Michael Booth is the author of five works of non-fiction, including The Almost Nearly Perfect People. His writing appears regularly in The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, The Telegraph, and Condé Nast Traveler magazine, among many other publications globally. He is the Copenhagen correspondent for Monocle magazine and Monocle 24 radio, and travels regularly to give talks and lectures on the Nordic lands and their peculiar, nearly perfect people. He lives in Denmark with his wife and two sons.
A WITTY, INFORMATIVE, AND POPULAR TRAVELOGUE ABOUT THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES AND HOW THEY MAY NOT BE AS HAPPY OR AS PERFECT AS WE ASSUME
Journalist Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians for more than ten years, and he has grown increasingly frustrated with the rose-tinted view of this part of the world offered up by the Western media. In this timely book he leaves his adopted home of Denmark and embarks on a journey through all five of the Nordic countries to discover who these curious tribes are, the secrets of their success, and, most intriguing of all, what they think of one another.
Why are the Danes so happy, despite having the highest taxes? Do the Finns really have the best education system? Are the Icelanders as feral as they sometimes appear? How are the Norwegians spending their fantastic oil wealth? And why do all of them hate the Swedes? In The Almost Nearly Perfect People Michael Booth explains who the Scandinavians are, how they differ and why, and what their quirks and foibles are, and he explores why these societies have become so successful and models for the world. Along the way a more nuanced, often darker picture emerges of a region plagued by taboos, characterized by suffocating parochialism, and populated by extremists of various shades. They may very well be almost nearly perfect, but it isn't easy being Scandinavian.
發表於2024-05-18
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這本書挺有趣的,同樣也是一本非虛構的書,講述瞭北歐五國(丹麥、冰島、挪威、芬蘭、瑞典)的人文社科情況,以特有的英式口吻,嚮我們娓娓揭開神秘的福利國傢的真麵目。實在太有意思瞭,這篇文章就用來收錄專屬於各個國傢的冷幽默吧。 丹麥 丹麥被稱為是世界上最幸福的國傢,...
評分英國人邁剋爾•布斯的這本《北歐,冰與火之地的尋真之旅》與法國人西爾萬•泰鬆的遊記作品《在西伯利亞森林中》有很多類似的地方。兩本書的作者都是以一個“嚮往者”的身份,踏上瞭自己並不曾涉足過的土地,去直觀地感受自己渴慕已久的“幸福生活”。而二者到最後有多少...
評分 評分你是不是每天都很不願意上班、到瞭公司又飽受老闆的摺磨、卻還不好意思請假呢? 是不是每次被迫聽到父母說誰誰誰傢的孩子又考第一,朋友說誰誰誰又買瞭大房子、買瞭新車,你就很想掀桌瞭,明明很無聊的事情為什麼要被你們強迫廣播? 是不是每當你想充分享受一下生活時,就...
圖書標籤: 社會 北歐 文化 非虛構
有點意思,但是太多雜亂的事實,太少凝練的觀點
評分有點意思,但是太多雜亂的事實,太少凝練的觀點
評分有點意思,但是太多雜亂的事實,太少凝練的觀點
評分北歐五國一般西方人也不甚瞭解,如何解釋這片樂土富裕安閑的秘決並不容易。既不能太浮光掠影地寫成類似旅遊筆記,也不能寫成餘鞦雨的文化苦旅這種矯情的散文,當然更不能寫成嚴肅的政治經濟學論文。Michael Booth在有趣和深刻之間平衡得很好。
評分停在丹麥篇 本來以為是旅行記錄 其實是一篇超長的論文般的百科全書 從經濟政治人文曆史多個方麵深入討論分析丹麥是世界上最幸福的國傢的原因和揭示美好錶麵下的暗潮湧動並從多個角度展望這個國傢未來經濟和政治的走嚮
The Almost Nearly Perfect People 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載