消失的地平线

出版时间：2012-7  出版社：世界图书出版公司  作者：詹姆斯·希尔顿  页数：281  字数：178000  
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前言

　　世界文学名著表现了作者描述的特定时代的文化。阅读这些名著可以领略著者流畅的文笔、逼真的描述、详细的刻画，让读者如同置身当时的历史文化之中。为此，我们将这套精心编辑的“名著典藏”奉献给广大读者。　　我们找来了专门研究西方历史、西方文化的专家学者，请教了专业的翻译人员，精心挑选了这些可以代表西方文学的著作，并听取了一些国外专门研究文学的朋友的建议，不删节、不做任何人为改动，严格按照原著的风格，提供原汁原味的西方名著，让读者能享受纯正的英文名著。　　随着阅读的展开，你会发现自己的英语水平无形中有了大幅提高，并且对西方历史文化的了解也日益深入广阔。　　送您一套经典，让您受益永远！

内容概要

　　《消失的地平线(中英对照全译本)》是作家詹姆斯·希尔顿所著一本小说，首版发表于1933年。正是由于这本书的发表，在英语中多了一个新的词汇——“shangri-la”——香格里拉，这个词成了永恒宁静和平的象征。随着希尔顿的小说1937年后多次被拍成电影，那片神奇的土地和香格里拉的名字更是家喻户晓，引得半个多世纪以来无数探险家、旅游者、考古者，甚至淘金者纷纷寻找这个似乎是虚幻存在的地方，几乎忘记了那只是一部虚构小说中的地名。新加坡华侨巨商郭鹤年将他遍及全球的酒店集团命名为“香格里拉”。

书籍目录

PROLOGUE
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
EPILOGUE

章节摘录

　　Conway meanwhile was busying himself with a very practical task. He had collected every scrap of paper that they all had， and was composing messages in various native languages to be dropped to earth at intervals. It was a slender chance， in such sparsely populated country， but worth taking.　　The fourth occupant， Miss Brinklow， sat tight-lipped and straight-backed， with few comments and no complaints. She was a small， rather leathery woman， with an air of having been compelled to attend a party at which there were goings-on that she could not wholly approve.　　Conway had talked less than the two other men， for translating SOS messages into dialects was a mental exercise requiring concentration. He had， however， answered questions when asked， and had agreed， tentatively， with Malison's kidnapping theory.　　He had also agreed， to some extent， with Barnard's strictures on the Air Force. "Though one can see， of course， how it may have happened. With the place in commotion as it was， one man in flying-kit would look very much like another. No one would think of doubting the bona fides of any man in the proper clothes who looked as if he knew his job. And this fellow must have known it - the signals， and so forth. Pretty obvious， too， that he knows how to fly... still， I agree with you that it's the sort of thing that someone ought to get into hot water about. And somebody will， you may be sure， though I suspect he won't deserve it."　　"Well， sir，" responded Barnard， "I certainly do admire the way you manage to see both sides of the question. It's the right spirit to have， no doubt， even when you're being taken for a ride，"　　Americans， Conway reflected， had the knack of being able to say patronizing things without being offensive. He smiled tolerantly， but did not continue the conversation. His tiredness was of a kind that no amount of possible peril could stave off.　　Towards late afternoon; when Bamard and Mallinson， who had been arguing， appealed to him on some point， it appeared that he had fallen asleep.　　"Dead beat，" Mallinson commented. "And I don't wonder at it， after these last few weeks."　　"You're his friend?" queried Barnard.　　"I've worked with him at the Consulate. I happen to know that he hasn't been in bed for the last four nights. As a matter of fact， we're damned lucky in having him with us in a tight corner like this. Apart from knowing the languages， he's got a sort of way with him in dealing with people. If anyone can get us out of the mess， he'll do it. He's pretty cool about most things."　　"Well， let him have his sleep， then，" agreed Barnard.　　Miss Brinklow made one of her rare remarks. "I think he looks like a very brave man，" she said.　　Conway was far less certain that he was a very brave man. He bad closed his eyes in sheer physical fatigue， but without actually sleeping. He could hear and feel every movement of the plane， and he heard also， with mixed feelings， Malison's eulogy of himself. It was then that he had his doubts， recognizing a tight sensation in his stomach which was his own bodily reaction to a disquieting mental survey. He was not， as he knew well from experience， one of those persons who love danger for its own sake. There was an aspect of it which he sometimes enjoyed， an excitement， a purgative effect upon sluggish emotions， but he was far from fond of risking his life. Twelve years earlier he had grown to hate the perils of trench warfare in France， and had several times avoided death by declining to attempt valorous impossibilities. Even his D.S， O. had been won， not so much by physical courage， as by a certain hardly developed technique of endurance. And since the War， whenever there had been danger ahead， he had faced it with increasing lack of relish unless it promised extravagant dividends in thrills.　　He still kept his eyes closed. He was touched， and a little dismayed， by what he had heard Mallinson say. It was his fate in life to have his equanimity always mistaken for pluck， whereas it was actually something much more dispassionate and much less virile. They were all in a damnably awkward situation， it seemed to him and so far from being full of bravery about it， he felt chiefly an enormous distaste for whatever trouble might be in store. There was Miss Brinklow， for instance. He foresaw that in certain circumstances he would have to act on the supposition that because she was a woman she mattered far more than the rest of them put together， and he shrank from a situation in which such disproportionate behavior might be unavoidable.　　……

用户评论 (总计11条)

•   一直都很想看看西方的“桃花源”是什么样子，只是一直不太有机会，偶然在网上溜到这本书就买了，很不错(⊙o⊙)哦，没有战乱，没有纷争，香格里拉，人间天堂。
•   本书是西方人对东方文明的一种理解。地平线代表了东西方文明的交界线，读这本书，可以了解西方人眼中的东方是什么模样，他们眼中的东方和我们自己看到了不太一样，读这本书也当反思自己对自己环境的理解吧
•   有些後悔英文版了，有些看不下去。但書還是不錯的。。。
•   买回来还没有看过，哈哈，希望有时间看啊
•   唯美的作品，书籍摸起来很舒服，值得收藏
•   一直想看，所以买了，但是还没读完
•   给女儿买的，应该还好吧，她喜欢。
•   述还行，纸张太粗糙
•   书有点小，但是这个版本是对原著没有做任何修改的，所以就买了这个版本，希望自己可以坚持把这本书看完，毕竟是全英文
•   有点小啊。。里面纸质量也说不上好额
•   不错，好书，正在读