图书标签: 北欧 文化 旅行 英文原版 欧洲 travelling 英文版 文化之旅
发表于2025-03-17
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As heard on Book of the Week, Radio 4
The whole world wants to learn the secrets of Nordic exceptionalism: why are the Danes the happiest people in the world, despite having the highest taxes? If the Finns really have the best education system, how come they still think all Swedish men are gay? Are the Icelanders really feral? How are the Norwegians spending their fantastical oil wealth? And why do all of them hate the Swedes?
Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians, on and off, for over ten years, perplexed by their many strange paradoxes and character traits and equally bemused by the unquestioning enthusiasm for all things Nordic that has engulfed the rest of the world, whether it be for their food, television, social systems or chunky knitwear.
In this timely book he leaves his adopted home of Denmark and embarks on a journey through all five of the Nordic countries to discover who these curious tribes are, the secrets of their success and, most intriguing of all, what they think of each other. Along the way a more nuanced, often darker picture emerges of a region plagued by taboos, characterised by suffocating parochialism and populated by extremists of various shades.
They may very well be almost nearly perfect, but it isn't easy being Scandinavian.
Michael Booth contributes to numerous British and foreign magazines and all of the UK's broadsheet newspapers. He is the author of four works of non-fiction: Eat, Pray, Eat, which was nominated for a British Travel Press Award in 2012; Just As Well I'm Leaving, nominated for the Irish Times first writers award; Sacré Cordon Bleu, a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week; and Sushi and Beyond, winner of the Guild of Food Writers award in 2010. He lives in Denmark with his wife and children.
这本书简直可以作为expat旅居的写作范本。作者是常年给英国报刊撰文的记者和专栏作家,在丹麦定居了十年。虽然有不少地方有夸张和卖弄风趣之处,但是整个对北欧社会的描述十分到位。我觉得最难得的是那种北欧文化氛围的解读,只有真正长时间生活在这里才能了解得那么深入。强烈推荐。
评分Bitterly judgmental and condescending
评分Bitterly judgmental and condescending
评分撕开了北欧幸福平等经济发达社会和谐的外皮,让读者看到了一个更真实多面的北欧。福利社会的未来,移民问题,右翼政党的得势,鼓励中庸的社会常规,讨论的都是很复杂的问题,引述多方观点,没有清楚明白的答案,让强迫症有点难受。
评分四星推荐(如果作者幽默感喷薄更均匀,会打五星)Goodreads上的所有差评都可用作者正文最后一章的最后一句话来化解:you are right, I probably am a snotty Brit. ???? 一个娶了丹麦太太的英国记者写的这么一本介绍北欧五国风土人情,经济文化情况的书,基本上是访谈加游记。
这本书挺有趣的,同样也是一本非虚构的书,讲述了北欧五国(丹麦、冰岛、挪威、芬兰、瑞典)的人文社科情况,以特有的英式口吻,向我们娓娓揭开神秘的福利国家的真面目。实在太有意思了,这篇文章就用来收录专属于各个国家的冷幽默吧。 丹麦 丹麦被称为是世界上最幸福的国家,...
评分 评分北欧人是全世界最幸福的人,他们信任他人,生活成功,当我们面对他们,一种直觉的反应是想要挑刺,想用X射线透视他们的破绽。我在写作本书期间,也不能完全克制这种冲动。但是,北欧读者如果看到这本书,请你们原谅。就当我是嫉妒吧,如果这样可以让你们心里好受一点儿。
评分断断续续花了比较长的时间才看完这本书,整体感觉是比较枯燥。原来看名字以为是一本游记,谁知是关于北欧五国的社会人文的介绍。而且由于是英国人写的,对于中国人来说就更难理解一些了吧。 丹麦:由于与欧洲地缘的最为接近,因此最欧洲。人们喜欢参加一些无聊的集体活动,例如...
评分生活在一个高寒、高税率、社会单调的地区,会有什么幸福感可言?但它偏偏被誉为“人间的乐土”,没错,我说的正是北欧。 作为一个英国人,记者迈克尔•布斯将他的第二祖国安在了丹麦,结果他发现北欧人竟然比英国人还内敛沉默。斯堪的纳维亚半岛输出了众多品牌和文化,它们相...
The Almost Nearly Perfect People pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2025