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发表于2024-11-26
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I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to' And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn't hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England, he returned to the land of his youth, and drove almost 14,000 miles in search of a mythical small town called Amalgam, the kind of trim and sunny place where the films of his youth were set. Instead, his search led him to Anywhere, USA; a lookalike strip of gas stations, motels and hamburger outlets populated by lookalike people with a penchant for synthetic fibres. Travelling around thirty-eight of the lower states - united only in their mind-numbingly dreary uniformity - he discovered a continent that was doubly lost; lost to itself because blighted by greed, pollution, mobile homes and television; lost to him because he had become a stranger in his own land. The Lost Continent is a classic of travel literature - hilariously, stomach-achingly funny, yet tinged with heartache - and the book that first staked Bill Bryson's claim as the most beloved writer of his generation.
an interesting and not unbiased way of learning about the America. finished it just about the time when I've had enough of bryson-humour.
評分有點不忍給3星,但是給4星的話又覺得不實在。怎麼說呢,期望太高,看過好多人說這Bill Bryson的第一本書是最能體現他幽默的一本,我就相應的期待它為一本能讓我“捧腹大笑”的書。不過很明顯Bryson的幽默也需要適當的心情去體會,最近工作的忙碌以及Boston爆炸案的影響,常常讓我沒辦法去讀這本充滿揶揄的作品。讀最後四分之一部分時終於結束瞭心情的陰霾,似乎有更多處讓我能笑齣聲來(though still sporatic, if compared to A Walk in the Woods),不確定是這部分的確更好笑,還是我不再受消極情緒的影響。總之Bryson的幽默有時過於smart & cynical,雙刃劍,小失望。
評分內容過於無聊瞭…但邊乾活邊聽感覺正是strangely serene, 吐槽也不時讓我笑齣來,William Roberts讀得非常好
評分an interesting and not unbiased way of learning about the America. finished it just about the time when I've had enough of bryson-humour.
評分Bryson自成一派的調侃文風,印象比較深的是Cape Cod,還有卡波特的Cold Blood的原型地挺想去,旅程最後因為對Baseball players不再熟悉而遺憾收場,這股子sense of dislocation總算是畫上瞭句號。
Bill Bryson 的文字里太多机智与幽默,总让我哑然失笑。虽然他的段子多到轻浮的地步。他这一次开车穿行美国大陆,去了不少很无聊的小镇,可这经历被他写的妙趣横生。看完了,我决不会想去跟随他的足迹访问这些小镇,但是我一定会再去读他的书。
評分在2天之内划过所有地点人名, 这个BILL无数次在加油站,无数次在café点炸薯条和炸鸡套餐...永远在说"我到了某某公路,某某城市,这里很picturesque, 这里poor 或rich,这里有某某纪念馆..." 作为travel literature也许只能在tedious之间找点妙语连珠了... 当然他确实也算是美国...
評分Bill Bryson 的文字里太多机智与幽默,总让我哑然失笑。虽然他的段子多到轻浮的地步。他这一次开车穿行美国大陆,去了不少很无聊的小镇,可这经历被他写的妙趣横生。看完了,我决不会想去跟随他的足迹访问这些小镇,但是我一定会再去读他的书。
評分基本上还原了他当年走的路线,按照书中描写的城镇。 有些地方谷歌自己生成的路线实在无法改,比如他提到有一段景观公路开上去还是gravel road。在地图上无论我怎么拖动路线都改不了。 而且谷歌一段路线的最多节点是固定的,所以只好分了五段,三段是东部的,两段是西部的。 ...
評分上课断断续续读完了《失落的大陆》。我人在教室,心儿却跟着比尔.布莱森飞啊,飞啊,飞到美国去了。这比什么《红楼梦》的家谱有意思多了。 各种热情奔放的餐馆服务员,以及各种对着游客垂涎欲滴的旅游景点,还有那燥热的无尽公路,富有特色的城镇名称和当地口音,不怀好意的天...
The Lost Continent pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024