HOW TO WALK A PUMA: AND OTHER THINGS I LEARNED WHILE STUMBLING THROUGH SOUTH AMERICA
Book ID/图书代码： 05170011B45697
English Summary/英文概要： On his nineteenth birthday, Peter Allison flipped a coin. One side would take him to Africa and the other to South America, the two places he wanted to explore before he died. He recounted his time spent as a safari guide in Africa to much acclaim in Whatever You Do, Don’t Run and Don’t Look Behind You. Sixteen years later, he makes his way to Santiago, Chile, ready to seek out the continent’s best, weirdest, and wildest adventures, and to chase the elusive jaguar.
In just the first six months, Allison is bitten by a puma (several times), knocked on his head by a bad empanada, and surrounded by piranhas while rafting down a Bolivian river—all because of his unusual fear of refrigerators and of staying in any one place for too long. Ever the gifted storyteller and cultural observer, Allison makes many observations about life in humid climes, the nature of nomadism, and exactly what it is like to be nearly blasted off a mountain by the famous Patagonia wind. Allison’s self-deprecating humor is as delightful as his crazy stunts, and his love for animals—even when they bite—is infectious.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在他19岁生日的时候，彼得埃尔森用一个硬币决定他的去向，一面去非洲，另一面去南美洲，这正是他终其一生想去的两个地方。在《无论你做什么》以及《非洲自然游记》中，他讲述了在非洲做旅行指导的时光，并获得了广泛的称赞。16年后，他去了智利圣地亚哥，准备发掘世界上最好、最神秘的和最狂野的冒险——追逐难以捉摸的美洲豹。 在最早的6个月中，埃尔森好几次被美洲豹咬伤、被一个坏卷饼砸伤了头、在玻利维亚河里漂流的时候被食人鱼包围，因为他对于密闭空间和长时间留在同一个地方充满了不寻常的恐惧。即使是最好的说书人和文化观察者，都不能比埃尔森观察力更细致入微，无论是在潮湿气候中生活习性，游牧民族的风俗文化，甚至是山顶上巴哥塔尼亚风的吹向。埃尔森自嘲式的幽默与他疯狂的特技一样的令人欢喜雀跃，甚至是被具有传染性的动物咬伤，他还是对动物充满了热爱之情。(兼职翻译-YZH)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 彼得埃尔森是《不要往后看》以及《无论你做什么》的作者，这两本著作均在里昂出版社出版。他的旅行指导在《服饰与美容》以康泰纳仕集团下属的杂志形成了专题栏目，影响着一大批旅游者，并且曾经他还出现在野生动物专家杰克哈纳的电视栏目“动物冒险”中。他不会在任何一个地方久居，人们最后一次见他是在去往非洲的飞机上。 Peter Allison is the author of Don’t Look Behind You! and Whatever You Do, Don’t Run (both Lyons Press). His safaris have been featured in Vogue and Condé Nast Traveller, and he has appeared on television shows such as Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures. He does not live in any one place, but was last seen boarding a plane to Africa.
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