I quickly settled into that not unpleasant state of mindless that tends to overcome me on long journeys.
an unfamiliar mixture of excitement and exhaustion and intense optical stimulation. Everything seemed so vivid and acutely focused and new. I felt like someone stepping our of doors for the first time. It was all so different: language, the money, the cars, the license plates on the cars, the bread, the food, the newspapers, the parks, the people. I had never seen a zebra crossing before, never seen a tram, never seen an unsliced loaf of bread(never even considered it an option), never seen anyone wearing a beret who expected to be taken seriously, never seen people go to a different shop for each item of dinner or provided their own shopping bags, never seen feathered pheasants and un... (查看原文)
第一次读到这本书,是十五岁时英文课本里要求背诵的一篇文章节选,那时觉得作者的文字好美,那一段是描写他在西西里附近的Capri岛上,天色将晚,独自观望远处山丘倾泻下的灯火,脚下就是悬崖与大海。作者写道: “The sea was so far below that the sound of breakin...
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If you have a sense of humor, I bet you'll love this book. I bought it from Chaterhouse Booktraders in Shanghai, and finished it during the New Year holidays. He started this European trip from the northern-most city of Hammerfest, and finished at Istanbul...
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I learned the fact that Bryson was popular (besides Wikipedia says so) from the library checking status list. I’m so used to that when searching for certain writer, all his works would be neatly listed with the status description of “available at xxx libr...
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0 有用 chasca 2012-02-07 20:10:27
你是吐槽啊还是吐槽啊还是吐槽啊
1 有用 卡莱 2017-12-02 21:29:15
“我愿付出一切来交换眼前的美景。哪怕把我母亲卖到唐纳德·特朗普收上去也在所不惜。”布莱森在就是九十年代怎么就这么不待见特大嘴同学。不知道三十年后发现他居然当上了美国总统是什么反应。 这本一如既往的幽默,或者说稍逊以往的刻薄。
0 有用 Moi™ 2011-06-24 22:57:44
这是我读过的最有趣的旅行随笔了
1 有用 mado1983 2011-10-22 00:54:54
刻薄鬼!!!
0 有用 安先生 2013-03-15 21:11:14
作者吐槽好犀利,基本黑遍欧洲各国(貌似黑德国较少),最后社|会|主|义国家亮了……