For "Darwin Year," a fresh-eyed and enchanting journey through South America in his footsteps One snowy day in Ushuaia, Argentina, the self-proclaimed "southernmost city in the world," writer Eric Simons picked up a copy of Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle. Simons had just hiked the mountains overlooking Beagle Channel, and he found himself engrossed in Darwin's account. Like Simons, Darwin was in his mid-twenties when he traveled to the continent. Simons followed Darwin further into South America--to stand where Darwin had stood and to explore the histories, legends and people that had fascinated him two centuries before. Simons trekked to as many of the locations Darwin wrote about as he could find to see if he could see these places through Darwin's eyes, and to learn what South Americans know about Darwin. 2009 is a double-anniversary year for Darwin: the 200th anniversary of his birth in February, and the 150th anniversary of publication of The Origin of Species. Darwin Slept Here is an innovative and thrilling new look at a familiar subject from a compelling new writer to watch.

在“达尔文年”中，一次以他的足迹穿越南美洲的全新而迷人的旅程 在自称“世界最南端城市”的阿根廷乌斯怀亚的一个下雪天，作家埃里克·西蒙斯拿起了查尔斯·达尔文的《The比格犬的航行。西蒙斯刚刚远足俯瞰比格尔海峡的群山，他发现自己全神贯注于达尔文的叙述中。和西蒙斯一样，达尔文到欧洲大陆旅行时也只有 20 多岁。西蒙斯跟随达尔文进一步深入南美——站在达尔文曾经站立的地方，探索两个世纪前让他着迷的历史、传说和人物。西蒙斯跋涉到达尔文所写的尽可能多的地方，看看他是否能通过达尔文的眼睛看到这些地方，并了解南美人对达尔文的了解。 2009 年是达尔文的双周年纪念年：2 月是他诞辰 200 周年，也是《物种起源》出版 150 周年。达尔文睡在这里是一个令人兴奋的新作家对熟悉主题的创新和激动人心的新视角。