Ryan Bingham's job as a Career Transition Counselor (he fires people) has kept him airborne for years. He hates his job, but he loves 'Airworld', finding happiness in pressurized cabins and anonymous hotel rooms, and pursuing a noble ultimate goal: one million frequent flier miles.With sharp wit, and wisdom, Up in the Air combines brilliant social observation with an acute sense of the modern mind. It is a story for unsettled times.
这本书和同名电影几乎完全不同。 当初看完电影,我就写下感想,我羡慕电影里的男主角,能够不停地乘坐飞机往返各大城市,不辞劳苦,风光无限,而他的工作也很特殊——职业转换咨询(没看书之前我脑子里没有一个词形容他,只知道他是专门去跟各种公司的职员说“你被解雇”了),...
评分看评论说这本书翻译得很差。其实恰恰相反,这本书可以说翻译得非常到位。 此书我本来看的是原版,还打算在一两个星期内读完。我实在是高估了自己。在读了十几页后,我实在是坚持不下去了:通篇各种俚语俗语口头语地方用语,要么是短到一两个单词的简略句,要么是长到一大段只有...
评分主人公是一个飞人,最常规的交通工具就是飞机,最大的爱好就是攒里程积分,通过积分的增长来肯定自己。忙忙碌碌,婚姻对于他可有可无,房子对于他可有可无,每一个城市都有不同的故事,偶遇、邂逅、互相安慰,骨子里还是很关注家庭,疼爱妹妹,随着年龄的增长已经疲于现在的工...
评分I got to the last page, I was outraged. Another abrupt ending, what was that all about? It left me hanging there, dangled. "Just that. No more. 'We are here'." Short, succinct sentences like this are powerful. Just as the protagonist who used these sentence...
评分我们的背包,我们的大房子、脚踏车、亲人、情人……当我们把他们都掏空,留给自己的,或许只剩旅行箱中的那件白衬衣了。
basically not worth the time
评分I love it.. where's my backpack..?
评分Much more than the movie
评分Much more than the movie
评分basically not worth the time
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