1.关于《夜航西飞》
west with the night 《夜航西飞》作者 Beryl Markham 出版社: North Point Press出版年: 1982海明威称它为“一本非常棒的书”,确实如此。
这是一本关于非洲的书,一本优异的飞行文学。故事讲到狮子,讲到搜寻爱人失事坠落的飞机。
Markham的第三任丈夫,作家Raoul Schumacher,为本书的语言大作润色。那又如何?这本书,以及它所描述的生活依旧散发着激越的狂热。
我学到 倘若你必须离开一个曾经住过,爱过以及保藏自己所有过去的地方时,不要慢慢离开,要绝然离去。 不要回首,也不要相信记忆中已逝去的美好时光,过往的岁月看来总是最无害,被经历过的, 而未来的光阴潜藏在云雾中,因为骨折一段距离,所以令人心怀畏惧。
但当你跨足进入时,云雾便会悄悄散去。-----夜航西飞 Beryl Markham在自传里的一段话。
Beryle Markham在West with the Night书中写: “世间有许多种不同的静默,每一种都有不同的意味。有一种寂静是伴随清晨的树林一同降临,它有别于一座安睡的城市的寂静。
有暴风雨前的寂静以及暴风雨后的寂静,这两者也不尽相同。虚无之静默,惊惧之静默,疑惑之静默。
有一种静默可以从没有生命的物体中散发出来,比如说从一把最近使用过的椅子,或者从一架琴键蒙尘的钢琴,甚至从任何一件曾满足人们需求的物品之中,无论是为了取乐还是为了工作。这样的静默会说话。
它的嗓音或许忧郁,却也并非总是如此,比方说:椅子是一个欢笑的孩子留下的,钢琴的最后几个音符曾经喧闹而欢快。无关氛围与场景,事物的本质将在随之而来的静默中延展。
它是无声的回响。” There are all kinds of silences and each of them means a different thing. There is the silence that comes with morning in a forest, and this is different from the silence of a sleeping city. There is silence after a rainstorm, and before a rainstorm, and these are not the same. There is the silence of emptiness, the silence of fear, the silence of doubt. There is a certain silence that can emanate from a lifeless object as from a chair lately used, or from a piano with old dust upon its keys, or from anything that has answered to the need of a man, for pleasure or for work. This kind of silence can speak. Its voice may be melancholy, but it is not always so; for the chair may have been left by a laughing child or the last notes of the piano may have been raucous and gay. Whatever the mood or the circumstance, the essence of its quality may linger in the silence that follows. It is a soundless echo. 美呆了,是吧。
所以海明威在给朋友的信中写,Beryle这个女人令人不快,因为她让他觉得自己像个拼装文字的木匠。信的末尾海明威嘱咐他的朋友一定要看看这本书,因为它bloody wonderful。
West With the Night Beryl Markham 一个特立独行的女性,虽然还没能读到她的原著,先摘抄一些《夜航西飞》里的句子及介绍。 “飞行在黑暗中,山丘、森林、巨岩、平原都是同一种东西,而黑暗本身是无止境的,地球不再是你的星球,而是一颗远方之星。
远方的星星至少还发亮呢。这一刻的飞机才是你的星球,而你是其中唯一的居民……” ——Beryl Markham《West With the Night》 One of the most beautifully crafted books I have ever read, with some of the most poetic prose passages I could imagine, such as the following, resonating with a stately and timeless quality so absent in our modern life: There are all kinds of silences and each of them means a different thing. There is the silence that comes with morning in a forest, and this is different from the silence of a sleeping city. There is silence after a rainstorm, and before a rainstorm, and these are not the same. There is the silence of emptiness, the silence of fear, the silence of doubt. There is a certain silence that can emanate from a lifeless object as from a chair lately used, or from a piano with old dust upon its keys, or from anything that has answered to the need of a man, for pleasure or for work. This kind of silence can speak. Its voice may be melancholy, but it is not always so; for the chair may have been left by a laughing child or the last notes of the piano may have been raucous and gay. Whatever the mood or the circumstance, the essence of its quality may linger in the silence that follows. It is a soundless echo. Born in England in 1902, Markham was taken by her father to East Africa in 1906. She spent her childhood playing with native Maruni children and apprenticing with her father as a trainer and breeder of racehorses. In the 1930s, she became an African bush pilot, and in September 1936, became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. ----amazon.com editorial descriptionIt seemed to me beyond the realms of possibility that I should travel so far that I should "go such a long way." This was linked 。
2.《夜航西飞》的感受大神们帮帮忙
夜航西飞数百年前有佛书预言末世的徵兆,战栗之余,为一令人向往不已的徵兆可能就是「铁鸟腾空」了。
因为那是人类自远古就心之所系的「飞行」经验。而有一个时代的飞行经验是非常独特的。
「那个时候,飞机更像摩托车,飞行者暴露在空气之中。…他可以直接用五官感受空中飞行的孤绝与遗世独立的超脱」─詹志宏。
那是个「诗一般的飞行时代」。而作者就是一个传奇般的女性飞行诗人。
海明威读过此书后,写信给友人说:「她写得非常好,超级的好,我简直觉得自己不配作一个作家。…我劝你找一本来读,因为那真是一本他妈的好书。
」读过此书之后,读者甚至可以了解另一位飞行作家修伯里笔下的小王子,孤独盘据一个星球的感觉了。
3.陶立夏的主要作品
出版书籍
分开旅行:在路上遇见自己
喜乐章
练习一个人
翻译作品:
夜航西飞
一切破碎,一切成灰
摄影作品:
Island Writing(四月“远山淡影”合集)
4.文学作品推荐
《夜航西飞》—— 一个女子的精彩一生 刚刚看完,很受用。
《红楼梦》—— 四大名著之一,汇聚人生百态,各色人种,苦辣心酸,但看的时候如果要体会里面的文化内涵的话需要很长时间,我草草的看了一遍花两个月(当然不是当作工作来看)。
《人间失格》—— 看完自己评价。不发表评论先..
《挪威的森林》—— 正反两面评价,可以是一部绝望书,也可以是一部励志书,看的时候着重点不同感觉也会不同。
《老人与海》—— 虽然比起其他的很短,但看完之后总是让人感觉很有力量。
《悲惨世界》—— 可怜的人灵魂得到救赎的书,也很好。
《了不起的盖茨比》—— 写的也非常的好,从每一面,每一段都能读下去的绝妙好书!
《飘》(或叫《乱世佳人》)—— 这个女子坚强,带着蛮劲,找到了自己的幸福之后自己却不明白,最后。.(没有结局,也算是最好的结局)
这些都是我看过的书,所以才推荐给你的,读一本书不能草草的读个一两遍就罢了,要仔细的读,体会那些优美的文字,建议读4遍以上,或许在读第2,3遍,你便会读出一些不寻常的,耐人寻味的东西出来。