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A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But mostly they observe. Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling it sixteen times, spinning past continents and cycling through seasons, taking in glaciers and deserts, the peaks of mountains and the swells of ...

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A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But mostly they observe. Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling it sixteen times, spinning past continents and cycling through seasons, taking in glaciers and deserts, the peaks of mountains and the swells of oceans. Endless shows of spectacular beauty witnessed in a single day.

Yet although separated from the world they cannot escape its constant pull. News reaches them of the death of a mother, and with it comes thoughts of returning home. They look on as a typhoon gathers over an island and people they love, in awe of its magnificence and fearful of its destruction.

The fragility of human life fills their conversations, their fears, their dreams. So far from earth, they have never felt more part - or protective - of it. They begin to ask, what is life without earth? What is earth without humanity?

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Samantha Harvey is the author of the novels The Wilderness, All Is Song, Dear Thief and The Western Wind and a work of non-fiction, The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping. Her work has been longlisted for the Booker Prize, and shortlisted for the James Tait Black Award, the Women's Prize, the Guardian First Book Award and the Walter Scott Prize. The Wilderness was awarded...

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Samantha Harvey is the author of the novels The Wilderness, All Is Song, Dear Thief and The Western Wind and a work of non-fiction, The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping. Her work has been longlisted for the Booker Prize, and shortlisted for the James Tait Black Award, the Women's Prize, the Guardian First Book Award and the Walter Scott Prize. The Wilderness was awarded the Betty Trask Prize. She is a tutor on the MA course in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.

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#2024 Booker shortlist 重读英文原版以短入手结果这本相当不好读,过于冗杂重复的地球描写。可以理解作者想以禅意太空切入,宇航员的地球往事与观察着逐渐疯狂的台风席卷众生。除此之外的描写实在有点无聊

绮丽、晶莹的行文,但内容也诚然味同嚼蜡,如同用文字版Google Earth环视地球一周,然后戛然而止。至于世界和同的价值理念,以及六人宇航员团队的共感书写,也只是止步于一种叙事装饰品而已。|| 今年布克奖应该是本世纪除了The Finkler Question得奖那次最令人失望的一届。可以理解这座布克奖的semipolitical message (构想一个超越国族主义意识束缚、规避身份政治讲述... 绮丽、晶莹的行文,但内容也诚然味同嚼蜡,如同用文字版Google Earth环视地球一周,然后戛然而止。至于世界和同的价值理念,以及六人宇航员团队的共感书写,也只是止步于一种叙事装饰品而已。|| 今年布克奖应该是本世纪除了The Finkler Question得奖那次最令人失望的一届。可以理解这座布克奖的semipolitical message (构想一个超越国族主义意识束缚、规避身份政治讲述必要性的纯净美学场域),也能够共情评委们今年受到过多创伤后对于activism的应激和疲惫,但是Orbital的形而上学只是种无菌、无创的逃避主义,毕竟fictionality is historicity,文学仍然需要呼唤一些更加具身、更加切肤的痛觉体验才行。 (展开)

预订年度前五。六位宇航员在狭小的飞船上绕着不同轨道,以“异星”的视角观察地球,而在完成各种任务的同时,ta们的各项指标也会被记录下来。在快速穿梭时,时间早已被模糊——上一个瞬间看到的是灰蒙蒙雾气下包裹的绿色海洋,下一个瞬间就是红铜色的土地。在时间切片中,六位宇航员自身的小故事、ta们的思绪、ta们的梦也悄悄流淌到书页上,而切片与切片之间会用一些线索串联起来——有点像《草中鸽》的手法。 最显著的线... 预订年度前五。六位宇航员在狭小的飞船上绕着不同轨道,以“异星”的视角观察地球,而在完成各种任务的同时,ta们的各项指标也会被记录下来。在快速穿梭时,时间早已被模糊——上一个瞬间看到的是灰蒙蒙雾气下包裹的绿色海洋,下一个瞬间就是红铜色的土地。在时间切片中,六位宇航员自身的小故事、ta们的思绪、ta们的梦也悄悄流淌到书页上,而切片与切片之间会用一些线索串联起来——有点像《草中鸽》的手法。 最显著的线索便是地球上逐渐形成的一个大台风——这一端平静祥和,另一端的暴风却正席卷一切。宇航员的亲人因此离世,宇航员看到人们的慌乱、人们的抗争,而宇宙却几乎冷漠地看着。 其实也可以把本书理解成一部纪录片——没有小说中惯常出现的“高潮”,只有一些“事实”——本书也的确参考了NASA资料,有真实性。 待长评。 (展开)

At first they’re drawn to the views at night […] There’s something crisp and clear and purposeful about the earth by night, its thick embroidered urban tapestries. […] Soon things change. After a week... At first they’re drawn to the views at night […] There’s something crisp and clear and purposeful about the earth by night, its thick embroidered urban tapestries. […] Soon things change. After a week or so of city awe, the senses begin to broaden and deepen and it’s the daytime earth they come to love. The humanless simplicity of land and sea. (展开)

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jjcool 2025-01-08 13:21:27

活着去火星 —《轨道》读后感(附电子书)

《轨道》是今年带给我最奇特阅读体验的一本书 。作者用诗一样的语言为我们展现了宇航员的太空一天;她用温暖的笔触描绘了人与地球,人与宇宙,时间与存在,地球与宇宙的关系;用文字描绘了地球之外的生活奇景;让读者可以放飞自己的想象力,把肉身留在地球,而精神却可以在环地... (展开)

薄荷味桔子水儿 2024-11-18 10:53:58 Atlantic Monthly Press2023版

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2024年的Man Booker Prize的获奖作品已经出炉,是来自于女作家Samantha Harvey 的Orbital。书名和封面就很容易让人猜到,这可能是一本描写太空/宇宙/宇航员的书。Man Booker Prize在我心中的分量,我在之前的很多次长书评中,只要遇到我都会提及,但今天这里就不赘述了,还是主... (展开)

YOYU 2024-12-30 19:14:38

从近地轨道写给人类和地球的情书

很久没有读到这么惊艳的英文小说了。这是一部从近地轨道写给人类和地球的情书,一本独特的旅行文学。 世界上大概有两种人,一种人听到一个地名,也就听到了,心中不会泛起一丝涟漪。 另一种人,听到一个地名就会联想起关于这个地方的一切——山的形状、水的颜色,那里的人、和... (展开)

Pinoko 2024-11-25 02:48:04

“环游是无趣,但至少可以陪着你”

2024 年的布克奖,颁给了这本“orbital” 评委的审美偏好我就是 synchronise 上了! 这本短短 200 多页的书带给我的感受:就像我卷进了风暴感受到完全的震撼,又好像待在风眼里感受到无限的平静与安宁。 六位来自不同国家的宇航员/太空人(一些黑(尊重)前苏联的梗),在一天... (展开)

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