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“那些路的故事就是我们的故事。”
 
20万年前，人类从非洲大草原的树上爬下来的第一件事，就是移动。当时的我们是游牧民族，没有定居的概念。我们就这么走着走着，走出了脚下第一条路。
 
脚下的道路早于一切，在工具、火、宗教和社会出现以前，已经存在。这些道路出现又消失，然后又出现新的路。无数的道路无数的故事，绕着地球，就像一颗毛线球。
 
“我想着这些道路。我走过多少条了？上百条，可能上千条了。每条走过的路我都记得，比所有人事物都来得更深刻清楚。”
 
就这样，成就了这本原创而伟大的书。作者会带着读者踏上一段有趣的旅程，从最早的人类横越欧洲时走的路，然后到最后一个冰河时期，到今天那些有整理规划过的登山小径。《脚下的历史》要带你走过哲学、生物、文学、考古学和神话。这本书写的是迁移和定居，迁徙和捷径，鸟类和动物令人惊叹的迁徙路径，人们天生需要移动的需求，以及当我们坐在办公室、开车、用智慧型手机导航时，失去了多少美妙的东西。
 
本书好评
 
“What [Ekelund]'s addressing is the intention to walk one’s way to meaning: the walk as spiritual exercise, a kind of vision quest in which the answers we arrive at are less important than the impulse to seek them.”
—David Ulin, New York Times
 
“A charming read, celebrating the relationship between humans and their bodies, their landscapes, and one another.”
—The Washington Post
 
“This lovely book taps into something primeval in us all.”
—Star Tribune
 
“[R]ethinking the social, historical, and spiritual needs that are met by putting one foot in front of the other.”
—Outside Magazine
 
“[Urges] a return to our ambulatory origins…[N]ever low on zeal.”
—Wallstreet Journal
 
“[Ekelund] invites his readers to join him on his chosen path, a path that involves regular walking with careful mindfulness. This is an invitation we should all accept.”
—The Vancouver Sun
 
“A deeply fascinating meditation on the paths we take through our environment and our lives.”
— Erling Kagge, author of Silence: In the Age of Noise and Walking: One Step at a Time
 
“A quiet, reflective read.”
—Booklist
 
“An easygoing, gently unfolding memoir, it soothes in difficult times.”
—Gail Perry, Winnipeg Free Press
 
关于作者
Torbjørn Ekelund是一位作家、历史学家也是线上自然与环境杂志《丰收》（Harvest）的其中一位负责人。他撰写过的作品有A Year in the Forest. A micro expedition (2014) 与 The Boy and the Mountain. A Journey of Discovery in Norwegian Nature (2017)，这几本书都有被翻译成英文、德文、义大利文和韩文出版。