In a Sunburned Country

比尔·布莱森，世界知名的非虚构作家，1951年出生于美国艾奥瓦州，曾任职于伦敦《泰晤士报》与《独立报》，同时也为《纽约时报》、《国家地理杂志》等刊物撰文。作品主要包括旅游类随笔、幽默独特的科普作品——比如《万物简史》、《母语》等等，横跨多种领域，皆为非学院派的幽默之作。他的作品诙谐嘲谑的风格堪称一绝、整体上举重若轻，能让普通读者产生很强的认同感，不失为雅俗共赏的典范，深受读者喜爱，也获得很高的评价，每部作品均高踞美、英、加畅销排行榜前茅。比尔·布莱森之所以能在二十世纪的旅游文学中占据一席之地，并成为目前世界公认的最有趣的旅游文学作家，是因为他擅长用不同的眼光来看待他所游历的世界，他真切地捕捉到了一个旅人的内心感受。自然地理、生活情趣、社会时态，布莱森信手拈来无不奇趣，使普通读者产生很强的认同感。他的尖刻加上他的博学，让他的文字充满了智慧、机敏和幽默。作为在英国生活了二十多年的美国人，他的作品又兼具了开朗风趣、绝不怕粗俗的美式调侃和冷峻犀利、一针见血的英式嘲讽。

出版者:Broadway

作者:[美] 比尔·布莱森

页数:0

出版时间:2000-06-06

价格:USD 25.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780767903851

图书标签:澳大利亚游记BillBryson旅行英文原版英文原著Bryson有声书

Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door memorable travel literature threatens to break out. His previous excursion up, down, and over the Appalachian Trail (well, most of it) resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods. Now he has traveled across the world and all the way Down Under to Australia, a shockingly under-discovered country with the friendliest inhabitants, the hottest, driest weather, and the most peculiar and lethal wildlife to be found on the planet. In a Sunburned Country is his report on what he found there--a deliciously funny, fact-filled, and adventurous performance by a writer who combines humor, wonder, and unflagging curiosity.

Australia is a country that exists on a vast scale. It is the only island that is also a continent and the only continent that is also a country. Despite being the most desiccated, infertile, and climatically aggressive of all inhabited continents, it teems with life. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in extremely nasty ways than anywhere else: sharks, crocodiles, the ten most deadly poisonous snakes on the planet, fluffy yet toxic caterpillars, seashells that actually attack you, and the unbelievable box jellyfish (don't ask). The dangerous riptides of the sea and the sun-baked wastes of the outback both lie in wait for the unwary. It's one tough country.

Bill Bryson adores it, of course, and he takes his readers on a rollicking ride far beyond the beaten tourist path. Here is a place where interesting things happen all the time, from a Prime Minister lost--yes, lost--while swimming at sea to Japanese cult members who may have set off an atomic bomb (sic) entirely unnoticed on their 500,000-acre property in the great western desert.

Wherever he goes (and Bryson goes just about everywhere) he finds Australians who are cheerful, extroverted, and unfailingly obliging--the beaming products of a land with clean, safe cities, cold beer, and constant sunshine. On occasion the Aborigines, a remote and mysterious race with a tragic history, make a haunting appearance in this book. But by and large Australia is an immense and fortunate land, and it has found in Bill Bryson its perfect guide. Published just in time for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, In a Sunburned Country offers the best of all possible introductions to what may well be the best of all possible nations. Even with those jellyfish.

读后感

this book can serve as a guidance. you can even try to follow the author's route within Australia, and enjoy the immeasurable heaps of fun when you see things mentioned in the book, but diffently.  

这是我读的第一本旅游随笔类型的书，超长。400页。。每一页都很喜欢。。写得好，翻译得也好。。我对旅游和地理、历史都不太感兴趣，而这个作家写的正是我的菜。。故事、传说、关注风景以外的人的故事，这个国家被发现的故事。。充满传奇性。。还有探险。。还有笑话。。还有一点...  

2019年2月23日我把这本几乎十年前读完的书又通读了一遍，距我们从阳光明媚的昆士兰州回来仅为一个礼拜。 澳大利亚就是一个没有什么需求的时候不会让人有感觉的地方。然而，他是如此的宽敞和未知，国民是如此充满活力。 布莱森的游记是如此不同，十年前毫无感觉的文字如今读来如...  

布莱森的游记系列绝不可错过！ 他那幽默风趣的语言，已经不只是看书的感觉了，更多的时候你是觉得这位走遍世界各地的人，风尘仆仆的来到你的面前，扑通坐在你的对面，喝上一口咖啡，就开始了滔滔不绝地讲述。 像一个久未蒙面的发小，聊着这些年不见时他遇到的好玩的事和有趣...  

我没办法评论内容，因为字体太丑了，不知道什么字体，封面也丑，整本书拿在手里丑的没法看，版式也丑，于是我心情大坏，根本看不下去了。骚瑞，看不下去，丑死了。 责任编辑和出版社，你们太作孽了，我都不愿意知道你们是谁，请退出做书的行业吧，又不赚钱！！  

用户评价

还行吧，大胡子一贯的风格

土澳旅行之前读的，但是觉得Bill Bryson一定又是在一贯地逗逼夸张了。直到去了土澳，才发现卧槽原来诚不我欺，几乎全部符合事实，简直是土澳出行之前的防雷必备读物

土澳旅行之前读的，但是觉得Bill Bryson一定又是在一贯地逗逼夸张了。直到去了土澳，才发现卧槽原来诚不我欺，几乎全部符合事实，简直是土澳出行之前的防雷必备读物

土澳旅行之前读的，但是觉得Bill Bryson一定又是在一贯地逗逼夸张了。直到去了土澳，才发现卧槽原来诚不我欺，几乎全部符合事实，简直是土澳出行之前的防雷必备读物

偶有风趣语言和历史地理生物的干货，但是不足以为了这些而读。这是获取澳洲旅游信息最悠闲，也是最低效的方式，因为现在人们有了互联网，不需要去读这本书来领略目的地的魅力了。