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無界之地
奧斯汀在十九世紀末移居莫哈維，就像大海之於康拉德，沙漠為她帶來巨大衝擊和啟發，讓她以冷靜而節制的筆觸，描繪在這個「失去邊界的國度」生活的人。本書中的每一則故事就像一個個切片，格放了她對自然與文明關係的思索，以及對自然、女性、美國原住民文化的關注，她也因而被視為「生態女性主義」（ecofeminism）先驅。
在二十世紀初，由於身處西部，加上身為女性，奧斯汀一直與「雙重邊緣化」奮戰，儘管如此，她並不自我設限，一生不斷探索自然、地域、文化、敘事的邊界。她筆下的沙漠是故事的舞台，這塊土地形塑了故事主角的生命樣貌，也隱喻了隨著開拓而消失的邊界——這些在沙漠中努力找尋生存之道的人，最終也找到了與這片荒野共存的方式。
在二十世紀初，由於身處西部，加上身為女性，奧斯汀一直與「雙重邊緣化」奮戰，儘管如此，她並不自我設限，一生不斷探索自然、地域、文化、敘事的邊界。她筆下的沙漠是故事的舞台，這塊土地形塑了故事主角的生命樣貌，也隱喻了隨著開拓而消失的邊界——這些在沙漠中努力找尋生存之道的人，最終也找到了與這片荒野共存的方式。
- GenresFiction
224 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1909
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About the author
Mary Hunter Austin
98 books80 followersMary Hunter Austin was a prolific novelist, poet, critic, and playwright, as well as an early feminist, conservationist, and defender of Native American and Spanish-American rights and culture.
After graduating from Blackburn College in 1888, she moved with her family to California and established a homestead in the San Joaquin Valley. She married Stafford Wallace Austin In 1891 and they lived in various towns in California’s Owens Valley before separating in 1905.
One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her popular book The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora and people of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of southern California. She said, "I was only a month writing ... but I spent 12 years peeking and prying before I began it."
After visiting Santa Fe in 1918, Austin settled there in 1924. She helped establish The Santa Fe Little Theatre (still operating today as The Santa Fe Playhouse). She was also active in preserving the local culture of New Mexico, establishing the Spanish Colonial Arts Society in 1925.
In 1929, she co-authored a book, Taos Pueblo, with photographer Ansel Adams. It was printed in 1930 in a limited edition of only 108 copies. It is now quite rare because it included actual photographs made by Adams rather than reproductions.
She is best known for her nature classic Land of Little Rain (1903) and her play The Arrow Maker (1911).
After graduating from Blackburn College in 1888, she moved with her family to California and established a homestead in the San Joaquin Valley. She married Stafford Wallace Austin In 1891 and they lived in various towns in California’s Owens Valley before separating in 1905.
One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her popular book The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora and people of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of southern California. She said, "I was only a month writing ... but I spent 12 years peeking and prying before I began it."
After visiting Santa Fe in 1918, Austin settled there in 1924. She helped establish The Santa Fe Little Theatre (still operating today as The Santa Fe Playhouse). She was also active in preserving the local culture of New Mexico, establishing the Spanish Colonial Arts Society in 1925.
In 1929, she co-authored a book, Taos Pueblo, with photographer Ansel Adams. It was printed in 1930 in a limited edition of only 108 copies. It is now quite rare because it included actual photographs made by Adams rather than reproductions.
She is best known for her nature classic Land of Little Rain (1903) and her play The Arrow Maker (1911).
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November 19, 2021
An unexpected and memorable group of stories in a time and place far removed from here and now.
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May 28, 2025Read so far:
The land --2
The hoodoo of the Minnietta --
A case of conscience --
The ploughed lands --
The return of Mr. Wills --3
*The last antelope --
Aqua Dulce --
The woman at the Eighteen-mile --
*The fakir --
The pocket-hunter's story --2
The readjustment --3
Bitterness of women --
The house of offence --
The walking woman --3
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The basket maker --2
Jimville, a Bret Harte town --2
The land of little rain --
Papago Kid --3
Papago wedding --3
The land --2
The hoodoo of the Minnietta --
A case of conscience --
The ploughed lands --
The return of Mr. Wills --3
*The last antelope --
Aqua Dulce --
The woman at the Eighteen-mile --
*The fakir --
The pocket-hunter's story --2
The readjustment --3
Bitterness of women --
The house of offence --
The walking woman --3
***
The basket maker --2
Jimville, a Bret Harte town --2
The land of little rain --
Papago Kid --3
Papago wedding --3
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