图书标签: 西班牙 旅行 andalucia 英文原著 小说
发表于2024-11-13
Driving Over Lemons pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024
When English sheep shearer Chris Stewart (once a drummer for Genesis) bought an isolated farmhouse in the mountains outside of Granada, Spain, he was fully aware that it didn't have electricity, running water, or access to roads. But he had little idea of the headaches and hilarity that would follow (including scorpions, runaway sheep, and the former owner who won't budge). He also had no idea that his memoir about southern Spain would set a standard for literary travel writing.
This rip-roaringly funny book about seeking a place in an earthy community of peasants and shepherds gives a realistic sense of the hassles and rewards of foreign relocation. Part of its allure stems from the absence of rose-colored glasses, mainly Stewart's refusal to merely coo about the piece of heaven he's found or to portray all residents as angels. Stewart's hilarious and beautifully written passages are deep in their honest perceptions of the place and the sometimes xenophobic natives, whose reception of the newcomers ranges from warm to gruff.
After reading about struggles with dialects, animal husbandry, droughts, flooding, and such local rituals as pig slaughters and the rebuilding of bridges, you may not wish to live Chris Stewart's life. But you can't help but admire him and his wife, Ana, for digging out a niche in these far-flung mountains, for successfully befriending the denizens, and for so eloquently and comically telling the truth. The rich, vibrant, and unromanticized candor of Driving over Lemons makes it a laudable standout in a genre too often typified by laughable naiveté. --Melissa Rossi
Stewart, a former drummer in Genesis, middle-aged travel writer and professional sheepshearer, never quite explains why he and his wife, Ana, decided to quit England 11 years ago for a dilapidated farm without electricity, water or even a road in Andaluc!a, Spain.
Entertaining. I actually bumped into the godmother of their daughter on the plane from Bristol to Malaga. She said Chris was exactly like what he came across in the book.
评分Entertaining. I actually bumped into the godmother of their daughter on the plane from Bristol to Malaga. She said Chris was exactly like what he came across in the book.
评分文笔一般……当“另一种生活”看看还好 可读性不大
评分Entertaining. I actually bumped into the godmother of their daughter on the plane from Bristol to Malaga. She said Chris was exactly like what he came across in the book.
评分文笔一般……当“另一种生活”看看还好 可读性不大
写其它书评我都是从写内容开始,写到最后才能生成最后的题目,而读这本书却正好反了过来,我先是想到了题目,而且思绪也完全沉寂在关于村庄的回忆。 出生在小村庄,对村庄的记忆是一排排砖瓦房,每家都有一个菜园子。初春的时候,翻园子,种菜籽,出苗了,就要除草...
评分一直很喜欢欧洲!只是对西班牙这个国家了解甚少,可能是由于其建筑的风格中夹杂了阿拉伯的元素,或者还有些说不清的原因,如今让自己突发了些莫名的好奇,尤其是看到这本由英国人写《吉他 羊奶 天堂》时,那张封面上漂亮的水彩画触动了心中一些久违的向往,于是便毫不犹豫地阅...
评分拿起这本书,读了一个月,每天大概朗读10页多。每次拿着这本书,总让我心情无比的好,这是一本让人欢乐的书。它的语言轻松而自在,用词很“可爱”,让人联想着一幅幅画卷,十分的美妙。 作者刻画得故事人物栩栩如生。主角克里斯是一个擅于夸赞别人,倾听别人谈话,...
评分写其它书评我都是从写内容开始,写到最后才能生成最后的题目,而读这本书却正好反了过来,我先是想到了题目,而且思绪也完全沉寂在关于村庄的回忆。 出生在小村庄,对村庄的记忆是一排排砖瓦房,每家都有一个菜园子。初春的时候,翻园子,种菜籽,出苗了,就要除草...
评分凡与旅游有关的事物都容易触动我那颗驿动的心。但看到本书的推介文字这样写道:“一部令全欧洲神往的旅游杰作”、“英国年度畅销冠军”、“世界畅销1000000册”,我还是有些将信将疑。如今行走在路上的人越来越多,描叙人间天堂的游记作品也多得让人应接不暇,让人恨不得下一刻...
Driving Over Lemons pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024