一九四一年出生於美國麻州美德福(Medford),大學畢業後不久即加入和平工作團,前往馬拉威一所叢林學校及烏干達的馬克瑞雷(Makerere)大學擔任教職,在非洲生活了五年,同時也展開了源源不絕的創作。一九六八年,索魯轉往新加坡大學任教,三年後偕同妻小遷至英國的多塞特(Dorset),不久再遷往倫敦,十七年後又回到美國,此後輪流居住於英、美兩地。由於酷愛旅行,除了小說及文學評論外,索魯也出版了許多傑出的旅行文學著作,《大洋洲的逍遙列島》即是代表作品之一。隻身前往大洋洲的索魯,出發前正逢婚姻瓶頸,健康似乎也出了問題,在這趟漫長而孤獨的旅程中,他以敏銳的雙眼與犀利的文字,記錄了自己的心情,同時也為大洋洲留下了深刻而獨特的描述。
In this book, Theroux takes a trip in and around fifty-one Pacific Islands. From New Zealand"s rain forests to crocodile-infested New Guinea, over isolated atolls, through dirty harbors, daring weather and coastlines, he travels by kayak wherever the winds take him—and what he discovers is a world to explore and try to understand.
*Tourists dont know where they have been,I thought.travels dont know where they are going. *Travel,which is nearly always seen as an attempt to eacape from the ego,is in my opinion the opposite.Nothing induces concentration or inspires memory like an alien ...
评分*Tourists dont know where they have been,I thought.travels dont know where they are going. *Travel,which is nearly always seen as an attempt to eacape from the ego,is in my opinion the opposite.Nothing induces concentration or inspires memory like an alien ...
评分*Tourists dont know where they have been,I thought.travels dont know where they are going. *Travel,which is nearly always seen as an attempt to eacape from the ego,is in my opinion the opposite.Nothing induces concentration or inspires memory like an alien ...
评分*Tourists dont know where they have been,I thought.travels dont know where they are going. *Travel,which is nearly always seen as an attempt to eacape from the ego,is in my opinion the opposite.Nothing induces concentration or inspires memory like an alien ...
评分*Tourists dont know where they have been,I thought.travels dont know where they are going. *Travel,which is nearly always seen as an attempt to eacape from the ego,is in my opinion the opposite.Nothing induces concentration or inspires memory like an alien ...
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