Dark Star Safari：Overland from Cairo to Capetown

图书标准信息

• 作者 Paul Theroux 著
• 出版社 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• 出版时间 2004-04
• 版次 2
• ISBN 9780618446872
• 定价 117.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 496页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

InDarkStarSafarithewittilyobservantandendearinglyirasciblePaulTherouxtakesreadersthelengthofAfricabyrattletrapbus,dugoutcanoe,cattletruck,armedconvoy,ferry,andtrain.Inthecourseofhisepicandenlighteningjourney,heenduresdanger,delay,anddismayingcircumstances.Gaugingthestateofaffairs,hetalkstoAfricans,aidworkers,missionaries,andtourists.Whatresultsisaninsightfulmeditationonthehistory,politics,andbeautyofAfricaanditspeople,and"avividportrayalofthesecretsweetness,thehiddenvitality,andthelong-patienthopethatliesjustbeneaththesurface"(RockyMountainNews).Inanewpostscript,TherouxrecountsthedramaticeventsofareturntoAfricatovisitZimbabwe.

【作者简介】

PAULTHEROUXistheauthorofmanyhighlyacclaimed?books.Hisnovels?include?ADeadHand?andTheMosquitoCoast,andhisrenownedtravelbooksincludeGhostTraintotheEasternStar?and?DarkStarSafari.HelivesinHawaiiandonCapeCod.

【目录】

Books by Paul Theroux

Fiction

WALDO

FONG AND~THE INDIANS

GIRLS AT PLAY

MURDER IN MOUNT HOLLY

JUNGLE  LOVERS

SINNING WITH ANNIE

SAINT JACK

THE BLACK HOUSE

THE  FAMILY  ARSENAL

THE CONSUL'S FILE

A CHRISTMAS CARD

PICTURE PALACE

LONDON SNOW

WORLD'S END

THE MOSQUITO COAST

THE LONDON EMBASSY

HALF MOON STREET

O-ZONE

MY SECRET HISTORY

CHICAGO LOOP

MILLROY  THE  MAGICIAN   

MY OTHER LIFE

KOWLOON TONG

HOTEL HONOLULU

THE STRANGER AT THE

    PALAZZO D'ORO

Criticism

V. S. NAIPAUL

Nonfiction

THE GREAT RAILWAY BAZAAR

THE OLD PATAGONIAN EXPRESS

THE KINGDOM BY THE SEA

SAILING THROUGH CHINA

SUNRISE WITH SEAMONSTERS

THE IMPERIAL WAY

RIDING THE IRON ROOSTER

TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH

THE HAPPY ISLES OF OCEANIA

THE PILLARS OF HERCULES

SIR VIDIA'S SHADOW

FRESH  AIR  FIEND

DARK  STAR  SAFARI