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迷蝶誌
十年來吳明益以各種模式的書寫來探觸自然，作家劉克襄稱許其已然成為一條認識台灣自然寫作之道；陳芳明教授則說十年來觀察吳明益，深深感受到台灣文學的內在爆發力。
《迷蝶誌：一本文字、攝影與手繪迷戀蝴蝶及一種生活姿態的劄記》於2000年8月首次與讀者見面，是吳明益自然書寫的第一本散文創作，距今2010年正好十年。對於近年來作品屢獲各式書獎及好評的作者個人而言，本書可說是他展開一連串令人驚豔的自然書寫文學作品的起點，值得喜愛他的讀者一探究竟；除此之外，本書同時是本「很不一樣」的散文集，如果當時你不曾「結識」它，現在我們樂於再度與您分享這本溫柔而動人的好書，相信您會有超乎想像的感受。
如作者在新版序中所言：「毫無疑問，《迷蝶誌》裡所寫的每一隻蝴蝶，都必然已經死去許久。而我仍然希望，某些物事，能就此一直存活下去。」
在《迷蝶誌》裡作者以文字、照片、手繪所記錄下對蝴蝶的迷戀與想像，您所看見的將不只是靜態的文字，更可見到滿滿的行動與實踐的熱情，這是付出心力長期觀察與關懷的結果。
乍看之下，《迷蝶誌》或許像是本賞蝶者的觀察筆記，事實不然。十八篇文章構築出一個個涵蓋生態、記憶、歷史與人文的精緻故事，像在＜十塊鳳蝶＞一文裡，寫的是珠光鳳蝶，但也同時看見蘭嶼達悟族人的傳說與生活困境，舉重若輕。
誠如作者所言：「這本書中沒有寫及珍奇難見的蝶種，也沒有過於艱深的生態學識，都是每一個人在都市、郊外可能遇見的蝶種，可以理解的常識。但我想我提供了一種角度，即是一個文學喜好者，結識另一種生命的想法、感受與思維。而這種生命，給了我回頭面對『人』時，深深的戰慄、啟發與面對生命的輕盈姿態。」
新版《迷蝶誌》隨書附贈吳明益精心繪製的《手繪蝴蝶展翅圖》別冊一本，這是作者特地拾筆再為老讀者、新讀者所畫的一批蝴蝶，設計上更試著做成彷彿一個個的標本圖框，其實這裡頭藏有某些暗示，亦即不用捕蝶、殺蝶就能擁有標本。同時隨書附上作者設計寬18公分×高13公分之蝴蝶明信片一張，值得收藏。
此外，新版《迷蝶誌》除保留既有文字與當時的手繪圖外；照片則保留部分，更新部分。新版版面也重新規劃和設計，在編排上文字改採直行，穿插放大的蝴蝶彩色照片，視覺效果與閱讀感受更加有體驗感，與舊版對照之下，充滿不同的趣味與詮釋意境。
《迷蝶誌：一本文字、攝影與手繪迷戀蝴蝶及一種生活姿態的劄記》於2000年8月首次與讀者見面，是吳明益自然書寫的第一本散文創作，距今2010年正好十年。對於近年來作品屢獲各式書獎及好評的作者個人而言，本書可說是他展開一連串令人驚豔的自然書寫文學作品的起點，值得喜愛他的讀者一探究竟；除此之外，本書同時是本「很不一樣」的散文集，如果當時你不曾「結識」它，現在我們樂於再度與您分享這本溫柔而動人的好書，相信您會有超乎想像的感受。
如作者在新版序中所言：「毫無疑問，《迷蝶誌》裡所寫的每一隻蝴蝶，都必然已經死去許久。而我仍然希望，某些物事，能就此一直存活下去。」
在《迷蝶誌》裡作者以文字、照片、手繪所記錄下對蝴蝶的迷戀與想像，您所看見的將不只是靜態的文字，更可見到滿滿的行動與實踐的熱情，這是付出心力長期觀察與關懷的結果。
乍看之下，《迷蝶誌》或許像是本賞蝶者的觀察筆記，事實不然。十八篇文章構築出一個個涵蓋生態、記憶、歷史與人文的精緻故事，像在＜十塊鳳蝶＞一文裡，寫的是珠光鳳蝶，但也同時看見蘭嶼達悟族人的傳說與生活困境，舉重若輕。
誠如作者所言：「這本書中沒有寫及珍奇難見的蝶種，也沒有過於艱深的生態學識，都是每一個人在都市、郊外可能遇見的蝶種，可以理解的常識。但我想我提供了一種角度，即是一個文學喜好者，結識另一種生命的想法、感受與思維。而這種生命，給了我回頭面對『人』時，深深的戰慄、啟發與面對生命的輕盈姿態。」
新版《迷蝶誌》隨書附贈吳明益精心繪製的《手繪蝴蝶展翅圖》別冊一本，這是作者特地拾筆再為老讀者、新讀者所畫的一批蝴蝶，設計上更試著做成彷彿一個個的標本圖框，其實這裡頭藏有某些暗示，亦即不用捕蝶、殺蝶就能擁有標本。同時隨書附上作者設計寬18公分×高13公分之蝴蝶明信片一張，值得收藏。
此外，新版《迷蝶誌》除保留既有文字與當時的手繪圖外；照片則保留部分，更新部分。新版版面也重新規劃和設計，在編排上文字改採直行，穿插放大的蝴蝶彩色照片，視覺效果與閱讀感受更加有體驗感，與舊版對照之下，充滿不同的趣味與詮釋意境。
205 pages
Published August 1, 2010
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About the author
Wu Ming-Yi
19 books266 followers Writer, painter, designer, photographer, literary professor, butterfly scholar, environmental activist, traveler and blogger rolled into one, Wu Ming-Yi is very much a modern Renaissance Man. Over the last decade, he has produced an impressive body of work, especially with his fiction and nature writing.
Wu Ming-Yi (b.1971) studied advertising at Fu-Jen Catholic University and has a PhD in Chinese Literature from National Central University. He has been teaching literature and creative writing at Dong Hwa University since 2000 and is now Professor of the Department of Chinese.
Wu’s literary reputation was first established by his nature writing. In THE BOOK OF LOST BUTTERFLIES (2000) and THE WAY OF BUTTERFLIES (2003), he chronicles his lifelong fascination with this beautiful creature and contemplates the invisible bond between man and nature. He wrote, designed, and provided drawings and photographs for the books, as if crafting works of art. Both books made the “Best of the Year” lists, with THE WAY OF BUTTERFLIES winning China Times’ Open Book Award and being chosen as one of the ten most influential books by Kingstore Bookstore.
In 2006, juggling academic life and the need for a period of uninterrupted time for his writing and traveling, Wu decided to resign from his teaching post. This is unheard of in a country where almost no one can make a living writing full-time and many would fight for a stable teaching job. In the end, Dong Hwa University gave Wu a year of sabbatical leave – they didn't want to lose him.
A year later, Wu published two books: his third collection of nature writing, SO MUCH WATER SO CLOSE TO HOME, and his debut novel, ROUTES IN THE DREAM. DREAM re-imagines Taiwan’s complicated history as a Japanese colony and examines the relationship between fathers and sons, memory and dreams. Hailed as a groundbreaking work of literary historical fiction, it was nominated for every major award and was chosen as one of the ten best Chinese-language novels of the year by Asian Weekly magazine (along with Ai Mi’s Hawthorn Tree Forever, Liu Zhenyun’s My Name Is Liu Yuejin, and Dai Sijie’s Once on a Moonless Night) . Wu was the only Taiwanese author on the list.
It is his eco-fantasy novel THE MAN WITH THE COMPOUND EYES (2011), however, that has gained Wu international recognition, with major English and French translations appearing in 2013 and 2014. A “Taiwanese Life of Pi”, it is an ambitious exploration of Taiwan's island identity, the cost of environmental degradation, and how humans make sense of the world around them, at once poetic, philosophical and far-reaching. It has already caught the attention of major writers in the genre such as Ursula K. Le Guin.
Wu Ming-Yi (b.1971) studied advertising at Fu-Jen Catholic University and has a PhD in Chinese Literature from National Central University. He has been teaching literature and creative writing at Dong Hwa University since 2000 and is now Professor of the Department of Chinese.
Wu’s literary reputation was first established by his nature writing. In THE BOOK OF LOST BUTTERFLIES (2000) and THE WAY OF BUTTERFLIES (2003), he chronicles his lifelong fascination with this beautiful creature and contemplates the invisible bond between man and nature. He wrote, designed, and provided drawings and photographs for the books, as if crafting works of art. Both books made the “Best of the Year” lists, with THE WAY OF BUTTERFLIES winning China Times’ Open Book Award and being chosen as one of the ten most influential books by Kingstore Bookstore.
In 2006, juggling academic life and the need for a period of uninterrupted time for his writing and traveling, Wu decided to resign from his teaching post. This is unheard of in a country where almost no one can make a living writing full-time and many would fight for a stable teaching job. In the end, Dong Hwa University gave Wu a year of sabbatical leave – they didn't want to lose him.
A year later, Wu published two books: his third collection of nature writing, SO MUCH WATER SO CLOSE TO HOME, and his debut novel, ROUTES IN THE DREAM. DREAM re-imagines Taiwan’s complicated history as a Japanese colony and examines the relationship between fathers and sons, memory and dreams. Hailed as a groundbreaking work of literary historical fiction, it was nominated for every major award and was chosen as one of the ten best Chinese-language novels of the year by Asian Weekly magazine (along with Ai Mi’s Hawthorn Tree Forever, Liu Zhenyun’s My Name Is Liu Yuejin, and Dai Sijie’s Once on a Moonless Night) . Wu was the only Taiwanese author on the list.
It is his eco-fantasy novel THE MAN WITH THE COMPOUND EYES (2011), however, that has gained Wu international recognition, with major English and French translations appearing in 2013 and 2014. A “Taiwanese Life of Pi”, it is an ambitious exploration of Taiwan's island identity, the cost of environmental degradation, and how humans make sense of the world around them, at once poetic, philosophical and far-reaching. It has already caught the attention of major writers in the genre such as Ursula K. Le Guin.
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En samling essays om sommerfuglefascination, som indeholder fortryllende nærværende naturbeskrivelser af sommerfuglenes verden tilsat smukke illustrationer. Essayenes øko-kulturkritiske elementer forekom mig dog mindre fortryllende og mere politisk påklistrede.
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