书籍介绍
这不是一本让人一路鸡血到底的体育励志书。它真正抓住人的，是1936年柏林那个阴郁时代里，一群没有背景的男孩如何用一支桨把彼此拧成一体。作者把赛艇这项冷门运动写得近乎神圣：它不奖励个人英雄，只考验一个人能否把自我、野心甚至尊严都搁在船舷外，只为身后那八个人用力。书中对大萧条与纳粹崛起前夕美国社会一天一天熬过的日子，写得克制而真切，让历史的压迫感悄然压在每个人肩上。它适合愿意慢下来的人：你若只想要热血逆袭的爽感，或许会觉得闷；但如果你曾被某个隐忍少年的自我救赎打动，会被那种“专注的力量”与“平静合一”的集体之美真正击中。
作者简介
ABOUT AUTHOR
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Diablo Valley College, the University of California at Berkeley, and UCLA. I taught writing at San Jose State University and Stanford before becoming a technical writer and editor. I now write narrative nonfiction books full time. My primary interest as a writer is in bringing compelling historical events to life as vividly and accurately as I can.
I live in the country outside of Seattle, Washington with my wife, two daughters, and an assortment of cats, dogs, chickens, and honeybees. When I am not writing, I am likely to be birding, gardening, fly fishing, reading American history, or chasing bears away from the bee hives.
If you have comments or questions about my work please feel free to email me using the form found under “Contact.”
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- "All that, Ulbrickson knew,had to start here on this dock,with the boys who were now wandering off into the wanning light. Somewhere among them——those green and untested boys——lay much of the stock from which he would have to select a crew capable of going all the way. The trick would be to find whic"
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太精彩了，比电影不知道好多少倍。athleticism的顶峰。之前练rowing的时候真的觉得这个运动让人咬紧牙关，现在是真的明白这里面的endurance有多么重要。推荐推荐。
对赛艇运动一窍不通，对大学体育竞赛也是兴致阑珊，所以我比较没法入戏吧。其实更感兴趣纳粹德国的体育运动和运动员。现在对这种热血逆袭故事也越来越怀疑，热血过了就是狗血。每次听美国人写家境贫寒我就觉得真是小巫见大巫。倒可以看看克鲁尼的电影拍出来怎样。
读完以后瞬间就不喜欢阿甘正传了，这种纯粹的白人至上其实也挺没意思的。不过书里对于二战前夕那个时代的描写倒是很细致，好像一天一天的就过着那样的日子。
能看得进去奥运赛艇了。
太好的故事，太诗意的文笔
22年4月读完，好羡慕好向往好崇拜
读不下去了，感觉比较平淡，弃坑。
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