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𝙏𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜: 𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙎𝙬𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘽𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙣’𝙨 𝙇𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨
由現居德國的 Jessica J. Lee 李潔珂所著的自傳，同時也是她的出道作品。在這本自傳中，記錄著在加拿大成長、在倫敦生活、並在28歲隻身來到柏林的 Jessica，雖然計畫撰寫論文，卻因為種種經歷讓她來到人生的低潮，而游泳讓她能重拾自我，因此她決定將不論天氣好壞，游過52座柏林湖泊。
書中從綠意盎然的夏季開始，帶領讀者一同泅過金紅落葉紛飛的秋季、天寒地凍的冬季、最後到浮冰與暖陽交融的春季，透過環境歷史學家的眼光，介紹湖泊生態與地景，同時也透過泳者的身分，感受湖泊四季的變化，此外更從游泳、漂浮、溺水的體驗中體悟出人生的道理。而書名 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 不只是作者自己人生的轉變，同時也是指湖水的變化，推薦給喜歡閱讀傳記、生態書寫的讀者。
書內有柏林湖泊的地圖！
尺寸 13.1 x 2 x 19.9 cm
頁數 304頁
ISBN: 9780349008332
𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐇𝐞𝐠𝐲𝐢 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬
𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐋𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝟓𝟐 𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝
Jessica J. Lee swims through all four seasons and especially loves the winter. "I long for the ice. The sharp cut of freezing water on my feet. The immeasurable black of the lake at its coldest. Swimming then means cold, and pain, and elation."
At the age of twenty-eight, Jessica, who grew up in Canada and lived in England, finds herself in Berlin. Alone. Lonely, with lowered spirits thanks to some family history and a broken heart, she is there, ostensibly, to write a thesis. And though that is what she does daily, what increasingly occupies her is swimming. So she makes a decision that she believes will win her back her confidence and independence: she will swim fifty-two of the lakes around Berlin, no matter what the weather or season. She is aware that this particular landscape is not without its own ghosts and history.
This is the story of a beautiful obsession: of the thrill of a still, turquoise lake, of cracking the ice before submerging, of floating under blue skies, of tangled weeds and murkiness, of cool, fresh, spring swimming—of facing past fears of near-drowning and of breaking free.
When she completes her year of swimming, Jessica finds she has new strength, and she has also found friends and has gained some understanding of how the landscape both haunts and holds us.
This book is for everyone who loves swimming, who wishes they could push themselves beyond caution, who understands the deep pleasure of using the body's strength, who knows what it is to abandon all thought and float home to the surface.
