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装腔指南
☆大跌眼镜的文史趣闻；意想不到的反转人生
☆一份富有阅读愉悦感的当代社会文化指南录
哪位哲学家的发型最癫狂？
哪位小说家一天要喝50杯浓咖啡？
对波伏瓦来说萨特到底是一个怎么样的存在？
读完这本妙趣横生的高雅文化普及小书《装腔指南》，你就什么都知道了！这本书向读者介绍了海德格尔、蒙田、卡尔·波普尔、克劳德·列维-斯特劳斯（显然不是那位牛仔裤设计师！）、安迪·沃霍尔等200多位知识分子聊天时最爱提到的文化人物，还提供了充满创意的“使用方法”。读罢这本书，你再也不愁会将黑格尔与恩格斯混淆起来，也能完全掌握如何在一场对话中适时地插入福柯这个名字，以及诺奖作家库切的名字如何发音才地道。除此以外，在介绍每一位文化名人时作者都不忘佐以趣味八卦，机智风趣，令人莞尔，过目不忘。就是这本书，让 “炸叔”史蒂芬·弗莱脱口而出：“该死，我的所有把戏都被这本书揭穿了！”
☆一份富有阅读愉悦感的当代社会文化指南录
哪位哲学家的发型最癫狂？
哪位小说家一天要喝50杯浓咖啡？
对波伏瓦来说萨特到底是一个怎么样的存在？
读完这本妙趣横生的高雅文化普及小书《装腔指南》，你就什么都知道了！这本书向读者介绍了海德格尔、蒙田、卡尔·波普尔、克劳德·列维-斯特劳斯（显然不是那位牛仔裤设计师！）、安迪·沃霍尔等200多位知识分子聊天时最爱提到的文化人物，还提供了充满创意的“使用方法”。读罢这本书，你再也不愁会将黑格尔与恩格斯混淆起来，也能完全掌握如何在一场对话中适时地插入福柯这个名字，以及诺奖作家库切的名字如何发音才地道。除此以外，在介绍每一位文化名人时作者都不忘佐以趣味八卦，机智风趣，令人莞尔，过目不忘。就是这本书，让 “炸叔”史蒂芬·弗莱脱口而出：“该死，我的所有把戏都被这本书揭穿了！”
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April 29, 2019
Cinco estrelas pela organização dos capítulos e pelo humor nas muitas revelações feitas ao longo da leitura. Não fui verificar a veracidade de tudo o que aqui é desvendado, mas acredito na honestidade dos autores que organizaram as entradas.
Algumas curiosidades que desconhecia:
Toulouse-Lautrec escondia o álcool na sua bengala; Trostky foi amante de Fridha Khalo; J.M. Coetzee é extremamente tímido, a ponto de não comparecer nas cerimónias em que é galardoado (excetuou-se a cerimónia de entrega do Nobel); Marcel Duchamp e John Cage jogaram uma partida de xadrez em 1968 e compuseram uma sinfonia a partir de sensores ligados ao tabuleiro, produzindo-se um som de cada vez que uma peça era movida; Rumi compôs parte dos seus versos após a morte do místico Shams of Tabriz, girando inconsolável em torno de um poste existente no seu quintal; Isadora Duncan morreu em Paris, traída pelo seu lenço que, esvoaçando, ficou preso numa das rodas do carro em que entrara; as últimas palavras que proferiu antes da tragédia foram: "Adieu, mes amis! Je vais à la gloire!" Quando o carro arrancou, Isadora Duncan foi projetada com violência para o chão, partindo o pescoço e quase sendo decepada; milhares de exemplares do poema "Liberté" de Paul Éluard foram lançados por aviões ingleses sobre a França ocupada, em janeiro de 1942 e forneceram novo alento na luta pela libertação. (Não, eu não sabia...)
Muito bom para quem sabe muito pouco! A reler.
Algumas curiosidades que desconhecia:
Toulouse-Lautrec escondia o álcool na sua bengala; Trostky foi amante de Fridha Khalo; J.M. Coetzee é extremamente tímido, a ponto de não comparecer nas cerimónias em que é galardoado (excetuou-se a cerimónia de entrega do Nobel); Marcel Duchamp e John Cage jogaram uma partida de xadrez em 1968 e compuseram uma sinfonia a partir de sensores ligados ao tabuleiro, produzindo-se um som de cada vez que uma peça era movida; Rumi compôs parte dos seus versos após a morte do místico Shams of Tabriz, girando inconsolável em torno de um poste existente no seu quintal; Isadora Duncan morreu em Paris, traída pelo seu lenço que, esvoaçando, ficou preso numa das rodas do carro em que entrara; as últimas palavras que proferiu antes da tragédia foram: "Adieu, mes amis! Je vais à la gloire!" Quando o carro arrancou, Isadora Duncan foi projetada com violência para o chão, partindo o pescoço e quase sendo decepada; milhares de exemplares do poema "Liberté" de Paul Éluard foram lançados por aviões ingleses sobre a França ocupada, em janeiro de 1942 e forneceram novo alento na luta pela libertação. (Não, eu não sabia...)
Muito bom para quem sabe muito pouco! A reler.
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March 27, 2022
This review is in English as I have the book this way. I give it a 5* for the number of references and the people that were important names in history, mostly writers and philosophers but playwrights, directors, economists and politicians and just 2* for the trivia details. I get it that this stuff gets the book sold, but that’s not for me. Definitely worth the time and money.
June 10, 2018
Anyone interested in a little refresher course in awareness of our cultural icons will find all this and more in this book! My initial expectations were not that high (how presumptuous of me!) and I was prepared to generally dismiss this as a light-hearted skim through some of our pretensions when it comes to our culture… I was therefore very pleasantly and constantly surprised at how wrong I had been.
The authors have done a sterling job, not only in providing us with intriguing titbits relevant to oddities “essential” for those of us who wish to impress in name-dropping, but also with some rather precise and informative biographical details, not only of those we might already know about, but also in relation to those we might not have thought about (or even known about) as being “cultural”!
The writing is clear, informative, funny, intelligent, and witty. And rather comprehensive, as well: there are some 250 individuals covered, organised under 78 intriguing headings — and the authors also provide an index for each person dealt with, for easy reference. An amusing conceit links all the entries together: each of the 78 sections ends with a conceptual link to the next; and the final section ends with a link back to the first section, so we can start all over again in a delightful circle of cultural influences!
All in all, this is a source of much pleasure and insight, done with style and humour, and which leaves readers wiser and satisfied, with a knowing smile of contentment and satisfaction on their faces. Perfect!
The authors have done a sterling job, not only in providing us with intriguing titbits relevant to oddities “essential” for those of us who wish to impress in name-dropping, but also with some rather precise and informative biographical details, not only of those we might already know about, but also in relation to those we might not have thought about (or even known about) as being “cultural”!
The writing is clear, informative, funny, intelligent, and witty. And rather comprehensive, as well: there are some 250 individuals covered, organised under 78 intriguing headings — and the authors also provide an index for each person dealt with, for easy reference. An amusing conceit links all the entries together: each of the 78 sections ends with a conceptual link to the next; and the final section ends with a link back to the first section, so we can start all over again in a delightful circle of cultural influences!
All in all, this is a source of much pleasure and insight, done with style and humour, and which leaves readers wiser and satisfied, with a knowing smile of contentment and satisfaction on their faces. Perfect!
May 28, 2022
4.5 stars
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March 12, 2021大众言：“你所选择的道德准则，必须是你希望世界上所有人都要去遵守的。”
圣人言：“己所不欲，勿施于人。”
装客言：“康德的绝对律令。”
圣人言：“己所不欲，勿施于人。”
装客言：“康德的绝对律令。”
October 15, 2021
优点：马了很多书和电影。虽然暂时没时间看。有的部分还挺好笑的。
缺点：除此↑之外没别的了。
以后应该不会再看这种书了。太零碎，看个热闹
缺点：除此↑之外没别的了。
以后应该不会再看这种书了。太零碎，看个热闹
July 25, 2022
废了一个月边角料时间读完，最终就是多了几本待读的书。
June 22, 2020
My mother gave me this for Christmas a couple of years ago and I have just got around to reading it. At the time, I felt vaguely insulted or at least mystified. The gift implied either that I wasn't already cultured, and/or that I would feel the need to imply to people that I was. The first is debatable, the second just untrue.
However I have now entirely revised my opinion. The book is immensely enjoyable. It has been suggested that you can just dip into it, almost as a reference work, but I think it's better reading it cover to cover. It is really like a huge box of chocolates - very more-ish and you don't know what any of the chocolates are going to contain in the centre. Each cultural icon is dealt with in about a page and a half, so you aren't going to get bogged down. You are also only going to get the bare bones of what they are known for, but that might serve as an inspiration to learn more.
The book is consistently amusing even if it won't help you write any Oxbridge essays. A lot of it is laugh-out-loud funny. After you've finished it, you probably won't remember much of what it said, which is sad, but then you could revise it and read it all over again.
However I have now entirely revised my opinion. The book is immensely enjoyable. It has been suggested that you can just dip into it, almost as a reference work, but I think it's better reading it cover to cover. It is really like a huge box of chocolates - very more-ish and you don't know what any of the chocolates are going to contain in the centre. Each cultural icon is dealt with in about a page and a half, so you aren't going to get bogged down. You are also only going to get the bare bones of what they are known for, but that might serve as an inspiration to learn more.
The book is consistently amusing even if it won't help you write any Oxbridge essays. A lot of it is laugh-out-loud funny. After you've finished it, you probably won't remember much of what it said, which is sad, but then you could revise it and read it all over again.
January 25, 2019
Have you a friend, or two, who like to throw around artsy and haute-couture names and terms and smiles smugly at you? Well, this book is guaranteed to wipe out those smug smiles from their faces. In this book, there are 250 names of famous artists and philosophers, all classified regarding their failings and mishaps, although most of them are sexual deviants, anyway. The most useful aspect of this book, it gives examples when and how to use those names in conversations, very effectively. A very hilarious book, it compels me to know further about those cultural maniacs.
January 30, 2020
fun to know personal life of those writers, philosophers.
内容简介 · · · · · ·
☆大跌眼镜的文史趣闻；意想不到的反转人生
☆一份富有阅读愉悦感的当代社会文化指南录
哪位哲学家的发型最癫狂？
哪位小说家一天要喝50杯浓咖啡？
对波伏瓦来说萨特到底是一个怎么样的存在？
读完这本妙趣横生的高雅文化普及小书《装腔指南》，你就什么都知道了！这本书向读者介绍了海德格尔、蒙田、卡尔·波普尔、克劳德·列维-斯特劳斯（显然不是那位牛仔裤设计师！）、安迪·沃霍尔等200多位知识分子聊天时最爱提到的文化人物，还提供了充满创意的“使用方法”。读罢这本书，你再也不愁会将黑格尔与恩格斯混淆起来，也能完全掌握如何在一场对话中适时地插入福柯这个名字，以及诺奖作家库切的名字如何发音才地道。除此以外，在介绍每一位文化名人时作者都不忘佐以趣味八卦，机智风趣，令人莞尔，过目不忘。就是这本书，让 “炸叔”史蒂芬·弗莱脱口而出：“该死，我的所有把戏都被这本书揭穿了！”
内容简介 · · · · · ·
☆大跌眼镜的文史趣闻；意想不到的反转人生
☆一份富有阅读愉悦感的当代社会文化指南录
哪位哲学家的发型最癫狂？
哪位小说家一天要喝50杯浓咖啡？
对波伏瓦来说萨特到底是一个怎么样的存在？
读完这本妙趣横生的高雅文化普及小书《装腔指南》，你就什么都知道了！这本书向读者介绍了海德格尔、蒙田、卡尔·波普尔、克劳德·列维-斯特劳斯（显然不是那位牛仔裤设计师！）、安迪·沃霍尔等200多位知识分子聊天时最爱提到的文化人物，还提供了充满创意的“使用方法”。读罢这本书，你再也不愁会将黑格尔与恩格斯混淆起来，也能完全掌握如何在一场对话中适时地插入福柯这个名字，以及诺奖作家库切的名字如何发音才地道。除此以外，在介绍每一位文化名人时作者都不忘佐以趣味八卦，机智风趣，令人莞尔，过目不忘。就是这本书，让 “炸叔”史蒂芬·弗莱脱口而出：“该死，我的所有把戏都被这本书揭穿了！”
January 10, 2018
Buy it for yourself and for your friends but be sure to read it at least three times so you don't mess up any of the 250 names and 250+ anecdotes this wonderfully entertaining and interesting book teaches you.
December 31, 2024
A hot pink cover and a bulldog wearing sunglasses is a good way to capture someone's attention, otherwise I never would've picked up this book lmao. Nevertheless, the entries were witty, short and informative so rounding up the 3.5 stars.
February 11, 2020
部分章节有读笑。
March 28, 2020
fun to know 又种草了好几本书
May 23, 2020
有被好笑到。表白陈以侃_(:з」∠)_
February 5, 2016
This book is a diamond in the rough. Seriously! It's a book that it's strangely hilarious but mixes culture with facts pretty well.
I started to read this book during my trips to my hometown while on the train, and I found myself smirking or plainly laughing a lot. Through looks of curiosity from other people in the train and even some stares at the awesome cover of the book, I read this book like a snail. NOT because it wasn't interesting! But because it WAS! It talked about so many people, some more famous than others, that I had to take some time to really acknowledge what was being said. Sometimes I even googled a couple of people mentioned. That's how much amazing this book is.
Furthermore, it's divided in cleverly sub-titles that end up connecting every person mentioned in the book, such as *SPOILER ALERT* "Hard To Kill", "Wannabe Politicians" and my personal favourite "F*** You". I mean, with sub-titles like those, who wouldn't be interested in reading this book.
And just so you know, it does actually help to make you sound more cultered.
I mean *SPOILERS, and if it's not, then YOU REAALY know your culture!* did you know that "Viva la Vida" from Coldplay was inspired by a poet called Mallarmé? Neither did I!
I got this book through a giveaway and I couldn't be more happy!
Have a go at it boys! (and girls!)
I started to read this book during my trips to my hometown while on the train, and I found myself smirking or plainly laughing a lot. Through looks of curiosity from other people in the train and even some stares at the awesome cover of the book, I read this book like a snail. NOT because it wasn't interesting! But because it WAS! It talked about so many people, some more famous than others, that I had to take some time to really acknowledge what was being said. Sometimes I even googled a couple of people mentioned. That's how much amazing this book is.
Furthermore, it's divided in cleverly sub-titles that end up connecting every person mentioned in the book, such as *SPOILER ALERT* "Hard To Kill", "Wannabe Politicians" and my personal favourite "F*** You". I mean, with sub-titles like those, who wouldn't be interested in reading this book.
And just so you know, it does actually help to make you sound more cultered.
I mean *SPOILERS, and if it's not, then YOU REAALY know your culture!* did you know that "Viva la Vida" from Coldplay was inspired by a poet called Mallarmé? Neither did I!
I got this book through a giveaway and I couldn't be more happy!
Have a go at it boys! (and girls!)
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