…作品。我每次都这么说，认识的教授们听了都会炸毛：去读阿卜杜勒·拉赫曼·穆尼夫（Abdul Rahman Munif）的小说。他是个极其有意思的人。他的英文译作零零散散而且翻译很弱。他的代表作《Cities of Salt》（盐之城）会带你从海湾地区的视角看清那场“石油癫狂”，这是一场极为尖锐的批判，出自一个因言论而被剥夺国籍的沙特人之手。我有没有提过他曾是个铁杆复兴党人…
…works. I say the same thing every time, and professors I know get pissed: start with Adul Rahman Munif's novels. He is a very, very interesting guy. His stuff in English is scattered and week. His Cities of Salt magnum opum will help you see the petro-insanity from the Gulf side, in a pretty scathing critique, from a Saudi who got his citizenship stripped for what he said. Did I mention he was a hardcore Baathist…
…对沙特人带有一层玫瑰色滤镜，但确实是关于该公司早期岁月非常优秀且鲜为人知的一手资料。另一本对沙特、美国乃至对我自己在该国历史上所扮演角色都没那么客气的书，是 Abdelrahman Munif 写的《Cities of Salt》。那是一部多部曲小说，从不同当地人的视角，半历史性地讲述了一个类似达兰（Dhahran）的小镇在类似沙特这样的国家建立起来的过程…
…rosy-towards-the-Saudis feel but is some excellent and generally unknown primary documentation of the company’s early years. Another book less charitable to Saudi, American, or even my own role in the country’s history is “Cities of Salt” by Abdelrahman Munif. That was a multi part fiction giving a semi-historical recounting of the establishment of a Dhahran-like town in a Saudi-like country from the perspectives of different local people…
…作品。我每次都这么说，认识的教授们听了都会炸毛：去读阿卜杜勒·拉赫曼·穆尼夫（Abdul Rahman Munif）的小说。他是个极其有意思的人。他的英文译作零零散散而且翻译很弱。他的代表作《Cities of Salt》（盐之城）会带你从海湾地区的视角看清那场“石油癫狂”，这是一场极为尖锐的批判，出自一个因言论而被剥夺国籍的沙特人之手。我有没有提过他曾是个铁杆复兴党人…
…works. I say the same thing every time, and professors I know get pissed: start with Adul Rahman Munif's novels. He is a very, very interesting guy. His stuff in English is scattered and week. His Cities of Salt magnum opum will help you see the petro-insanity from the Gulf side, in a pretty scathing critique, from a Saudi who got his citizenship stripped for what he said. Did I mention he was a hardcore Baathist…
…对沙特人带有一层玫瑰色滤镜，但确实是关于该公司早期岁月非常优秀且鲜为人知的一手资料。另一本对沙特、美国乃至对我自己在该国历史上所扮演角色都没那么客气的书，是 Abdelrahman Munif 写的《Cities of Salt》。那是一部多部曲小说，从不同当地人的视角，半历史性地讲述了一个类似达兰（Dhahran）的小镇在类似沙特这样的国家建立起来的过程…
…rosy-towards-the-Saudis feel but is some excellent and generally unknown primary documentation of the company’s early years. Another book less charitable to Saudi, American, or even my own role in the country’s history is “Cities of Salt” by Abdelrahman Munif. That was a multi part fiction giving a semi-historical recounting of the establishment of a Dhahran-like town in a Saudi-like country from the perspectives of different local people…