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RiverattheCenteroftheWorld:AJourneyuptheYangtze,andBackinChineseTime

内容简介

RisinginthemountainsoftheTibetanborder,thesymbolicheartofChinapierces3,900milesofruggedcountrybeforedebouchingintotheoilyswellsoftheEastChinaSea.ConnectingChina'sheartlandcitieswiththevolatilecoastalgiant,Shanghai,ithasalsohistoricallyconnectedChinatotheoutsideworldthroughitsnearlyonethousandmilesofnavigablewaters.Totravelthosewatersistotravelbackinhistory,tosensethesoulofChina,andSimonWinchestertakesusalongwithhimasheencounterstheessenceofChina—itshistoryandpolitics,itsgeographyandclimateaswellasengageinitsculture,anditspeopleinremoteandalmostinaccessibleplaces.Thisistravelwritingatitsbest:lively,informative,andthoroughlyenchanting.

作者简介

Oneoftheleadingpractitionersoftheoffbeat,narrativenonfictiongenreTheNewYorkTimesaffectionatelycalls"cocktail-partyscience,"SimonWinchesterstudiedgeologyatOxford,workedonoffshoreoilrigs,andtraveledextensivelybeforesettlingintoawritingcareer.Fortwentyyears,heworkedasaforeigncorrespondentfortheGuardian,augmentinghisincomebywritingarticlesandwell-writtenbutlittle-readtravelbooks.Then,anobscurefootnoteinabookhewasreadingforsheerrecreationsparkedtheideaofalifetime.ThebookinquestionwasJonathonGreen'sChasingtheSun:DictionaryMakersandtheDictionariesTheyMade,andthefootnoteread,"ReaderswillofcoursebefamiliarwiththestoryofW.C.Minor,theconvicted,deranged,Americanlunaticmurderer,contributortotheOED."Immediately,Winchesterknewhehadstumbledonarealstory,onefilledwithdrama,intrigue,andhumaninterest.Publishedin1998,TheProfessorandtheMadman:ATaleofMurder,InsanityandtheOxfordEnglishDictionarywasanovernightsuccess,garneringravereviewsonbothsidesofthepond,andremainedonTheNewYorkTimeshardcoverbestsellerlistformorethanayear.Fueledbycuriosity,passion,andajournalist'sinstinctforwhatmakes"goodcopy,"Winchesterhasgoneontoexploretheobscure,arcane,andidiosyncraticinblockbusterslikeTheMapthatChangedtheWorld,Krakatoa,andTheManWhoLovedChina.Coincidentally,hissubjectshaveplacedhimsquarelyintheforefrontofthenewwaveofnonfictionsopopularatthestartofthe21stcentury.InaninterviewwithAtlanticMonthly,Winchesterexplainedthephenomenonthusly:""Itshows,Ithink,thatthereisdeep,deepdown--butunderservedforalongtime--aneagernessforrealstories,realnarratives,aboutrichandinterestingthings.We--writers,editors--justignoredthis,bypassedthis.Nowwearetappingintoitagain."

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