As Dalrymple's first book, "In Xanadu", traversed thousands of miles, now he traverses thousands of years. In the course of 12 months in Delhi, he peels back the successive encrusting layers of history, using both material and human remains of each of the eight cities of Delhi, interlacing innumerable stories with the present and ending with the Delhi creation myth contained in...
As Dalrymple's first book, "In Xanadu", traversed thousands of miles, now he traverses thousands of years. In the course of 12 months in Delhi, he peels back the successive encrusting layers of history, using both material and human remains of each of the eight cities of Delhi, interlacing innumerable stories with the present and ending with the Delhi creation myth contained in the great Indian epic "The Mahabharata".
威廉·达尔林谱 William Dalrymple,苏格兰人,在佛斯海湾边长大。曾为《独立报》专栏作家。年方二十二岁便出版了畅销又备受好评的《在萨那都》,此书曾于1990获得《约克郡邮报》的最佳处女作品奖,以及苏格兰艺术协会春季图书奖。1989年他迁居德里,在当地居住四年,为本书搜集资料并为《星期天通讯》、《观察者》、《观察家》以及《周日时报》等报纸撰稿。曾获《周日时报》年度英国青年作家奖。威廉·达尔林普与艺术家奥利维亚·弗莱瑟结婚,目前在伦敦和爱丁堡两地居住。
1 有用 Robert 2021-02-15 21:13:33
目前看过最好的印度游记,或者说是作者对生活了一年的这座大城的献礼。从历史笈多王朝、图格鲁克王朝、莫卧儿奥朗泽布连年征战,到伊本白图泰的旅行见闻,英印帝国期间迁都城市规划勒琴斯、柯布西耶,再到宗教神话摩诃婆罗多。大量建筑宗教词汇查的好辛苦
0 有用 咖啡罐子 2019-07-20 15:27:13
那么多座城市散落在德里,既新且旧