揭开撒哈拉的面纱
Sahara unveiled
William Langewiesche · 初版 1996 年
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在我们的想象中，沙漠是一片酷热的平原，远处漂浮着如闪烁绿线一般的棕榈树林，是一片沙丘的海洋。你闭上眼睛就能浮现出这副景象。当 William Langewiesche 着手记录 Sahara 沙漠的现状时，他下决心只去看呈现在眼前的事物：不多也不少。其成果是一部不带感伤色彩、往往令人震惊的沙漠实录。从地中海最南端到非洲大草原，再向西延伸至大西洋，Langewiesche 的足迹穿越了这片沙漠极端干旱的核心地带，这片地形嘲弄着人们的想象……
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你这是预设了他知道自己在哪里。有一本好书叫《揭开撒哈拉的面纱》（Sahara Unveiled），里面讲好几个在撒哈拉迷路最后渴死的故事。在很多情况下，他们距离能获救的地方其实只有一两英里。问题就在于……
You're assuming he knew where he was. There's a good book called Sahara Unveiled that has several stories in it about people getting lost in the Sahara and dying of thirst. In many cases they were only a mile or two from a place where they could have been saved. The problem is the…
威廉·兰格维谢的《揭开撒哈拉的面纱》我读了大概一半了，同样写得太棒了。
I'm about halfway through his book Sahara Unveiled, and it's also wonderful.
我想起了自己通读威廉·兰格维谢所写的《揭开撒哈拉的面纱：穿越沙漠之旅》的经历。（他是个很棒的作家，不过这本并不是我最喜欢的他的作品）。以下是内容提要：> 它有美国本土那么大，干旱到绝大多数……
I'm recalling my read through of "Sahara Unveiled: A Journey Across the Desert" by William Langewiesche. (Great writer, but it wasn't my favorite of his works). Here's the executive summary: > It is as vast as the United States and so arid that most…