THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TIBER
Book ID/图书代码： 12580013B60816
English Summary/英文概要： A fresh, nuanced perspective on a profoundly perplexing country: this is what Wallis Wilde-Menozzi’s unique, captivating narrative promises -and delivers. The Other Side of the Tiber brings Italy to life in an entirely new way, treating the peninsula as a series of distinct places, subjects, histories, and geographies bound together by a shared sense of life. A multifaceted image of Italy emerges - in beautiful black-and-white photographs, many taken by Wilde-Menozzi herself - as does a portrait of the author. Wilde-Menozzi, who has written about Italy for nearly forty years, offers unexpected conclusions about one of the most complex and best-loved countries in the world. Beginning her story with a hitchhiking trip to Rome when she was a student in England, she illuminates a passionate, creative, and vocal people who are often confined to stereotypes. Earthquakes and volcanoes; a hundred-year-old man; Siena as a walled city; Keats in Rome; the refugee camp of Manduria; the Slow Food movement; realism in Caravaggio; the concept of good and evil; Mary the Madonna as a subject - from these varied angles, Wilde-Menozzi traces a society sceptical about competition and tolerant of contradiction. Bringing them together in the present, she suggests the compensations of the Italians’ long view of time. Like the country, this book will inspire discussion and revisiting.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 有关于一个令人极度困惑国度的细致入微的全新见解：瓦利斯•瓦尔德•梅诺奇将兑现承诺，为我们带来其具有动人独特视角的作品。《别样台伯河》以一种全新的方式重新赋予意大利以生命与活力，作者笔下的这一半岛拥有诸多相互独立的地点，纷繁的特色，别样的历史以及多样的地理环境，更重要的是一种共同的生命归属感将她们紧密的联系在一起。从书中大量的黑白照片中，你将发现一个充满着多面性的意大利逐渐浮现，这些照片多由瓦尔德•梅诺奇本人拍摄--也可以说这些照片同时也是她自身的写照。瓦尔德•梅诺奇以意大利为题材进行了将近40年的创作，对于这个全球最神秘也最受喜爱的国度，她让我们看到了意大利不为人知的一面。从她在英格兰求学时第一次搭乘便车前往罗马起，她便向我们呈现出了一个充满激情，创造力却又不失本土性的民族，并将其从人们的固有偏见中释放出来。地震与火山；百岁老者；古城锡耶纳；济慈的罗马时光；曼图里亚难民营；慢食运动；卡拉瓦乔的现实主义；善恶观；玛丽•麦当娜全剖析；瓦尔德•梅诺奇追寻着一个对竞争充满怀疑却又能够极大的包容一切反差的社会。通过在当下呈现这两种不同的特质，她让我们能够感受到意大利人充满远见卓识并和谐并蓄的时间观。
正如意大利这一国度，本书一定会让你备受启发，流连忘返。(DC)
Awards/获奖情况：《别样台伯河》大受好评
"来自一名长居罗马和帕尔马的美国作家的梦之咒符。瓦尔德•梅诺奇徘徊于其青年时光的反思和长久居住在意大利的印象之间，为我们营造出一段诗意旅程和一本本游者指南。。。。。。徜徉书中，你会感到仿若生机盎然的台伯河是艺术大师米开朗琪罗、贝尔尼尼和卡拉瓦乔们的神圣作品，被珍藏于梵蒂冈博物馆、地下墓地和教堂之中。作者在书中写到，一种被包容其中的存在感充斥在这座永恒之城的各个角落，而她永恒的广场们更是历史的见证者。瓦尔德•梅诺奇还在书中记载了她徒步前往锡耶纳、埃特纳火山以及懒散的意大利南部，尤其是普里亚区的经历，以探访难民们困顿的生活境况。 她心血来潮时的观察对象极度广泛，从对一名独自行走在都灵山区的百岁老者的思考，到意大利式正义，她甚至感慨一名在和丈夫争吵中遭遇刺伤的年轻妇女的悲惨命运。 凭借其“未经雕琢的渴望之眸”，瓦尔德•梅诺奇获得了一些独特的观感，既有优雅之中彰显睿智的时刻，亦有激人向上的人性时分。。。。。。如若你打算改变行程，前往罗马，那么本书定会对你大有裨益。" --"Kirkus" Praise for "Mother Tongue"
"内容丰富且引人入胜。。。。。。半自传，半旅行见闻（帕尔马面包、科勒乔、以及当地政治均由涉及），同时不乏戏剧性，魅力以及价值。" --《纽约客》
Praise for "The Other Side of the Tiber"
"An American writer’s dreamy incantations on many decades living between Rome and Parma. Wilde-Menozzi . . . meanders among youthful reflections and lasting impressions of her long life in Italy to create both a lyrical journal and traveler’s guidebook . . . Coursing through the various chapters like the living river Tiber are the work of the great artists Michelangelo, Bernini and Caravaggio within some favorite haunts like the Vatican Museum, catacombs and churches. A sense of "inclusion" pervades the eternal city, the author writes, while its enduring squares seem to bear witness to history. She also chronicles her treks to Siena, Etna and the economically challenged south, specifically Puglia, to explore the plight of refugees. Her whimsical observations range from reflections about a 100-year-old man who walked the mountains around Turin, to the Italian way of justice, to the sad destiny of a young woman who was stabbed during an argument with her husband. From her early "hungry and untrained eyes," Wilde-Menozzi arrives at moments of elegant sagacity and inspired humility . . . [A] useful collection to haul on a trip to Rome." --"Kirkus"
About the Author/作者介绍： 瓦利斯•瓦尔德•梅诺奇现居意大利帕尔马，她定居当地数十年，期间一直观察研究其生活并参与其中。1997年，她的回忆录《母语：美国人生活在意大利》由North Point 出版社出版发行，并获得巨大成功。Wallis Wilde-Menozzi lives in Parma, Italy, where for decades she has observed Italian life and participated in its dialogues. Her memoir, "Mother Tongue: An American Life in Italy," was published in 1997 by North Point Press to critical acclaim.
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