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終於悲哀的外國語

By Haruki Murakami, 賴明珠 (Translator)

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| Paperback | 9789571343945

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　　這是村上春樹一九九○年秋天開始至一九九三年之間，在普林斯頓大學任教時寫的隨筆散文。有別於旅遊歐洲時《遠方的鼓聲》的旅行書寫，這是村上實際「歸屬」於美國這個社會，在這裡生活的觀察紀錄，以照片來說，是他「從普通的距離，拍攝極其平常的東西」。他寫了當時正在發生的波灣戰爭、拜訪費滋潔羅的孫女的點滴、在美國跑步與在日本跑步有何不同、美國大學的階級制度等等。筆調有村上一貫的輕鬆幽默，比如〈禁止攜帶酸梅乾飯盒入場〉一文中，這句話要說的其實是美國的反日浪潮。然而，雖然是生活在美國，村上春樹終於是個stranger，是個外國人，因此，他總覺得有一種深深的悲哀，被一種「不是不用學就自然明白的語言」團團圍Continue

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Essays of Murakami Haruki

I am a big fan of Murakami's essays - he really is a brilliant essay writer. This book is about his life in Princeton, which is quite interesting on the whole. The only reason I do not give it 4 stars is that I am not familiar with the theme of some chapters, like those on jazz music and cars, so th ... (continue)

I am a big fan of Murakami's essays - he really is a brilliant essay writer. This book is about his life in Princeton, which is quite interesting on the whole. The only reason I do not give it 4 stars is that I am not familiar with the theme of some chapters, like those on jazz music and cars, so that I could not enjoy them as much as the other chapters.

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