Ancient Trail

The Old Ways

"Measure my foot. The distance from heel to toe is 29.7 centimeters. This is the unit of movement, and also the unit of thought."
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Luo Xin, Yang Zhao, and Liu Zichao jointly recommend the well-known translator Chen Yikan: Like a climber trying to save his life, he carries out his writing with elegance and vigilance.
◷ Robert Macfarlane's philosophical walking tour, embarking on ancient paths, allows us to relearn the art of walking◴ The best contemporary walking literature writer × Cambridge University professor × the youngest chairman of the Booker Prize jury, the final work of the walking literature trilogy, where science and poetry intersect, and mind and experience penetrate the scenery◵ Pilgrimage Road, Sea Road, Doomsday Road... 12 roads leading to the unknown and adventure, interpreting the songs, symbols and secrets hidden in the earth◶ Life geography that summons souls with feet: the road to grandfather's funeral, the road to death of a genius poet, and rewriting the lives of the deceased with walking◷ Cambridge scholar, member of the Royal Society of Literature, an encyclopedic wandering of the earth, freely moving between forests and libraries◴ "Journey into Deep Time" is the author's masterpiece, winner of the Edward Stanford Travel Literature Award, and selected as Slate's "50 Best Non-Fiction Works of the Past 25 Years", recommended by Luo Xin, Yang Zhao, Liu Zichao and Chen Yikan◵ Designed by cutting-edge designer Xihe, it overlooks the remoteness and length of the ancient road; using the new translation and professional proofreading, it accurately conveys the hard core and poetic feeling of Mai's writing.
"Ancient Roads" is the last part of Cambridge scholar Robert Macfarlane's "Walking Literature Trilogy".
The ancient roads were trampled out by people day after day. They are the way people leave their mark on the earth, and they build the most intimate and poetic relationship between humans and the earth.
Robert Macfarlane, who in his youth longed to reach the top and embark on an unknown journey, is now more satisfied with the well-worn path. He follows in the footsteps of his predecessors, strolls along the ancient path on the top of the chalk hills in England, crosses the coastal tidal channel known as the "Road of Doom", sails to Bird Island in the northwest of Scotland, and retraces the pilgrimage routes to Palestine, Spain and the Himalayas... Along the way, he explores the wandering souls, echoing voices, circulating stories and ballads on the ancient paths, trying to find a path to the past, but finds himself sent back to the present again and again.
With patience, step by step, and the strong feeling of my feet touching the "wool" of the earth, a new understanding arises spontaneously: walking is an inward exploration, and the path we walk along subtly shapes us.
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Robert Macfarlane is one of the most celebrated writers of travel and nature writing today. Given his academic background, his fascination with the wild seems surprisingly seamlessly aligned with his explorations of the library. Luo Xin, Professor of History at Peking University, considers Macfarlane a leading figure in a new generation of nature writing and travel literature. He employs a wealth of brilliant literary devices (especially metaphor) to dramatically expand the imagery and depth of landscapes, and his prolific sensory descriptions create a sense of constant, intimate communication between the inner and outer landscapes. His innovative writing has spurred widespread commentary and inspired a new wave of local writing. Author Yang Zhao Macfarlane possesses an uncanny ability to penetrate the essence of landscape. In his writing, everything comes alive, wind and rain become revelations, and common sense is overturned. He integrates profound interdisciplinary knowledge into the most ordinary of objects. Holding a simple stone, he can narrate a story of Earth's past, millions of years in the past, providing us with a new framework for observing the world. -- Writer Liu Zichao: Science and poetry converge, mind and experience penetrate the landscape. Like a climber desperate for his life, Macfarlane leaves no room for sloppy movements, imbuing his prose with an elegance and alertness that is unimaginable. -- Writer and translator Chen Yikan: Through Macfarlane's footsteps, we open our eyes for the first time, seeing fresh, previously unseen natural landscapes, and reawakening our hearing, smell, touch, taste, and kinesthetic senses that have been neglected and numbed by familiarity. -- Professor Zhang Deming of the College of Humanities at Zhejiang University: Macfarlane reveals a spectrum of human mental activity that previous writers could not have achieved: a depth of literature, a vast geographical scale, characters whose actions are diverse but whose hearts are profound. -- Writer James Chan: Like J.A. Baker's peregrine falcon, Macfarlane unerringly surveys his prey—perfect imagery, precise quotations, and the ability to describe any location with exquisite detail. With Macfarlane, we have an unparalleled travel writer. --British historian William Dalrymple "Old Roads" tells the story of roads, which are a habit of use and created by the people who walk along them. By going deep into the places he has walked, Macfarlane eliminates the differences between himself and the world around him. In a world where identities are constantly changing, we can only know ourselves by walking. --Adam Nicholson, author of "The Cry of the Seabirds" "Old Roads" is an experiment in geographical biography. A vast and inclusive book, like the best roads, every time you look back, you will always find something different. --The Guardian
Macfarlane's mind wanders through geology, archaeology, zoology, botany, architecture, art, and literature, discovering small surprises wherever he goes. "Ancient Roads" reminds one of W.G. Sebald's "The Rings of Saturn," but with a unique sense of body consciousness. — The New York Times

2024-05-01

南海出版公司

New Classic Culture

432

9787573508782