AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 MINUTES

Book ID/图书代码： 02000007B12637

English Summary/英文概要： Whilst only relatively few football fans managed to get a match ticket for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, billions of people watched it on TV screens all around the globe. Acclaimed football writer David Winner decided it was time to get off his sofa and join them. His quest: to circle the globe in just four weeks and watch as the planet went World Cup crazy. Travelling from Gdansk to Seoul, from Buenos Aires to Rome, joining in the drama of the World Cup in nation after nation whilst battling flu, exhaustion and agonisingly intense jet-lag, David soon realises he is watching the people as much as the games themselves - the differences in their reactions to victory, defeat, tragedy and even the odd dull 0-0 draw. Whether it be the rueful resignation of drunken Poles or the ecstatic jubilation of hysterical Koreans, the way we celebrate or commiserate the World Cup seems to bring out our national characters and stories in a way that not much else can. This heartfelt, humorous and ultimately poignant account of David Winner’s travels is a book by and for the true fan. He reminds us that, despite the tears, headbutts and early exits, the World Cup is for its spectators a truly global experience, managing, for just four weeks every four years, to unite us all.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 有時只有相對較少的球迷們能夠設法搞到2006年德國世界盃門票，,全球各地數十億的人們觀看了這場電視直播賽事。受到這場賽事的鼓舞，作家維納爾決定不做沙發土豆，加入到球迷的行列中去。他的追求：僅用四周是時間環遊世界，就像到另一個星球去觀摩瘋狂世界盃。從Gdansk（波蘭格但斯克）到漢城，從布宜諾賽勒斯（阿根廷首都）到羅馬，加入到這場民族與民族之間的足球世界盃洪流中，體驗精疲力竭，緊張煩惱的時差綜合症，大衛很快意識到他觀察這些人群，同樣地這些人也樂在其中——只是他們在勝利，失敗，悲劇和平局怪圈下各種不同反應。不管是因辭職而悔恨爛醉如泥的，或是異常欣喜的韓國大棒子，我們歡慶好或是，吊念世界盃的方式看上去暴露了我們的民族特性和其他不多的故事套路。這部真誠的，幽默的，具有深刻意義的大衛•維納爾的旅遊書，是給世界上真正的球迷們的。他提醒我們，不管是眼淚，頭膝肘撞和提早出局，世界盃是給全世界觀眾一場真正的體驗，珍惜，只為每四年一度的四周時間，來使我們團結一致。 (Sandy)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 大衛•維納爾是英文作者和新聞工作者。他住在倫敦的基爾伯恩。

他最著名的作品是《Those Feet: An Intimate History of English Football 》(2005)，（那些國腳：英格蘭足球的隱秘歷史），《Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football 》(2000)（橙色軍團：荷蘭足球的精神壓力）。

David Winner is a freelance journalist and has written two previous books, Those Feet and Brilliant Orange. He lives in Rome.

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