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作者:David Grann 著出版社: 出版时间:2010年01月
- 版 次:12
- 页 数:400
- 字 数:
- 印刷时间:2010年01月01日
- 开 本:16开
- 纸 张:胶版纸
- 包 装:平装
- 是否套装:否
- 国际标准书号ISBN:9781400078455
Starred Review. In 1925, renowned British explorer Col. Percy
Harrison Fawcett embarked on a much publicized search to find the
city of Z, site of an ancient Amazonian civilization that may or
may not have existed. Fawcett, along with his grown son Jack, never
returned, but that didn't stop countless others, including actors,
college professors and well-funded explorers from venturing into
the jungle to find Fawcett or the city. Among the wannabe explorers
is Grann, a staff writer for the New Yorker, who has bad
eyes and a worse sense of direction. He became interested in
Fawcett while researching another story, eventually venturing into
the Amazon to satisfy his all-consuming curiosity about the
explorer and his fatal mission. Largely about Fawcett, the book
examines the stranglehold of passion as Grann's vigorous research
mirrors Fawcett's obsession with uncovering the mysteries of the
jungle. By interweaving the great story of Fawcett with his own
investigative escapades in South America and Britain, Grann
provides an in-depth, captivating character study that has the
relentless energy of a classic adventure tale. (Feb.)
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