 million Americans believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another, and it was thus clear to him that his people needed him. But before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire, Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. His aim was to take stock of the nation's public face and private parts (as it were), and to analyse what precisely it was he loved so much about a country that had produced Marmite, a military hero whose dying wish was to be kissed by a fellow named Hardy, place names like Farleigh Wallop, Titsey and Shellow Bowells, people who said 'Mustn't grumble', and Gardeners' Question Time. So in Notes from a Small Island, Bryson turns a laconic but affectionate eye on his adopted country. Britain will never seem the same again.
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如果是原版,大概可以給四星。因為中文版莫名其妙的照片扣一星。有功夫弄這些照片,不如實實在在地整理一張布萊森的旅行綫路圖,會更有助於讀者理解此書。 看過環遊澳大利亞的那一本(http://book.douban.com/subject/4887595/)纔來看的這本。感覺不如前者,仔細思量,這似乎...
評分書中並沒有看見過多英國人民自黑的地方,而是作者吐槽得比較頻繁,不過職業使然,記者本就是長著鬍說八道血口噴人的嘴,寫著亂七八糟無事生非故事的選擇罷瞭(玩笑話,打趣而已)。 重新旅遊一次自己居住過二十多年的國傢,慢慢從不滿到嘮叨,到最後的不捨。確實對書中的地名特...
評分 評分此版本的152頁,提到Tintern Abbey(本書譯作“廷特恩修道院”)的時候,提到瞭此處之所以有赫赫聲名全因為華茲華斯的詩“《湖區之外我也可能讓人乏味》”。這裏,我以為應該解釋一下,為本書豐富詳盡的譯注再加一筆。 Tintern Abbey(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintern_Ab...
評分自從半年前的英國遊後一直想看一本關於英國文化的隨筆。偶然間發現瞭這本《全民自黑的英國》,隨立即下單入手翻閱起來。可能這本書對於特彆瞭解英國的人看後會特彆喜歡吧,書中的幽默調侃確實時不時讓人看的過程中一直嘴角上揚。並且幾乎每個章節都站在瞭美國人的角度“批判”...
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評分幽默是好的,但是就單純地看這些自嘲,似乎也不是很好笑啊,可能是因為我沒有在英國生活過吧
評分2018-09: They say great artists are willing to give. Good writer too. Bryson is fun to read partly because he doesn't hide those embarrassing moments or those nasty thoughts of his. But this note is too long for the readers to keep the mood high to the end. He should have ended it at page 252, not 352, so no one would get exhausted and sad.
評分從去年讀到今年。喜歡不列顛的朋友都應該讀的一本書,讀完後會知道為什麼這麼喜歡不列顛;)
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