A bona fide publishing phenomenon, Lynne Truss’s now classic #1 New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves makes its paperback debut after selling over 3 million copies worldwide in hardcover.
We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the Internet, in e-mail, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species.
In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Truss dares to say, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are. This is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset when it is mishandled. From the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to George Orwell shunning the semicolon, this lively history makes a powerful case for the preservation of a system of printing conventions that is much too subtle to be mucked about with. BACKCOVER: Praise for Lynne Truss and Eats, Shoots & Leaves:
Eats, Shoots & Leaves “makes correct usage so cool that you have to admire Ms. Truss.”
—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“Witty, smart, passionate.”
—Los Angeles Times Book Review, Best Books Of 2004: Nonfiction
“Who knew grammar could be so much fun?”
—Newsweek
“Witty and instructive. . . . Truss is an entertaining, well-read scold in a culture that could use more scolding.”
—USA Today “Truss is William Safire crossed with John Cleese’s Basil Fawlty.”
—Entertainment Weekly
“Lynne Truss has done the English-speaking world a huge service.”
—The Christian Science Monitor
“This book changed my life in small, perfect ways like learning how to make better coffee or fold an omelet. It’s the perfect gift for anyone who cares about grammar and a gentle introduction for those who don’t care enough.”
—The Boston Sunday Globe
“Lynne Truss makes [punctuation] a joy to contemplate.”
—Elle
“If Lynne Truss were Roman Catholic I’d nominate her for sainthood.” —Frank McCourt, author of Angela’s Ashes
“Truss’s scholarship is impressive and never dry.”
—Edmund Morris, The New York Times Book Review
LYNNE TRUSS is the author of the New York Times bestsellerTalk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door, and The Lynne Truss Treasury: Columns and Three Comic Novels . Eats, Shoots & Leaves, for which she won Britain’s Book of the Year Award, has sold over three million copies worldwide. Truss is a regular host on BBC Radio 4, a Times (London) columnist, and the author of numerous radio comedy dramas.
If you were like me, expecting to understand the rules of punctuation better by reading this book; you would be getting what you want, but also in for a huge disappointment. The book is, first and foremost, an emotional outlet of the author's frustration t...
评分偶尔看到一个搞笑的海报: https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1383833_10152015078544796_422646143_n.jpg 有人评论说“Eats, shoots and leaves"。不解其意,一查才知道原来是下面这则笑话,并且被Truss用了作为这本书的标题了。挺有意思的。 A panda walks...
评分If you were like me, expecting to understand the rules of punctuation better by reading this book; you would be getting what you want, but also in for a huge disappointment. The book is, first and foremost, an emotional outlet of the author's frustration t...
评分偶尔看到一个搞笑的海报: https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1383833_10152015078544796_422646143_n.jpg 有人评论说“Eats, shoots and leaves"。不解其意,一查才知道原来是下面这则笑话,并且被Truss用了作为这本书的标题了。挺有意思的。 A panda walks...
评分偶尔看到一个搞笑的海报: https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1383833_10152015078544796_422646143_n.jpg 有人评论说“Eats, shoots and leaves"。不解其意,一查才知道原来是下面这则笑话,并且被Truss用了作为这本书的标题了。挺有意思的。 A panda walks...
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评分这本书的名字真是太吸引人了,光是“Eats, Shoots & Leaves”这几个词组合在一起,就立刻在脑海里勾勒出了一幅充满生机和趣味的画面。我原以为这是一本关于自然观察或者美食探险的著作,那种带着泥土芬芳和烟火气的文字跃然纸上。拿到书后,我迫不及待地翻开,期待着能读到关于某个特定物种如何觅食、植物如何生长的细致描写,或者是一系列令人垂涎的异域食谱,配上作者在田野间或厨房里的亲身经历。然而,随着阅读的深入,我发现自己完全沉浸在了一种意想不到的境界之中。它仿佛带着我进行了一场宏大的、跨越时空的旅程,但这场旅程的主题却聚焦于那些我们日常生活中最容易忽略,却又最能体现思维逻辑和文化精髓的角落。作者的叙事技巧极其高超,他能够将看似枯燥的论述包裹在一层薄薄的幽默感和人文关怀之中,让人在捧腹大笑的同时,又不自觉地停下来深思。我特别欣赏那种将复杂的概念用最朴素、最形象的比喻阐释出来的能力,那感觉就像是突然间有人为你拨开了面前的一团迷雾,让你看到了清晰的路径。这本书真正做到的,是重新点燃了我对语言本身的好奇心,那种对精确表达的追求,远超出了普通读物的范畴,更像是一场智力上的探戈,优雅而步步紧逼。
评分说实话,拿到这本《Eats, Shoots & Leaves》的时候,我的期待值是比较中性偏低的,毕竟书名听起来有点像某个老派的英国绅士在酒吧里随口说出的一句话,充满了某种故作高深的英式冷幽默,我担心内容会过于晦涩或者沉闷,充斥着大量我无法理解的专业术语或者陈旧的典故。但出乎我的意料之外,作者的笔触是如此的轻盈而富有穿透力。他似乎拥有一种魔力,能将那些看似遥不可及的、高悬于理论之上的概念,拉拽到我们触手可及的日常经验之中。我印象最深的是其中关于“结构”的一段论述,作者没有堆砌复杂的框架图,而是通过描述一连串看似随机的事件,最终引向了一个关于“秩序与混乱”的哲学思辨。这种叙事手法,简直是教科书级别的示范——它不是在“告知”你,而是在“引导”你,让你亲手搭建起理解世界的脚手架。读完那一章后,我看向周围的一切,从建筑的布局到早晨咖啡的制作流程,都仿佛被赋予了新的意义,一切都有了清晰的内在逻辑可循。这本书的好处在于,它不是一味地灌输,而是在你脑中播下一颗种子,让你在接下来的日子里,不时地会回想起书中的某个观点,然后带着新的视角重新审视生活中的种种现象。
评分讲 Punctuation 都能毒舌,我是很服气的。现代标点的很多小历史,作者很多小态度,算是吐槽吐的有水平。
评分讲 Punctuation 都能毒舌,我是很服气的。现代标点的很多小历史,作者很多小态度,算是吐槽吐的有水平。
评分讲 Punctuation 都能毒舌,我是很服气的。现代标点的很多小历史,作者很多小态度,算是吐槽吐的有水平。
评分讲 Punctuation 都能毒舌,我是很服气的。现代标点的很多小历史,作者很多小态度,算是吐槽吐的有水平。
评分讲 Punctuation 都能毒舌,我是很服气的。现代标点的很多小历史,作者很多小态度,算是吐槽吐的有水平。
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