A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But mostly they observe. Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling it sixteen times, spinning past continents and cycling through seasons, taking in glaciers and deserts, the peaks of mountains and the swells of ...
A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But mostly they observe. Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling it sixteen times, spinning past continents and cycling through seasons, taking in glaciers and deserts, the peaks of mountains and the swells of oceans. Endless shows of spectacular beauty witnessed in a single day.
Yet although separated from the world they cannot escape its constant pull. News reaches them of the death of a mother, and with it comes thoughts of returning home. They look on as a typhoon gathers over an island and people they love, in awe of its magnificence and fearful of its destruction.
The fragility of human life fills their conversations, their fears, their dreams. So far from earth, they have never felt more part - or protective - of it. They begin to ask, what is life without earth? What is earth without humanity?
作者简介
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Samantha Harvey is the author of the novels The Wilderness, All Is Song, Dear Thief and The Western Wind and a work of non-fiction, The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping. Her work has been longlisted for the Booker Prize, and shortlisted for the James Tait Black Award, the Women's Prize, the Guardian First Book Award and the Walter Scott Prize. The Wilderness was awarded...
Samantha Harvey is the author of the novels The Wilderness, All Is Song, Dear Thief and The Western Wind and a work of non-fiction, The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping. Her work has been longlisted for the Booker Prize, and shortlisted for the James Tait Black Award, the Women's Prize, the Guardian First Book Award and the Walter Scott Prize. The Wilderness was awarded the Betty Trask Prize. She is a tutor on the MA course in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.
和朋友交流读后感时，两人不约而同想到一样的形容：“It’s a love letter to earth and humanity”。 （虽然有点俗） 我比预期中更喜欢这本书。这是一本美丽、诗意且富有哲理的书，相当感人而治愈。它的故事非常简单且平淡无奇：来自不同国家和背景的6位宇航员在一个国际空间...
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0 有用 壮壮的肉多多呀 2026-01-08 22:57:30 瑞典
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2 有用 慢懒 2024-11-24 20:16:03 上海
感觉像在看《2001太空漫游》宇航员绕圈跑步的那一段，匀速，静谧，令人麻醉的重复。
2 有用 #ArtfulDodger# 2025-02-16 21:09:18 中国台湾
自己给自己安排了个阅读的仪式，在来回四川和上海的航班上读完，万米高空是我离空间站轨道最近的时刻了吧。好坏都很明显，把视野收缩到空间站的几个宇航员身上，在人类重回月球的当口，位于地月之间的他们是空间的中点，也是成为了链接过去和未来的中端。小说用空间站每日环绕地球的16周轨道运动来组织架构，深入宇航员各自的内心，他们和地面的各种联系和空间站的日常绞结成宇航员的内心活动。越靠结尾，小说就越上升到对宇宙历... 自己给自己安排了个阅读的仪式，在来回四川和上海的航班上读完，万米高空是我离空间站轨道最近的时刻了吧。好坏都很明显，把视野收缩到空间站的几个宇航员身上，在人类重回月球的当口，位于地月之间的他们是空间的中点，也是成为了链接过去和未来的中端。小说用空间站每日环绕地球的16周轨道运动来组织架构，深入宇航员各自的内心，他们和地面的各种联系和空间站的日常绞结成宇航员的内心活动。越靠结尾，小说就越上升到对宇宙历史的大笔触想象。如果每天都在用大陆为单位观察地球的确也很难避免对庞大的想象。可惜宇航员群像和对宇宙历史的想象没能太紧密地收束在一起，小说的叙事声音越来越虚浮，最后仿佛成了漂浮在虚空中的观察者。 (展开)
18 有用 威叔在香港 2024-08-25 18:39:51 中国香港
2024.08.25. 布克奖长名单，个人第四本。非常漂亮的封面、136页的一本小书、加上“布克奖入围”这种顶级褒奖加持，就是当礼物送人也是非常合适的选择。我本想着136页“不要太容易”，但实际上读起来远不如上一本270来页的《The Safekeep》顺畅。作者的遣词造句极为优美，甚至可以用瑰丽来形容，若放到中学或大学时的我，相信一定会奉为圭臬、认真抄诵。但如今的我已经不追求这些了，我只想读一本... 2024.08.25. 布克奖长名单，个人第四本。非常漂亮的封面、136页的一本小书、加上“布克奖入围”这种顶级褒奖加持，就是当礼物送人也是非常合适的选择。我本想着136页“不要太容易”，但实际上读起来远不如上一本270来页的《The Safekeep》顺畅。作者的遣词造句极为优美，甚至可以用瑰丽来形容，若放到中学或大学时的我，相信一定会奉为圭臬、认真抄诵。但如今的我已经不追求这些了，我只想读一本有趣的小说、一个精彩的故事。本书从六个在外太空绕不同轨道飞行的宇航员出发，以流动的视角分别从他们角度讲他们各自当下的所见所感、过去的记忆遗憾和伤痛。可惜的是，叙事的部分全被写氛围、思绪、感受和“升华”的瑰丽文字打散和稀释，每一篇、每一页、每一段读着都很散，以至于“读也读不完”成为我最强烈的阅读体验。 (展开)
1 有用 57.3°N 2024-11-24 22:38:55 北京
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