Peter Hessler is a staff writer at the New Yorker, where he served as Beijing correspondent from 2000-2007, and is also a contributing writer for National Geographic. He is the author of River Town, which won the Kiriyama Book Prize, Oracle Bones, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, Country Driving and Strange Stones. He won the 2008 National Magazine Award for excellence in reporting.
In 2011, the world's eyes were on Egypt, as revolution swept across the country. But what lay below the surface of events was harder to see. Living in Cairo, over the following years award-winning writer Peter Hessler set out to uncover the everyday lives and archaeological secrets of a country in turmoil.
From the protests in Tahrir square, to Egypt's first democratic elections, and on to the massacres, the coup and its aftermath, The Buried follows the ongoing events of the Arab Spring while also exploring the social forces and historical context behind it. At its heart lies human stories: iconoclastic Pharaoh Akhenaten, rubbish collector Saeed, Arabic teacher Rifaat, Chinese lingerie salesmen and resourceful archaeologists. Together, they raise the question: is revolution just repetition, or can things really change?
Through extraordinary first-hand reporting and deep research, Hessler brings to light the relationship between the ancient past and the contemporary condition, the political and the personal, to create an unforgettable work of literary and documentary brilliance.
發表於2025-01-22
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這次跟著何偉不再是立足於中國社會,而是帶著讀者,作為一個outsider, 跨到古老國度埃及,去看那個一次次改革失敗,人們憤恨這種結構,但是人人又是這個觀念的維護者,最後整個社會陷入無組織無秩序狀態。 同性戀Manu在伊斯蘭教盛行的埃及備受欺淩,最後逃亡德國,Sayyid 一個...
評分 評分Peter Hessler的新書看瞭一半瞭,看得挺慢的,一共30章,每天基本看一章。他離開中國以後就不習慣叫他何偉瞭,何偉像是一個特定的時間地點的一個人格。去年看惡魔奶爸的帖子纔認識這位作者,去年底到今年初看完瞭他之前的四本書,那是97年到2007年十年他在中國的生活。而PH其實...
評分斷斷續續花瞭10天讀完瞭何偉的這本新書。在他和老婆離開中國後,在美國生瞭一對雙胞胎,然後舉傢來到埃及。他們於2011年10月來到埃及開羅,此時正是阿拉伯之春會後10個月。何偉這本書記錄瞭他在埃及的五年,其中見證瞭從阿拉伯之春之後對未來一片樂觀的態度,到整個革命破産,...
圖書標籤: 何偉 埃及 PeterHessler 非虛構 社會 紀實 英文原版 2019
通過形形色色的人與事零距離觀察埃及社會,比如街區附近撿破爛的人、同性戀者、語言老師、社會運動參與者、政治傢、考古學者、在那做生意的中國人、在國外的埃及人等等,曆史與現實糾葛,這個古老的文明該何去何從。
評分有些部分挺有趣的,但是作者已經無可挽迴地進入瞭自我復製的寫作階段。
評分最值的有聲書,Hessler自己讀的....腦殘粉必入。寫作手法上類似於江城和尋路中國的結閤,聚焦在平民的生活,同時穿插學習新語言的經曆,有小故事有人物側寫有不帶感情色彩的描述。可以說是“套路”,但是讀者如我還是非常受用。不過還是要買一本實體書,聽有聲書跟看Kindle一樣,有閱讀快感但是有時候缺乏big picture。
評分通過形形色色的人與事零距離觀察埃及社會,比如街區附近撿破爛的人、同性戀者、語言老師、社會運動參與者、政治傢、考古學者、在那做生意的中國人、在國外的埃及人等等,曆史與現實糾葛,這個古老的文明該何去何從。
評分有些部分挺有趣的,但是作者已經無可挽迴地進入瞭自我復製的寫作階段。
The Buried 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載