Thinking of the distant mountains

Mountains of the Mind

“Mountains are where all scenery begins and ends.”
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Luo Xin, Yang Zhao, and Chen Yikan jointly recommend Liu Zichao, author of The Lost Satellite: Macfarlane has the magic to penetrate the essence of the landscape.
◶ Robert Macfarlane's stunning debut, climbing steep, icy mountains and retracing the most ardent emotions in the human heart. ◴ The best contemporary walking literature writer, Cambridge University professor, and the youngest Man Booker Prize jury president, this is the first in a trilogy of walking literature, where science and poetry intersect, and mind and experience penetrate the landscape. ◵ Why do humans risk their lives to climb mountains? Unravel the captivating mystery of the mountains and write a romance of fear, fascination, and conquest between humans and mountains. ◷ Geology, history, biology, and literature: a journey through three hundred years of geological time and space: mountains are the beginning of all scenery, every stone is a history book, and an iceberg storm is brewing in the brain. ◵ The author of "Journey into Deep Time" is the representative work, winner of the Guardian First Book Award and the Somerset Maugham Literary Award, and jointly recommended by Luo Xin, Yang Zhao, Liu Zichao, and Chen Yikan. ◷ Designed by emerging designer Xihe, it depicts the magnificent dream of the mountains of the soul; professionally compiled, it accurately conveys the hard core and poetic style of Macfarlane's writing.
"Thinking of Distant Mountains" is the starting point of Cambridge scholar Robert Macfarlane's "Walking Literature Trilogy".
Just three centuries ago, mountains were considered crude creations of nature, "boils" on the Earth's surface. It was widely believed that evil spirits roamed the steep slopes of mountains, and that spirits resided at their summits—and that climbing them was strictly forbidden. How did fear of mountains transform into fascination and yearning over three centuries?
Robert Macfarlane stepped out of his study and embarked on dangerous mountain trails - from the valleys carved by the Cairngorms glaciers in Scotland, to the melted snow ridges of the Alps, to the cirques of the Tianshan Mountains, experiencing frostbite and rockfalls, and personally experiencing the remoteness and tranquility, desolation and wonder, and the temptation of danger and hope in the alpine world.
This journey leads to the steep and icy mountains, and it also evokes the bodies and souls of generations who have rushed to the mountains, and ultimately draws our hidden inner landscape: what we call "mountains" are the joint product of the earth's material form and human imagination, and are the mountains of our hearts.
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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 intersect, and the mind and experience penetrate the scenery. Like a climber trying to save his life, Macfarlane never leaves any sloppy movements, and uses unimaginable energy to implement a kind of elegance and alertness in his writing. ——Writer and translator Chen Yikan With the help of Macfarlane's footsteps, it is as if we have opened our eyes for the first time and seen fresh natural scenery that we have never seen before, and restored the hearing, smell, touch, taste, and movement that have been neglected and numb due to familiarity. ——Zhang Deming, professor at the School of Humanities, Zhejiang University Macfarlane shows a map of human mental activities that previous writers could not achieve - the depth of literature is so far-reaching, the geographical scale is so grand; the characters' behaviors are so different, but their thoughts are extremely profound. ——Writer James Wai-hung Macfarlane is like a knowledgeable adventure guide, embarking on a pleasant journey through three hundred years of history of science, literature, philosophy and eccentricity. This is a new kind of adventure writing, representing the birth of a new genre. ——The Irish Times
Macfarlane charts a cultural evolution. Few works have explored the astonishing transformation of mountain landscapes in our imaginations as powerfully as "The Mountains." — The Guardian
"Longing for the Distant Mountains" displays dazzling erudition, sharp analytical skills, accurate historical and cultural sense, and the author's passion for the subject. - Los Angeles Times
Of all the books published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the ascent of Mount Everest, "Thinking of Distant Mountains" is the most insightful and thought-provoking. Macfarlane deftly explores the cultural implications of discoveries in paleontology, geology, evolution, and plate tectonics, and his writing reveals both grit and poetry. —The Economist

2024-05-01

南海出版公司

New Classic Culture

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9787573506023