The Traveller's Tree: A Journey Through the Caribbean Islands

作者 Patrick Leigh Fermor著
出版社 New York Review Books
出版时间 2011年1月
ISBN 9781590173800
定价 272.70

内容简介

Inthelate1940sPatrickLeighFermor,nowwidelyregardedasoneofthetwentiethcentury’sgreatesttravelwriters,setouttoexplorethethenrelativelylittle-visitedislandsoftheCaribbean.Ratherthanacomprehensivepoliticalorhistoricalstudyoftheregion,TheTraveller’sTree,LeighFermor’sfirstbook,givesushisownvivid,idiosyncraticimpressionsofGuadeloupe,Martinique,Dominica,Barbados,Trinidad,andHaiti,amongotherislands.HerewewatchLeighFermorwalkthedustyroadsofthecountrysideandthebroadavenuesofformercolonialcapitals,equallyathomeamongthepeasantandtheelite,thelaborerandtheartist.Helistenstosteeldrumbands,delightsintheCongodancingthatclosesoutHavana’sCarnival,andobservesvodouandRastafarianrites,allwiththegenerouscuriosityandeasyeruditionthatreaderswillrecognizefromhissubsequentclassicaccountsATimeofGiftsandBetweentheWoodsandtheWater.,

作者简介

PatrickLeighFermor(1915-2011)wasanintrepidtraveler,aheroicsoldier,andawriterwithauniqueprosestyle.Afterhisstormyschooldays,followedbythewalkacrossEuropetoConstantinoplethatbeginsinATimeofGifts(1977)andcontinuesthroughBetweentheWoodsandtheWater(1986),helivedandtraveledintheBalkansandtheGreekArchipelago.HisbooksMani(1958)andRoumeli(1966)attesttohisdeepinterestinlanguagesandremoteplaces.IntheSecondWorldWarhejoinedtheIrishGuards,becamealiaisonofﬁcerinAlbania,andfoughtinGreeceandCrete.HewasawardedtheDSOandOBE.HelivedpartlyinGreece—inthehousehedesignedwithhiswife,Joan,inanolivegroveintheMani—andpartlyinWorcestershire.Hewasknightedin2004forhisservicestoliteratureandtoBritish–Greekrelations.JoshuaJelly-SchapiroisadoctoralstudentingeographyattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.HehaswrittenforTheGuardian,TheBeliever,TheNation,ForeignPolicy,andTheNewYorkReviewofBooks,amongotherpublications.

丛书

New York Review Books Classics

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