圖書標籤: 西班牙 旅行 andalucia 英文原著 小說
发表于2025-05-07
Driving Over Lemons pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025
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.
評分文筆一般……當“另一種生活”看看還好 可讀性不大
評分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.
評分文筆一般……當“另一種生活”看看還好 可讀性不大
評分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.
很生活化的一本小说,看过之后忽然就有了出去走走的想法。作者从城市走到乡村就好像从喧嚣走进内心的静谧,褪去浮华享受质朴的生活。阡陌交通,鸡犬相闻,看着陌上花开,等着伊人缓缓归矣真正与大自然相互亲近。越是简单质朴的生活,越能唤起人们对美好事物的向往。 不...
評分拿起这本书,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,...
評分是的,带着吉他,喝着羊奶,这里是安达卢西亚,作者的天堂…… 这是最好的地方,这里远离尘世的喧嚣,景色宜人,空气清新,以及最干净的水和最新鲜的食物……在这里,人和自然是前所未有的亲近;这是最糟的地方,这里【没有入口、没有自来水、没有电……还有那么大片的土地要...
評分拿起这本书,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,...
評分拿起这本书,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,...
Driving Over Lemons pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025