非洲三万里

by Bi Shumin

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一张价值2万美金的单程车票，一场直面饥民、皇帝、僧侣、狮子和荒野的迷之旅行。 在这趟旅行中，我们路过幸福，也路过痛苦，路过生命中的温暖和眼泪，也会路过无尽的无奈与孤独。徘徊过许多路途，耗费几多心力，不过是为了成为真正的自己。
这是毕淑敏乘坐 “非洲之傲”游遍非洲大地后，于2015年闭关创作的旅行札记。 “非洲之傲”是以非洲行为主题的旅行用蒸汽机车，单张车票标价在1万到9万美元之间，以奢华闻名于世，有“流动的五星级酒店”“铁轨上的游轮”之称，主要服务于来自全世界的财阀豪门后代、商业精英、政界领袖。 然而列车行经之地，却有很多是非洲底层民众聚居的贫民窟，一道车窗劈开了奢华与贫穷，餐车内的社会名流举起银杯开怀畅饮时，车窗外围满了无衣无食的孩子们。这种强烈的对比引起了毕淑敏的关注，在这次旅行中，她不但记录了非洲各地人情风物、旅游见闻，还对车内车外两个世界做了细致的观察和沟通：时而走进非洲中产阶级家庭与女主人共进晚餐，时而走进全球巨大的贫民窟索维托实地考察，她以自己的眼睛为准则，写出了一个独特的非洲。 这也是一本温厚之书，它以旅行为线，将生命中的温暖和荒凉一一呈现在你眼前，带领我们学会珍惜生命中温柔的瞬间：那些在暴雨中为你递过雨伞的手，那些为你围上一条毛毯的温柔，那些黑暗中与你彻夜聊天的朋友。这些一点一滴的温柔是你生命中的光，使你远离阴霾，成为善良的人。

410 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 1, 2016

Reviews

[Chng Khin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chanced upon this travelogue on Africa in the library. It is purely borne out of boredom of not being able to travel due to the pandemic. Besides, as Africa is not in my to-travel list, I thought I would read a book on another person’s journey in Africa. She gave me a lot more than I asked for as she also covered some colonial and modern history of the African countries she travelled to in a non boring way. I learnt something about African history for the first time. Also her personal stories she covered in the books are engaging too

[Ke · Rating 5 out of 5]

看标题以为只是单纯的游记，但作者文笔流畅（虽然书中有些时候括号里的内心想法显得突兀），知识渊博，所见所闻引发的额外思考和拓展知识也让我觉得收获颇多。本就十分向往亲眼目睹动物大迁徙，高中时读的Cry, the Beloved Country也让我对Johannesburg有了憧憬，希望有机会可以体验一下非洲之傲，感受一下“维多利亚时代”的风情。

[Alexander Song · Rating 4 out of 5]

去非洲旅行时在飞机上完成阅读的。

[Miya Miya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book’s name: 非洲三万里 (30 000 MILES OF AFRICA)

What is the book about: This book is a travel experience written by Bi Shumin（毕淑敏）after she rode the steam locomotive “Pride of Africa” ​​from Cape Town, South Africa to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and concentrated on seclusion for a year. The book records what the author saw, heard, and felt during her trip to Africa. With travel as the thread, it presents the warmth and desolation in life to the readers one by one. The author's writing is beautiful, describing the history, culture, customs, and travel experiences of various parts of Africa vividly, making the readers feel as if they are there.

In the author's writing, the poverty and hunger of the African natives outside the window and the wealth and luxury of the passengers in the train cafeteria inside the window formed a sharp contrast.

The author discreb “ They were dressed in rags, their skin stuck to their bones, revealing the skeleton of their bodies. Especially the children, whose hands were dark on the back and light pink on the palms. When they bent their elbows and turned their palms outward, their hands were like strange leaves, weakly supporting their heads with clear outlines like skull specimens, and their lips moved slightly as the knives of the diners in the car danced...” Those paragraphs shows how hungry and food carvings.