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The Lost City of Z (Movie Tie-in Ed.)

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內容簡介 亞馬遜叢林究竟是文明的死地？ 還是真有一座高度發展的古城埋藏在地底？ 珀西．哈里森．佛斯特是維多利亞時代的探險家， 他是科南道爾《失落的世界》的主角原型，也是電影印第安那瓊斯的靈感來源。 他曾多次深入亞馬遜叢林， 幾乎是單靠己力就成功勘測了各國國界、追尋了河流的源頭， 還與多個從未被世人認識的亞馬遜當地部族成為朋友。 一九五三年，倫敦的《地理學報》稱他為「世界上最後一位個人探險家」。 一九二五年，為了證明他稱為「Z」的古文明確實存在， 佛斯特帶著兒子深入亞馬遜叢林， 誓言帶回「二十世紀的偉大發現」而成為全球矚目的焦點。 然而，他和他的探險隊伍在五個月後便音訊全無，從此消失在叢林裡…… 佛斯特的下落和Z城留下的誘人線索，讓後世者著迷不已， 紛紛踏進這座「綠色地獄」，也造就了「二十世紀最大的探險之謎」。 八十多年後，有一位能搭電梯絕不爬樓梯的中年作家， 為了破解關於佛斯特、Z城及其後世追尋者所交織出的謎團， 發揮記者精神推敲、甚至親歷佛斯特當年行經路線， 結果居然獲得了驚人的發現！書介出自時報文化失落之城Z: 亞馬遜的世紀探險之謎》This New York Times bestseller is soon to be a major motion picture starring Charlie Hunnam, Tom Holland, and Robert Pattinson and directed by James Gray.In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless people perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called "The Lost City of Z." In this masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, journalist David Grann interweaves the spellbinding stories of Fawcett's quest for "Z" and his own journey into the deadly jungle, as he unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century.

作者介紹

作者介紹 DAVID GRANN is a longtime staff writer at The New Yorker. He has written about everything from New York City's antiquated water tunnels to the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang, from the hunt for the giant squid to the mysterious death of the world's greatest Sherlock Holmes expert. His stories have appeared in several Best Americanwriting anthologies, and he has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic.

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