5 似ている本: アンドレ・ジードの日記 1889-1949
人間の大地
A lyrical account of the author’s time as a pilot flying the dangerous mail routes across the Sahara and the Andes. Many incidents are recounted, including the time he crashed his plane in the Sahara and, along with his navigator, is forced to walk for days without food or water before finding safety.
共通テーマ:French Personal narratives, French Authors, World War II, Authors
告白
Je forme une entreprise qui n'eut jamais d'exemple, et dont l'execution n'aura point d'imitateur. Je veux montrer a mes semblables un homme dans toute la verite de la nature; et cet homme, ce sera moi. Moi seul. Je sens mon coeur, et je connais les hommes. Je ne suis fait comme aucun de ceux que j'ai vus; j'ose croire n'etre fait comme aucun de ceux qui existent. Si je ne vaux pas mieux, au moins…
共通テーマ:French Authors, Correspondence, Authors, Biography & Memoir
爆咲!artnoose
爆咲!
artnoose chronicles their bike trip from Euegene, Oregon to Berkeley, California with their friend Scott. Scott teaches them to stop and take in their surroundings, and artnoose fills the perzine with vivid descriptions of landmarks (such as redwoods and rock formations called 'sea stacks", the pair encountered on their 10 day journey. Lastly, the author reflects on the importance of their…
共通テーマ:Personal narratives, Travel
荒れ騎兵
"The Rough Riders (1899) is the story of the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, the regiment Roosevelt led to enduring fame in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt recounts how the regiment was raised from an unusual mixture of hardened southwestern frontiersmen and privileged northeastern college graduates, and how it trained in Texas and then sailed "southward through the topic seas…
共通テーマ:Personal narratives, Biography & Memoir, History
カタロニアへの致敬
[Homage to Catalonia][1] is [George Orwell][2]'s account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, trades unionists, and socialists keen to help the Spanish defend their Republic from General Franco's Fascist forces. Orwell joined the [POUM][3] Militia in the Catalan region of Spain, was injured in the fighting and invalided back to England. After…
共通テーマ:Personal narratives, Correspondence, Travel, Biography & Memoir