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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前些日子偶然看到英國《衛報》曾經舉行過一個“生命中不可缺少的100本書”的評選活動。瀏覽一下上榜的作傢和作品,大都是我們耳熟能詳的人物,莎士比亞、陀思妥耶夫斯基、托爾斯泰如此等等。本來覺得這個榜單沒什麼新奇的,漫不經心地往下看,在狄更斯的《霧都孤兒》之後,喬伊...
評分怎麼說呢,對這本書我有著復雜的感情。它讓我平淡的生活平添瞭很多笑聲,也讓我收獲瞭在讀書時和我共處一室的人們的異樣眼光,更要命的是,我眼角的細紋仿佛又增加瞭幾條,雖然我已經盡量按住眼角大笑,但有時爆發式的大笑是那麼猝不及防,根本來不及保護我可憐的眼角瞭。 也...
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...
評分好吧我承認我想看這書的動機不良,抱著找萌的心態去的(自動米英帶入),確實找到瞭一點,不過那些個又長又難記的地名還是饒瞭我吧。如果多描寫點這個鬍子跟當地人交往(或者說吵架)的細節的話,我想會更喜歡。
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...
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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;)
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;)
評分extremely amusing
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