"A supremely entertaining work, and also an important one."--David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z Upon hearing the news of tenuous peace in Sudan, foreign correspondent Dan Morrison bought a plank-board boat, summoned a friend who'd never left America, and set out from Uganda, paddling the Nile on a quest to reach Cairo-a trip that tyranny and war had made impossible for decades. With the propulsive force of a thriller, Morrison's chronicle is a mash-up of travel narrative and reportage, packed with flights into the frightful and absurd. From the hardscrabble fishing villages on Lake Victoria to the floating nightclubs of Cairo, The Black Nile tracks the snarl of commonalities and conflicts that bleed across the Nile valley, bringing to life a complex region in profound transition.  Read more...

Abstract: "A supremely entertaining work, and also an important one."--David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z Upon hearing the news of tenuous peace in Sudan, foreign correspondent Dan Morrison bought a plank-board boat, summoned a friend who'd never left America, and set out from Uganda, paddling the Nile on a quest to reach Cairo-a trip that tyranny and war had made impossible for decades. With the propulsive force of a thriller, Morrison's chronicle is a mash-up of travel narrative and reportage, packed with flights into the frightful and absurd. From the hardscrabble fishing villages on Lake Victoria to the floating nightclubs of Cairo, The Black Nile tracks the snarl of commonalities and conflicts that bleed across the Nile valley, bringing to life a complex region in profound transition

"一部极富娱乐性的作品，同时也是一部重要的作品。"--《失落的城市》的作者大卫-格兰恩听到苏丹出现脆弱和平的消息后，外国记者丹-莫里森买了一艘木板船，召集了一位从未离开过美国的朋友，从乌干达出发，划着尼罗河去寻找开罗--几十年来，暴政和战争使这一旅程成为不可能。莫里森的纪事具有惊悚片的推动力，是旅行叙事和报告文学的混合体，充满了恐怖和荒诞的气息。从维多利亚湖畔艰苦的渔村到开罗漂浮的夜总会，《黑尼罗河》追踪了流淌在尼罗河流域的共同点和冲突的咆哮，将一个处于深刻转型中的复杂地区展现在人们面前。 阅读全文...

摘要："这是一部极富娱乐性的作品，也是一部重要的作品。"--《失落的城市》（The Lost City of Z）的作者大卫-格兰恩（David Grann）在听到苏丹出现脆弱和平的消息后，外国记者丹-莫里森买了一艘木板船，召集了一位从未离开过美国的朋友，从乌干达出发，划着尼罗河去寻找开罗--几十年来，暴政和战争使之无法实现。莫里森的纪事具有惊悚片的推动力，是旅行叙事和报告文学的混合体，充满了恐怖和荒诞的气息。从维多利亚湖畔艰苦的渔村到开罗漂浮的夜总会，《黑尼罗河》追踪了流淌在尼罗河流域的共同点和冲突的咆哮，将一个处于深刻转型期的复杂地区带入了现实。