具体描述
A music history like no other, Manchester England comes complete with a recommended soundtrack for each chapter evoking aural memories as Haslam unleashes an assembled cast of artists, musicians, hooligans, writers, workers, students, entrepreneurs and poets playing out a unique history of a unique city.
Haslam is not the first to write on Manchester's musical heritage, but while many of his predecessors' overwhelming desire was to cry "me! me! me!", hoping to convince us that they were there and that, as such, they had something to do with the numerous mini cultural revolutions that have taken place in the city, Haslam's approach to Manchester is different. His meticulous style contrasts with the rough, eager spontaneity of his subject, yet the book works because of this. Mapping out the city's creative and industrial history from the early 19th century to the ecstasy-fuelled dance culture of the 80s and 90s, you begin to realise the profound extent to which the city has always been part of a cycle of cultural upheaval, innovation and desperation. A mix of immigrant cultures and classes at loggerheads: it's this cocktail of human influence that has enabled the city not just to survive, but to inspire its populous to innovate rather than imitate.
From "Immigrants, Merchants and Anarchists", via "Punk, Post Punk and the Punk Postman", to "Hard Times and Basslines", the headlines alone reveal the eclectic references uniquely brought together here, united not for the purpose of self-congratulatory navel-gazing but to enable an understanding of the city's past and its future. Haslam presents a completely holistic view of how Manchester has ended up, for better or worse, the city it is today. "We're living in an uneasy city in a very tough world ... but the so-called experts ... can't stifle the desire to break the silence", Haslam tells us, asserting that creativity in the city has always won out, not just in spite of, but because of the challenges that face it.
Manchester England is not simply about Dave Haslam flexing his academic muscle alongside his DJ-ing credentials. The book is absorbing, insightful and entertaining. There's been enough overblown hype surrounding this rainy Northern city. Haslam's earnest and intelligent approach betrays his quiet conviction that "on the third day", as the t-shirts used to shout, "God did create Manchester". --Tony Martin
作者简介
Dave Haslam is an author and DJ. Originally from Moseley, Birmingham, and educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, where the rumours were that Toyah Willcox was his girlfriend. Having moved to Manchester in 1980, he DJ'd over 450 times at the legendary Haçienda nightclub in Manchester, UK including Thursday's Temperance club night in the late 1980s. In the 1990s he also hosted the weekly night Yellow at the Boardwalk nightclub in Manchester.
More recently he has written a book about the Manchester music scene, called Manchester, England, a book about superstar DJs called 'Adventures on the Wheels of Steel', and 'Not Abba; the Real Story of the 1970s'. He currently holds an infrequent guest-only night, 'Sweet Sensation' at various venues in Manchester. He also presents 'The Weekender' on Xfm Manchester and has a weekly residency at South nightclub (Manchester) every Friday night. The night is called 'Another Planet' and Dave has regular guest DJs like Terry Hall, Chips With Everything DJs and more.
The www.davehaslam.com website [1] includes a 'gig-ography', information about the books, etc.
This British biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
目录信息
读后感
评分
评分
评分
评分
用户评价
这本书的叙事节奏，用一个词来形容，那就是“缓慢而坚定”，它像极了曼彻斯特那著名的绵绵细雨，看似温柔，却有着渗入骨髓的持久力量。作者似乎刻意与现代小说的快节奏保持着距离，他愿意花上大篇幅去描绘一个简单的日常场景，比如一场普通的足球赛散场后，人流如何如同河流般涌过街道，那种嘈杂、兴奋与疲惫交织的情绪，被捕捉得淋漓尽致。我能清晰地感受到那种英格兰北部特有的、略带忧郁的幽默感，它不是那种直白的笑料，而是深植于生活困境之中的一种自我解嘲。阅读过程中，我产生了强烈的代入感，仿佛我就是那个在雨中奔跑，为了生计而奔波的普通人。尤其是在描述那些旧工厂建筑和布满苔藓的运河边时，那种历史的厚重感几乎要压得人喘不过气来，它让你直面工业文明的辉煌与代价。不同于那些歌颂性的作品，这本书的基调是克制的、近乎冷峻的，作者对人性的复杂性有着深刻的洞察，他没有将任何角色塑造成完美的英雄或彻底的恶棍，每个人都在那个特定的历史和社会熔炉中，努力地、挣扎着生存下来。这种真实感，才是它最打动我的地方，它不是关于伟人的史诗，而是关于无数普通人命运的交响乐。
评分这本书的章节结构设计，仿佛是作曲家在构建一部交响乐，有着清晰的主旋律、变奏以及高潮的铺陈。它没有使用传统的小说分章方式，而是以一系列相互关联的“主题单元”来组织内容，这些单元可能是某个历史事件的侧写，也可能是一个家族三代人的命运缩影。最妙的是，这些单元之间存在着一种微妙的“共振效应”，你可能在第三个单元读到的一个细节，会在第十章的一个看似不相关的段落中得到回响或反转，这迫使读者必须将全书视为一个整体来消化和理解。这种非线性的叙事技巧，完美地呼应了历史本身的复杂性——过去从未真正过去，它以碎片化的形式，持续影响着现在。我常常会暂停阅读，回顾之前读到的几章，试图找出那些隐藏的线索和伏笔，这种主动的参与感极大地增强了阅读的乐趣。这本书不是被动接受的信息流，而是一场需要读者积极参与解码的智力游戏。最终，当所有线索在最后几章汇聚时，那种豁然开朗的感觉，带来的满足感是其他类型书籍难以比拟的，它证明了作者在构思之初，便已将一切布局得天衣无缝。
评分这本书的装帧设计简直是一场视觉盛宴，那种厚重感和油墨的香气，瞬间就把我拉回了那个对文学充满敬意的年代。我尤其喜欢封面那种略带磨砂质感的处理，配合着烫金的书名“曼彻斯特，英格兰”，透露出一种低调而沉稳的历史气息。初次翻阅时，我被作者那近乎偏执的细节描绘所震撼，仿佛每一次落笔都是在用一把极其精密的刻刀，雕琢着这座城市的灵魂。他没有选择宏大叙事，而是将目光聚焦于那些隐藏在石板路缝隙中的微小生命——比如某个百年老店里，面包师手中面粉飞扬的轨迹，或是工业革命后期，纺织女工指尖上留下的永久性茧子。文字的密度极高，每一个句子都像是经过了反复锤炼的精钢，既有维多利亚时期特有的那种繁复与华丽，又夹杂着北方特有的那种直率与坚韧。读起来需要全神贯注，稍微走神，你就会错过一段关于默西河水流速度的精准描述，或是某个特定街角午后阳光角度的微妙变化。这本书更像是一部详尽的城市田野调查报告，只不过它的工具不是相机和录音机，而是最富有生命力的文字。我常常在阅读的间隙停下来，闭上眼睛，试图在脑海中构建出那种被蒸汽和煤灰浸染的空气质感。这本书的结构也很有趣，它似乎没有一个线性的时间轴，而是像一张由无数历史切片拼贴而成的挂毯，需要读者自己去梳理其中的因果与关联。
评分这本书给我最大的启发，在于它展示了“地方感”的构建是如何超越地理坐标的。它不仅仅是在讲述曼彻斯特的故事，它是在提炼“曼彻斯特精神”。作者巧妙地将这座城市的自然环境——比如常年的阴天、河流的浑浊——与居民的性格、社会结构以及他们对外部世界的看法联系起来，形成了一个密不透风的生态系统。我特别欣赏他对“不屈服”这一主题的处理，这种精神并非通过激昂的口号来表达，而是通过无数次微小的、重复的、看似徒劳的努力来体现。例如，书中对一个在矿井边开设小型修理铺的老匠人的描写，他日复一日地维护着那些早已被时代淘汰的机械零件，他的坚持本身就构成了一种对“遗忘”的抵抗。这种“地方感”不是停留在明信片上的风景，而是深入到市民集体潜意识中的一种生存哲学。读完之后，我感觉自己对“工业城市”这个概念有了全新的理解，它不再是教科书上的图表，而是一个活生生的、有呼吸的、充满矛盾的有机体。这种对地域文化的深刻挖掘和重塑，使得这本书具有了超越其叙事本身的文化价值。
评分从语言风格的角度来看，这本书简直是一场语言学上的冒险。作者的词汇量之庞大，用词之精准，让我这个自诩为阅读老手的人也时常需要查阅词典。他似乎信奉“一词不落，一义不失”的原则，将那些已经被现代白话文淘汰的、带有强烈地域色彩或特定时代印记的词汇，巧妙地嵌入到叙事之中，却丝毫不显得生硬或卖弄。例如，他对“Ginnel”（小巷）的描写，那种阴暗、潮湿、充满秘密的意象，被塑造得入木三分，远胜于简单地使用“alleyway”。更令人惊叹的是，作者在处理不同阶层人物的对话时，语气和用词的差异达到了令人难以置信的逼真程度，这需要对当时的社会阶层口音和用语习惯有极深入的研究。这种对语言颗粒度的执着追求，使得这本书的阅读体验更像是一种深入语言肌理的探索。有时候，我甚至会反过来揣摩，作者选择这个特定动词而非其近义词的深层原因是什么。它要求读者不仅要理解故事内容，更要学会倾听文字背后的音调和节奏，这无疑提高了阅读门槛，但回报也是丰厚的——一种近乎沉浸式的、多维度的感官体验。
评分 评分 评分 评分 评分相关图书
本站所有内容均为互联网搜索引擎提供的公开搜索信息，本站不存储任何数据与内容，任何内容与数据均与本站无关，如有需要请联系相关搜索引擎包括但不限于百度，google,bing,sogou 等
© 2026 book.quotespace.org All Rights Reserved. 小美书屋 版权所有