The "Old Patagonian Express": By Train Through The Americas

图书标准信息

• 作者 Paul Theroux 著
• 出版社 Penguin Classics
• 出版时间 2008-03
• ISBN 9780141189154
• 定价 130.40元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 448页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

TheOldPatagonianExpresstellsofPaulTheroux’strainjourneydownthelengthofNorthandSouthAmerica.BeginningonBoston’ssubway,hedepictsavoyagefromice-boundMassachusettstothearidplateauofArgentina’smostsoutherlytip,viaprettyCentralAmericantownsandtheancientIncancityofMacchuPichu.Shiveringandsweatingbyturnsasthetemperatureandaltituderiseandplummet,hedescribesthepeopleheencountered–throwninwiththetedious,andunavoidable,MrThornberryinLimónandreadingtothelegendaryblindwriter,JorgeLuisBorges,inBuenosAires.Witty,sharplyobservedandbeautifullywritten,thisisarichlyevocativeaccountoftravellingto‘theendoftheline’.

【作者简介】

PaulTherouxwasbornandeducatedintheUnitedStates.HismanybooksincludePicturePalace,whichwonthe1978WhitbreadLiteraryAward;TheMosquitoCoast,whichwasalsomadeintoafeaturefilm;RidingtheIronRooster,whichwonthe1988ThomasCookTravelBookAward;ThePillarsofHercules,shortlistedforthe1996ThomasCookTravelBookAward;MyOtherLife:ANovel,KowloonTong,SirVidia'sShadow,Fresh-airFiendandHotelHonolulu.MostofhisbooksarepublishedbyPenguin.PaulTherouxlivesintheUnitedStates,buthecontinuestotravelwidely.PaulTherouxwasbornandeducatedintheUnitedStates.HismanybooksincludePicturePalace,whichwonthe1978WhitbreadLiteraryAward;TheMosquitoCoast,whichwasalsomadeintoafeaturefilm;RidingtheIronRooster,whichwonthe1988ThomasCookTravelBookAward;ThePillarsofHercules,shortlistedforthe1996ThomasCookTravelBookAward;MyOtherLife:ANovel,KowloonTong,SirVidia'sShadow,Fresh-airFiendandHotelHonolulu.MostofhisbooksarepublishedbyPenguin.PaulTherouxlivesintheUnitedStates,buthecontinuestotravelwidely.

【目录】

TheLakeShorelimited;
thelonestar;
theAzteceagle;
ElJarochotoVeracruz;
thepassengertraintoTapachula;
the7:30toGuatemalaCity;
the7:00toZacapa;
therailcartoSanSalvador;
thelocaltoCutuco;
theAtlanticrailway-the12:00toLimon;
thePacificrailway-the10:00toPuntarenas;
theBalboabullettoColon;
theexpresodesoltoBogota;
theexpresoCalima;
theautoferrotoguayaquil;
thetrendelasierra;
thetraintoMachuPicchu;
elPanamericano;
laestrelladelnorte("theNorthStar")toBuenosAires;
theBuenosAiressubterranean;
theLagosdelSur("LakesoftheSouth")express;
theoldPatagonianexpress.