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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比尔·布莱森 作者
bobmiao
Black Swan1998版
Allen_Li
海天出版社2002版
南南
江苏凤凰文艺出版社2019版
NW
Black Swan1998版
1 有用 月泫 2012-09-25 08:23:39
美式幽默淋漓尽致，赞。一个个地方都给人鲜活的印象
1 有用 ミサ 2010-12-17 20:41:16
现在才发觉海南出版社翻得太好了，比高贵冷艳的译文好太多了！
0 有用 晴橙 墨 2009-07-24 11:31:18
很好玩
0 有用 lazysylvie 2007-05-24 21:09:02
百讀不膩的旅遊經典！幽默異常，一個人旅行的最佳良伴！
0 有用 大山 2012-03-31 15:16:24
比尔布莱森最棒的一本，译的很好
1 有用 月泫 2012-09-25 08:23:39
美式幽默淋漓尽致，赞。一个个地方都给人鲜活的印象
0 有用 大山 2012-03-31 15:16:24
比尔布莱森最棒的一本，译的很好
1 有用 ミサ 2010-12-17 20:41:16
现在才发觉海南出版社翻得太好了，比高贵冷艳的译文好太多了！
0 有用 晴橙 墨 2009-07-24 11:31:18
很好玩
0 有用 lazysylvie 2007-05-24 21:09:02
百讀不膩的旅遊經典！幽默異常，一個人旅行的最佳良伴！