THE POPPY: A HISTORY OF CONFLICT, LOSS, REMEMBRANCE, AND REDEMPTION
Book ID/图书代码： 13000511B51427
English Summary/英文概要： "Saunders movingly presents the poppy in its beauty, its tragedy and its healing power as a potent symbol every year in our national and global remembrance of loss."(Saga magazine)
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在第一次世界大战可怕的堑壕战之后，罂粟——在法国和比利时的杀戮战场上发芽，然后在约翰麦克雷动人的诗歌中不朽——成为了世界范围内的标志。然而罂粟有着更悠久的历史:它是人类开垦土地的迹象，是战争的蹂躏，是人们通过浪漫的鸦片梦或吗啡滴注的冷酷现实，对逃离尘世的渴望。这是一个跨越3000个夏天的故事，从古埃及人争夺珍贵药材的斗争，到从美国内战中返乡的嗜毒成瘾的退伍军人们，从鸦片战争中的英国政府的政治阴谋，到结束阿富汗部落毒品贸易的斗争。贯穿这一切的是变革性的罂粟花。
现在，尼古拉斯J桑德斯分享了这朵永恒的象征性花的决定性历史。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：Detailed, well written and expertly researched, Dr Nicholas J Saunders reveals how for thousands of years the poppy in its various forms has been heralded as a symbol of remembrance, a method of escapism and a tool of oppression. So intimately linked with the trenches of the Great War, Saunders shows how the poppy’s history goes far beyond the killing fields of the Western Front. For millennia mankind has shared a complex and intimate relationship with this most social of flowers and here we learn the roles it has played in Empire building, the oppression of entire cultures and the waging of modern warfare. From Ancient Egypt to Helen of Troy, and the killing fields of the First World War to the bloody valleys of modern-day Afghanistan, this book highlights the power of the poppy to shape our world. An excellent book that is destined to change the way this crimson bloom is viewed, exposing how its raw power has influenced all our lives. Highly recommended.
About the Author/作者介绍： NICHOLAS J. SAUNDERS is honorary reader in material culture in the Department of Anthropology at University College London. He is the world’s leading authority on the anthropology of the First World War. He has had a five-year exhibition on First World War art at the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres, Belgium; is author of more than 20 books including ALEXANDER’S TOMB (Basic, 2007); has written dozens of articles on archaeology and anthropology for publications including New Scientist and Nature; and has appeared on television documentaries made by the BBC and National Geographic, as well as an international range of independent television companies.
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