Go swimming in the wild

Waterlog

⭐⭐⭐A "contemporary Thoreau," a classic of nature literature. A bestseller for many years, it has influenced and changed countless lives.
⭐⭐⭐Jump into the wilderness and say goodbye to internal friction!
● Jump into the water, cross the boundaries, regard life as a game, and happiness as a prize● The life of Roger Deakin, a master of nature literature, is full of water● Fog, rain, ditches, canals, rivers, swamps, lakes, seas... all bodies of water are open to you.
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Roger Deakin, a master of British nature literature, recorded his experiences during his 18-month journey through the rivers and lakes of Britain:
He swam through rivers, streams, waterfalls, mud, deep pools and the sea, and of course baths and swimming pools;
Sometimes he wears a diving suit that looks like a banana peel, and sometimes he lets go of his nature and gets skin-to-skin with the water;
In the water, he swam with frogs, otters, moorhens, and eels;
On the water, at the height of the hawthorn and ash treetops, he looked into the eyes of foxes, watched damselflies and dragonflies flutter before his eyes, hawks circled, and redstarts leaped from branch to branch;
When he emerged from the water, he lay down to dry himself on the grass, which was covered with small insects and a meadow of cinquefoil, sedum, sage, thyme, sorrel, purple heather, and foxglove.
Roger Deakin's experiences are an attempt to understand the mystery mentioned by DH Lawrence in The Third Thing:
"Water is H2O, two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen.
However, there is a third thing, something that makes water water, and no one knows what it is.”
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Roger Deakin is the Thoreau of our time. —Robert Macfarlane, Chairman of the 2013 Booker Prize Judges. This journey gave Roger—and the book's thousands of readers—a magical, alienating "frog's-eye view": from the surface, the world looks new. —Robert Macfarlane, Chairman of the 2013 Booker Prize Judges. As Deakin embarks, readers begin to understand his vision of the natural world. Tiny shells hold the souls of drowned sailors; every flower has a name. He follows the flight of a bee or a dragonfly, letting us share its daily affairs. He ponders the eels he swims with. He truly ponders them... Time stretches endlessly in his writing... He avoids describing images. Instead, he shifts our gaze, allowing us to observe the real time... The remarkable and tragic thing about his book is that the issues it concerns remain so urgent... In every body of water, Deakin introduces us to fascinating marginalized characters... The book is quietly saturated with sensuality... His descriptions of swimming are salty and intimate. Throughout its 36 chapters, the book is structured like a river system, where the organizing principle, like water, is gravity. — Harpers Magazine He maps Britain through the capillary network of its streams and rivers… The book also records the people he meets along the way, from the unfriendly school officials who chased him away from the River Itchen at Winchester College to the anecdote about an extraordinary marsh eel man… What makes Dickin’s book so captivating, what makes it such a wonderful travel companion, apart from its precise descriptions and profound humanity, is its subversive nature. Swimming in the wild, away from “health and safety”, unsupervised and often unnoticed, is in some inherently quiet act of defiance. — The Guardian
What first drew me to his writing about swimming was his keen eye for a quality of otherworldliness. In A Wild Swim, this enchanting, Alice in Wonderland-like quality comes alive. I noticed the shifts in the characters' emotions, as if recreating the very spot... Deakin urged me to observe as he illuminated the sensuality of his surroundings. He captured the pulse of life with exquisite, granular detail... In response to loss, pain, and grief, we move on. We seek out new and beautiful things that propel us to exist differently. In this first American edition of this book, Roger Deakin, one of our wisest water masters, shows us the way. —Outdoor Magazine Roger Deakin is the perfect companion to armchair swimming. Fascinating, insightful, and candid. —The Telegraph
Endlessly entertaining... Roger Deakin depicts a cold, damp subject with such passion and warmth that he manages to extract its shimmering textures, a feat not easily achieved. - The Guardian
The beautiful writing is refreshing, humorous, wise, and makes people smile. This is a book full of power and vitality. I love it! - Jane Gardam, Booker Prize shortlisted author
A true British eccentric, a wonderful and romantic story. - Financial Times
An unusual travelogue, rich and insightful observations and reflections on modern Britain. - The Independent
Attention to environment and culture blends beautifully in this captivating and inventive travel narrative, a masterpiece. - The Independent
A vivid and lively narrative... Dickin repeatedly pushes us into a cold and exciting torrent, washing us between pain and light. - "Good Book Recommendation"

2024-07-01

上海人民出版社

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