《THE QUEST FOR Z》
The True Story of Explorer Percy Fawcett and a Lost City in the Amazon.
我一開始覺得故事平平,但Greg Pizzoli的畫實在太可愛,還是真實故事改編,值得一看。
但看到文末作者的話,突然心潮澎湃,突然不知道該怎樣動筆寫這一篇。
干脆就引用作者一段話:
Telling Fawcett's story was difficult at times, because he was not a typical hero. He had a frenzied belief that the world was wrong, that he was right, and that he alone could prove it. And in many ways, his life was marked by failure.
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Personally, I don't believe that Fawcett wanted to find Z solely because it would be an important geographic discovery, or because it would make him famous, rich, and respected. Finding Z would have given his life purpose. If the final path led to Z, it was all worth it. In the end, he risked everything to discover the unknown. In his own words, he "chose the forest path," and he got lost. He went off the map.