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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笑,笑,笑,大笑,噴水,噴飯…… 如果你打算看這本書,時刻記住不要在吃東西喝水的時候,或者不要看得太認真,唉,否則就會和我一樣噴過水、牛奶、豆漿…… 作者多年寫作經驗使得他在詞句運用上遊刃有餘,並且善於觀察生活 將在英國20年的生活經曆,串連在一本書中 描繪嬉笑...
評分如果是原版,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...
評分英文版在Kindle裏囤瞭多少年瞭沒開動,鳳凰版的中文版忽然到手瞭,纔讀瞭幾章就覺得翻譯得很不錯啊,雖然豆瓣評分居然低得匪夷所思。 譯者的用詞傳神地體現瞭英式黑色幽默,各種細節處的諷刺和揶揄,每一個熱愛英劇or英式自黑的人都能體會吧~ 比如剛剛讀到的這一段,恨不得每...
評分書看瞭一半,還沒看完。真心希望齣版社能安排一張筆者環島去到各個城鎮的路綫圖。我之所以看的很慢,因為書裏提到的每一個地方,我不熟悉的地方,景點,我都在網上搜一下,看看到底是在英國的哪裏,風景是什麼樣。這樣能幫助我體會作者書中的描述。有些幽默諷刺的地方是好笑的...
評分如果是原版,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...
圖書標籤: 英國 旅行 外國文學 英文原版 遊記 English 英文 原版
還是Bill Bryson一貫很“損”的嘴,然而字裏行間還是對這個生活瞭近20年的國傢的感情。
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well with expectation as such, disappointment is perhaps all too natural... managed to extract from my dried up being a few laughs at the very beginning, very much due to my glorious mood in retrospect, but bored me considerably till the very end...esp. after a reading experience like Dorian Gray, most unfortunately...
評分還是Bill Bryson一貫很“損”的嘴,然而字裏行間還是對這個生活瞭近20年的國傢的感情。
Notes From A Small Island 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載