呼吸在一米之外：我想告诉你的14个真实故事

by 陈拙 (Editor)

◎专注于捕捉真实好故事的“天才捕手计划”全新纪实力作，联合了超700位一线医生、警察、与普通读者，共同记录

《呼吸在一米之外》一书原名“瘟疫瘟疫你快走”，该系列作品记录了国内疫情暴发以来，医生、警察、患者、家属、志愿者与病毒对抗的过程。面对未知的零号患者，难以溯源的初始传播途径，无间断的疑似病例追踪，持久的抢购热潮……在这场灾难性事件里，每个人都在未知里，逐渐了解病毒的全貌，在国家和专家的引导下，信息的实时公开中，勇敢地挣扎前行，克服一个个难题。这本书就以普通人的视角记录了个体的痛苦与坚守，以及他们所感受到群体的守护与大爱。

◎多视角、全面真实记录，一场与每个人切身相关的危机事件。

14个人，14个视角，作者是来自国内不同省市，不同职业（医生、护士、警察、患者、志愿者）的14个人。本书记录了“逆行”至前线支援的医生，感染新冠病毒的病人与医生相处的真实情况，警察为疑似患者隔离，非新冠肺炎患者的就医的曲折经历。在不同的作者经历中，还原大危机时期的众生相。

◎图文对照，高度还原，收录多张作者实拍照片，真实记录当时的城市和人的状态；

一个人的记忆可能模糊，消失；但一个国家，一个时代的记忆，不应该被遗忘；当现在成为过去，成为历史，我们需要客观、真实的记录，我们也有必要记录当时人的状态，当时的人是如何面对灾难性事件。一个人的记录也许有失客观，但越多人的记录，足以让我们看到历史更真实的一面。

◎品质装帧，精致双封；随书附赠精美书签。

14张定制插画，记录这个特殊时期里，那些为希望努力的珍贵瞬间。内文精选进口瑞典轻型纸，翻阅轻便，手感舒适。

本书甄选了来自不同城市、拥有不同身份的14个平凡人的疫情实录，它不仅是一本承载个体命运的日记本，更是一本微观的时代记事簿。

就像一台显微镜，这本书聚焦于普通人的日常，从工作、生活、健康、情感的角度折射出人们情绪的嬗变，让你看见疫情之下真实的“你我”。

在每天乘坐的电梯里，地面划分出了人与人之间的界线——间距不得小于1米；

在曾经拥挤的商场，进场的队伍被限定了间隙——必须大于1米；

一场人类面临的突发灾难，让人与人之间有了“安全距离”。

但疫情不只带来了距离，更打破了许多人“按部就班”的生活——

对于被疫情打断“续命”治疗的癌症女孩，去医院做常规检查成了一趟趟冒险之旅。突然发热后，她打开电脑，决心写完她未完成的遗书；

一位心血管内科的医生被临时抽调到发热病区，第一个晚上，他就做了以前从未做过的工作：亲手抱起两具尸体。

“逆行”的医生、以身犯险的警察、难以就诊的病人、围城中的市民、正在讨债的民工……

这个春天，值得铭记的不只有伟大，还有疫情之下真实的面孔

280 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2020

Reviews

[Jason Braatz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Note: I totally don't know a single word or character in Chinese ; but through the magic of the many software translators out there, I was able to make my own English version. Specifically, I use an app called DeepL on the Mac which does the whole translation once I downloaded it. This technique is a bit new, and human-translation is often preferable, but I'd say it rendered it 97-98% to the original meanings on everything, I've done it before on other texts with the same result.

We don't often get to hear what "the other side" is saying in China. I happen to have an account with my library to allow me to borrow books, and they have a Chinese, Spanish, etc section and I look for books that don't get translated.

This book is simply called, "Breathe a Meter Away," and it's a set of essays by front-line workers (Medical/Doctors, Police, Patients, Nurses, etc) during the onset of the pandemic. It reveals something we don't hear about in the western press: when COVID first hit, there was a very quick lockdown process which must have been efficient, as most of the authors cite the lack of cars in the beginning of the crisis. It also demonstrates that social media (WeChat in China) played a huge role not to be ignored in keeping humanity going.

For any reader, these true stories written by non-professional essayists (just first responders and patients who still write very well) will make you laugh, cry, and sometimes just wish that the whole COVID crisis wouldn't have even happened. These are all real stories told by real people and they are flesh-and-blood like any English-speaking country.

One particular essay in this book describes a woman who has already been given a death sentence because of cancer. Her doctors have already said she won't last much longer, and to prepare herself for death. All of a sudden, COVID happens. When she writes about it through her lens, reading it reminds me of how fragile life really is.. we're not going to be here forever, and we sincerely do have to look at every day as a gift. It'll certainly make any reader remind themselves of what the human condition is and to remember to practice mindfulness more often.

Overall this is a wonderful book, I'm not sure they'll ever translate it officially, but try my trick out (translate books from foreign sources) and you'll find that the narratives are in some ways radically different, yet in other ways they are identical. It's an eye opener for sure.

[Xiaoxi · Rating 5 out of 5]

疫情之下的普通人的真实记录