赫丘力士之柱

赫丘力士之柱
ISBN-10
9866319717
ISBN-13
9789866319716
Category
Travel / Essays & Travelogues
Pages
604
Language
Chinese
Published
2013-03-28
Publisher
馬可孛羅
Author
保羅‧索魯

Description

「我生命中有很長一段時間是住在不屬於我的地方,

我一直是個不折不扣的異鄉人。」

──保羅‧索魯


詹宏志:保羅‧索魯是一位想像力最奇詭的旅行作家。

索魯的風格是那種穿透世俗虛偽的銳利,毫不留情,也絕不隨俗。如果你願意冒著自己的自尊也受一點點傷害的風險,讀到的確實是極其敏銳的觀察以及冷面笑匠式的幽默。


大部分時間都扮演著「異鄉人」角色的保羅‧索魯,雖然已遊歷無數國家,但總是因為太慎重其事而不曾到過地中海,這回,他終於決定要從直布羅陀展開他的環地中海旅程,由直布羅陀岩的「赫丘力士之柱」為起點,環遊整個地中海區,抵達僅有數哩之距的另一根「赫丘力士之柱」──摩洛哥的休達。


這段旅程行經17個國家。索魯不搭乘飛機,只借助市井小民乘坐的火車、公車、渡輪,偶而也搭計程車或騎腳踏車。有時是特意、有時則臨時起意在一處逗留,參與當地活動,和他們一起看鬥牛、逛市集、參觀古村落及遺跡神廟。他眼中所見的地中海區是平民化的……


書中索魯娓娓道來各色各樣的小故事,並且穿插引述曾經寫過的作家與作品,諸如海明威、勞倫斯‧杜雷爾、T.E.勞倫斯等人;旅途中,他特意前往開羅拜訪諾貝爾文學獎得主馬富茲,當時他正因遇刺受傷在家休息,他同時拜訪已經八十多歲、旅居摩洛哥丹吉爾的美國知名作家保羅‧鮑爾斯。保羅‧索魯與這些老前輩的智慧對話,為這次的環地中海旅程劃下了完美句點。

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