THE YEAR OF READING DANGEROUSLY: FIFTY GREAT BOOKS (AND TWO NOT-SO-GREAT ONES)
Book ID/图书代码： 03540013B66146
English Summary/英文概要： he Year of Reading Dangerously is an inspired and witty tour of literature from all genres: classic, cult and Dan Brown. A comparative reading of The Da Vinci Code and Moby Dick somehow seems inevitable, the Charles Arrowby cookbook becomes a terrifying possibility and an explanation of the curious unreadability of Catch-22 is attempted. We travel from the mires of inaccessibility, incomprehensibility, commodification and confusion to moments of enlightened, ecstatic wonder. It becomes unavoidable to consider how we buy, borrow, steal and generally use and abuse books for our own complicated ends.
Written with characteristic sharp and honest humour, The Year of Living Dangerously is an affirmation of the pleasure of reading and a challenge to everyone who loves books but has forgotten how to read. Out of serious enquiries into commercialism, mediocrity and our literary prejudices emerges a very funny account of one man’s attempt to read more dangerously.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《危机阅读年》是一部受各类文学形式的启发而诞生的智慧之旅：经典、狂热并且充满着丹•布朗的气息。一部像《达芬奇密码》和《白鲸》总是不可或缺的必读书目，《查尔斯•阿洛比》烹饪书则能够惊人地帮助我们解读晦涩难懂的《第二十二条军规》从无法企及且无法理解的泥潭、商业化以及困惑时刻，到顷刻间的顿悟和完全领会时的狂喜：本书将使你不由得思考，我们是如何买书、借书、偷书的，我们又是如何为了实现种种复杂的目标而日常使用或滥用书籍的。
《危机阅读年》特色鲜明，幽默真诚，她向我们保证了阅读的乐趣，并向每一位热爱阅读之人发出挑战：究竟应该怎样阅读。严肃地探究了书籍的商业化、中庸化，以及文学偏见现象的逐渐萌芽后，作者将为我们提出一种更有趣的理解：人类阅读的日趋危机化。（DC）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 安迪•米勒是一名读者、作者以及图书编辑。他的第一部作品《风车上的倾斜：我是如何停止担忧并开始学会热爱运动》已于2002年出版发行；2004年，其关于kinks的 Village Green Preservation Society唱片的研究大获好评。其写作作品曾出现在诸多报刊杂志之上，其中包括《时代》《电讯报》《卫报》《有闲人》《时尚先生》和《MOJO》。在其20余年的职业生涯中，他曾与查理•布鲁克、斯图尔特•李、绅士联盟、沙查•巴隆•科恩等人合作共事。作者现与妻儿居住在肯特郡。
其新书《危险阅读年：50本伟大的书籍（以及2本其他书籍）如何拯救了我的生活》将于2014年5月由伊斯戴特和哈勃•科林斯出版社出版发行。
Andy Miller is a reader, author and editor of books. His first book Tilting at Windmills: How I Tried to Stop Worrying and Love Sport was published in 2002; his acclaimed study of the Kinks’ Village Green Preservation Society LP followed in 2004. His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the Times, the Telegraph, the Guardian, the Idler, Esquire and Mojo. In a career spanning twenty years, he has worked with Charlie Brooker, Stewart Lee, the League of Gentlemen, Sacha Baron Cohen and Count Arthur Strong, amongst many others. He lives in Kent with his wife and son.
His new book The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-so-great Ones) Saved My Life will be published by 4th Estate/HarperCollins in May 2014.
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