Fruit plays a pivotal role in human history, from Adam’s apple to George Washington Carver’s peanuts and beyond. Both poetry and prose would be impoverished if metaphors and similes involving fruit were expunged. Gollner looks at the present state of fruit in the world, ranging from everyday banalities of bananas to exotica such as passion fruit. He travels to the tropics to learn about fruits firsthand. Along the way, he encounters fruitarians, who advocate a strictly fruit diet. Other fruit-obsessed characters include the brilliant David Karp, a former junkie who now gets his kicks from fresh fruit. Some fanatics go so far as to smuggle fruits across national borders, risking importation of fruit-borne pathogens. The fruit of the moment, the Australian finger lime, entrances master chefs with its culinary potential. Despite their seeming naturalness, many common fruits would be unknown or extinct without human intervention in grafting, breeding, and conservation. --Mark Knoblauch

亚当·李斯·格尔纳

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现居加拿大蒙特利尔。耗费数年周游世界探访地下水果世界。他是《纽约时报》、《美食家》、《好胃口》、《GOOD》等杂志的撰稿人。曾经担任《VICE》杂志的编辑。他还是个音乐人，并筹拍自己的独立电影。《水果猎人》是他的第一本著作，并即将被搬上银幕，由著名导演文德斯监督，《沿江而上（Up the YangZi River）》华裔导演张侨勇导演。

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