《The Happy Isles of Oceania》也很值得一读。他划着一艘折叠皮划艇四处漂荡，看到了绝大多数游客永远看不到的南太平洋角落。
The Happy Isles of Oceania is also worth reading. He paddles around in a portable kayak, and sees the parts of the South Seas that most tourists would never see.
我没读过他的铁路旅行系列，但《The Happy Isles of Oceania》是我最喜欢的书之一，不管算不算旅行文学都算。非常精彩地记录了他在南太平洋的旅程。
I haven't read his rail travel books, but The Happy Isles of Oceania is one of my favorite books, travel or otherwise. Fantastic account of his travels in the South Pacific.
赞同！塞鲁和奈保尔的文字里都带着一股若隐若现的刻薄劲儿。比如塞鲁在《The Happy Isles of Oceania》里提到别人衬衫很脏的次数。难道他就没意识到，他写的那些人都住在棚屋里、兜里根本没钱吗？两个人的书我都挺喜欢读，但在旅行时可真不想碰上他们。感觉他们会全程在心里挑剔评判我。
I agree! Theroux and Naipaul have an undercurrent of nastiness in their writing. E.g. the # of times Theroux describes someone's shirt as dirty in The Happy Isles of Oceania. Doesn't he realize that the people he's talking about live in huts and don't have money? I like reading them both, but won't like to meet them while traveling. Seems like they would be judging me constantly.
《The Happy Isles of Oceania》也很值得一读。他划着一艘折叠皮划艇四处漂荡，看到了绝大多数游客永远看不到的南太平洋角落。
The Happy Isles of Oceania is also worth reading. He paddles around in a portable kayak, and sees the parts of the South Seas that most tourists would never see.
我没读过他的铁路旅行系列，但《The Happy Isles of Oceania》是我最喜欢的书之一，不管算不算旅行文学都算。非常精彩地记录了他在南太平洋的旅程。
I haven't read his rail travel books, but The Happy Isles of Oceania is one of my favorite books, travel or otherwise. Fantastic account of his travels in the South Pacific.
赞同！塞鲁和奈保尔的文字里都带着一股若隐若现的刻薄劲儿。比如塞鲁在《The Happy Isles of Oceania》里提到别人衬衫很脏的次数。难道他就没意识到，他写的那些人都住在棚屋里、兜里根本没钱吗？两个人的书我都挺喜欢读，但在旅行时可真不想碰上他们。感觉他们会全程在心里挑剔评判我。
I agree! Theroux and Naipaul have an undercurrent of nastiness in their writing. E.g. the # of times Theroux describes someone's shirt as dirty in The Happy Isles of Oceania. Doesn't he realize that the people he's talking about live in huts and don't have money? I like reading them both, but won't like to meet them while traveling. Seems like they would be judging me constantly.