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A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy of the Amazon. After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed New Yorker writer David Grann set out to solve "the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century:" What happened to the British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Lost City of Z? In 1925 Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization, hoping to make one of the most important discoveries in history. For centuries Europeans believed the world’s largest jungle concealed the glittering kingdom of El Dorado. Thousands had died looking for it, leaving many scientists convinced that the Amazon was truly inimical to humankind. But Fawcett, whose daring expeditions helped inspire Conan Doyle’s The Lost World , had spent years building his scientific case. Captivating the imagination of millions around the globe, Fawcett embarked with his twenty-one-year-old son, determined to prove that this ancient civilization--which he dubbed “Z”--existed. Then he and his expedition vanished. Fawcett’s fate--and the tantalizing clues he left behind about “Z”--became an obsession for hundreds who followed him into the uncharted wilderness. For decades scientists and adventurers have searched for evidence of Fawcett’s party and the lost City of Z. Countless have perished, been captured by tribes, or gone mad. As David Grann delved ever deeper into the mystery surrounding Fawcett’s quest, and the greater mystery of what lies within the Amazon, he found himself, like the generations who preceded him, being irresistibly drawn into the jungle’s “green hell.” His quest for the truth and his stunning discoveries about Fawcett’s fate and “Z” form the heart of this complex, enthralling narrative.


大卫·格恩(David Grann)

《纽约客》的专栏作家,为《纽约时报》《大西洋》《华盛顿邮报》《华尔街日报》《新共和国》等知名媒体写作。

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  • cathryn
    探险之后的结果呢?征服自然,“文明化”。还不如世界上留下几片净土,让大自然保留原本的样子。02-28
  • 克罗地亚狂炸炸
    本来读到中间,觉得和我预期的冒险故事差别也太大了,就是流水账一样的。但是越往后读,尤其是大家捐款帮助他们的探险行程、妻子一生不放弃的等待、寻找的Z可能是南柯一梦、还有最后神秘的古代文明其实就在眼前展开时才领略到一只吸引他们是什么。12-19
  • 毛姆闷闷舅舅
    除了福赛特个人生平的记述之外,这本书更吸引我的是对福赛特所处的那个探险家时代的描写和展现。其实看的过程中一直怀疑这本书能否最终解开有关福赛特和Z的谜团,看完后对作者给出的解答表示满意。04-14
  • Viola
    向那个年代不畏死的(帝国主义) 冒险家表达敬意。读完觉得亚马逊的雨林实在可怕,真是天上飞的水里游的地上走的无一不要人命。回头把阿拉伯的劳伦斯也看了就齐活了。05-01
  • AaronSSA
    结尾太完美了!!!读过的第一本全英小说05-12

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