Jamie Zeppa made a life-altering decision at the age of 24 when she left an academic career to join a two-year teaching programme for young Canadians in Bhutan. Bhutan is a notoriously difficult country to visit as a tourist, and the opportunity to live there was one Jamie could not ignore - despite apprehension about leaving her boyfriend and family behind. The first months were nightmarish and Jamie existed on a meagre diet of crackers and boiled water for fear of catching tape worm or worse. The unpronouncable language, bizarre local customs and basic living conditions all conspired to make her miserably home-sick but the young chidren she was supposedly teaching eventually took her in hand and taught her to cook on an antiquated gas stove: their grateful families gave her fresh fruit and vegetables and Jamie finally discovered that she was surrounded by friends in a beautiful location. Jamie Zeppa has written a book about the difficulties of living within an alien culture, far away from the security of "home". She tells, with humour, of the everyday prejudices she was forced to overcome as a white woman abroad and writes with genuine awe about the beauty of Bhutan.Her assessme --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Jamie Zeppa was 24 when she left a stagnant life at home and signed a contract to teach for two years in the Buddhist hermit kingdom of Bhutan. Much more than just a travel memoir, Beyond the Sky and the Earth is the story of her time in a Himalayan village...
评分Jamie Zeppa was 24 when she left a stagnant life at home and signed a contract to teach for two years in the Buddhist hermit kingdom of Bhutan. Much more than just a travel memoir, Beyond the Sky and the Earth is the story of her time in a Himalayan village...
评分Jamie Zeppa was 24 when she left a stagnant life at home and signed a contract to teach for two years in the Buddhist hermit kingdom of Bhutan. Much more than just a travel memoir, Beyond the Sky and the Earth is the story of her time in a Himalayan village...
评分Jamie Zeppa was 24 when she left a stagnant life at home and signed a contract to teach for two years in the Buddhist hermit kingdom of Bhutan. Much more than just a travel memoir, Beyond the Sky and the Earth is the story of her time in a Himalayan village...
评分Jamie Zeppa was 24 when she left a stagnant life at home and signed a contract to teach for two years in the Buddhist hermit kingdom of Bhutan. Much more than just a travel memoir, Beyond the Sky and the Earth is the story of her time in a Himalayan village...
我必须承认,这本书的开头并不容易进入,它的开篇用了大量的篇幅来描绘一种近乎冥想的状态,对于习惯了快节奏开场的读者来说,可能会有些不耐烦。然而,请坚持下去!一旦你适应了这种沉静的节奏,它散发出的魅力将是无法抗拒的。作者对环境的描摹达到了令人发指的地步,你几乎能闻到空气中的气味,感受到光线的温度。书中描绘的那些场所,它们仿佛拥有自己的生命和历史,它们是角色命运的见证者,而非仅仅是背景。角色的行动逻辑,很多时候并非基于现代的、功利的考量,而是植根于他们所处的独特社会结构和信仰体系之中,这使得他们的抉择充满了宿命感。我欣赏作者对这种“失落感”的捕捉——一种对逝去时代或未曾拥有的理想的追忆。整本书读下来,情绪是起伏不定的,有被震撼的瞬间,也有被温柔安抚的时刻,总体上,它构建了一个既疏离又令人心痛的文学空间。
评分坦率地说,这本书的阅读体验是充满挑战性的,但正是这种挑战,让它在我心中占据了特殊的位置。它的语言风格有一种古老的、近乎吟游诗人的韵律感,遣词造句既精准又充满画面感,但有时你需要停下来,反复咀嚼某些句子,才能捕捉到其中更深层次的含义。这种阅读的“阻力”,反而迫使我放慢了速度,真正沉浸到文字构建的氛围里。它不像流水账,它更像是一幅层层叠叠、细节丰富的油画。故事的主线是清晰的,但在通往主线的道路上,布满了各种岔路和隐喻,这些“岔路”往往能引人深思。我发现自己会不由自主地开始思考作者在探讨的主题——关于记忆的不可靠性、关于集体认同的构建与瓦解。这已经超越了一般的娱乐范畴,更像是一次智力上的探险。对于那些寻求深度阅读体验,不满足于被动接受故事的读者来说,这本书无疑是一个极佳的选择。
评分读完这本书,我感觉自己像是被扔进了一个完全陌生的文化熔炉,但又有一种奇特的亲切感油然而生。作者构建的世界观极其庞杂而富有层次感,但令人称奇的是,即使是初次接触这些设定的读者,也能迅速找到理解的切入点。这绝非易事,很多奇幻作品往往因为设定过于晦涩而劝退读者,但这里的叙事者显然深谙“展示而非告知”的艺术。那些独特的风俗、那些难以名状的仪式,都被巧妙地编织进了情节的脉络里,推动着人物关系的发展,而非仅仅是背景装饰。我尤其喜欢那种夹杂在严肃历史背景下的,那种带着地方色彩的幽默感,它像一剂润滑剂,使得那些沉重的议题也变得可以消化。角色之间的对话充满了张力,每个人都有自己的立场和难以言说的苦衷,使得矛盾的产生显得那么真实和不可避免。你很难说谁是绝对的好人或坏人,每个人都在用自己的方式努力地活下去,这种复杂性,才是真正打动人心的地方。这绝对是一部值得反复研读的、充满生命力的作品。
评分这本小说简直是一场视觉与情感的盛宴,作者的笔触细腻得让人心颤。故事的开端铺陈出一种近乎史诗般的宏大叙事,但叙事者的高明之处在于,他总能将那些磅礴的景象巧妙地融入到个体命运的细微波澜之中。我特别欣赏那种穿插其中的哲思,它不是生硬的说教,而是如同清晨的薄雾,自然而然地浸润着角色的每一个选择和挣扎。你读着读着,会不由自主地代入那种对未知疆域的向往,以及面对命运无常时的那种坚韧与迷茫。叙事节奏的掌控也极其老道,时而如急流般迅猛,将人卷入高潮的漩涡;时而又放慢下来,让读者有时间去细细品味那些场景描绘中蕴含的深层意境。尤其是一些关于人与自然、人与自身局限性的探讨,简直是直击灵魂的拷问。读完合上书页,那种久久不散的回味,就像是亲身经历了一场漫长而意义非凡的旅程,让人对现实世界也多了一层全新的、更加富有诗意的理解。它不是那种一目了然的娱乐小说,它要求你投入心力去解读,但回报你的,是远超预期的精神满足感。
评分对于长期浸淫于某种文学类型的老读者来说,我们都在寻找那种能真正“刷新感官”的作品。这本书无疑做到了这一点。它没有采用任何老套的叙事技巧来取悦大众,相反,它大胆地采用了非线性的时间结构,将过去、现在和某种预示性的未来碎片化地投射出来。这种结构要求读者必须积极地参与到故事的重构中去,像拼图一样将散落的线索组合起来。最让我印象深刻的是书中对“声音”的运用,作者似乎特别擅长用文字来捕捉那些不易察觉的听觉细节,这为原本就厚重的文本增添了一层独特的感官维度。它探讨的主题是宏大的——文明的兴衰、个体的价值——但处理方式却异常内敛和克制。没有激烈的煽情,一切都藏在人物眼神的交汇、沉默的对峙之中。读完后,你会有一种强烈的冲动,想要立刻翻回第一页,重新审视那些最初看似无关紧要的细节,因为你知道,它们早已埋下了通往最终领悟的伏笔。这是一部需要“二刷”才能完全领略其精妙构造的杰作。
评分我开始有点儿真的喜欢这本书了。
评分我开始有点儿真的喜欢这本书了。
评分我开始有点儿真的喜欢这本书了。
评分我开始有点儿真的喜欢这本书了。
评分这本书留在脑海里一个画面,山影层层疊疊心境平静清洁伴奏着Peter Kater的音乐… 这是我在纽约读的最后一本书,之后来到中国从此落入凡间。
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