作者简介
Colin Thubron is an acknowledged master of travel writing, and the winner of many prizes and awards. His first writing was about the Middle East - Damascus, Lebanon and Cyprus. In 1982 he travelled into the Soviet Union in an ancient Morris Marina, pursued by the KGB, a journey he recorded in Among the Russians. From these early experiences developed his classic travel books: Behind the Wall (winner of the Hawthornden Prize and the Thomas Cook Travel Award), The Lost Heart of Asia, In Siberia (Prix Bouvier) and Shadow of the Silk Road. His most recent book is To a Mountain in Tibet (all available in Vintage). Colin Thubron was President of the Royal Society of Literature from 2010 to 2017.
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太久没读文学类，好多生词
图书馆偶遇的一本书。知道作者是著名的旅行作家，但从来没读过他的作品。老爷子以近八十的高龄，从外蒙肯特山鄂嫩河源头走起，沿着黑龙江及其支流，跋山涉水将近两千英里，直到黑龙江入海口处的尼古拉耶夫斯克（庙街）。其间坠马摔断了两根肋骨和脚踝，还碰上了中俄联合军演，没有放弃，令人动容。就书的内容来说，名家手笔，不会让人失望：令人如临其境的景致描写，鲜活的人物，丰富的人文历史，配上凝练幽默的文笔，具备优秀旅行文学的所有元素。当然，在人文历史这点上，拘留他的俄国警官可能并不同意：对当地掌故比他一个本地人还清楚的英国老头子，显然不可能是什么好人。黑龙江既是中俄的界河，沿岸太多“中俄友谊长存”的历史和今天，所以很可惜，大概永远见不到完整的简中版本—正如作者所言，"The Amur divides".
关于东北亚的历史和叙事。
配合Audible里的录音阅读感觉很好，最近对他者视角下的家乡游记格外感兴趣。
老先生的书堪称GRE单词大全……硬着头皮啃了小半本以后，终于还是借着谷歌翻译读完了后半部分。就凭80岁高龄还能像年轻人一样旅行，甚至摔断肋骨和脚踝也不停歇，全书采访质量丝毫不打折扣，就值得一个五星了
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