Tao's personal experience

Tao Lixia, a translator, writer and photographer, has traveled around the world from a unique perspective for many years. For the first time, the best-selling book "Traveling separately and meeting yourself on the road" discusses the significance of travel to inner growth with emotion as the main line.

From 2065438 to July 2004, he published the collection of essays "Training a Person", which won the bestseller list of major new books.

Besides writing and photography, Tao also dabbled in literary translation. In 20 10, the classic memoirs of a female pilot Beryl Markham were translated into Chinese, and the anthology was published in 20 14.

Tao is a young literary woman in Shanghai. From a senior white-collar worker to a series of books, from a magazine editor to a translator, her reputation was quickly earned by her pen. You can see her column in the newspaper, and you can also see her as a guest at reading activities. She is always fresh and delicate. But many times, people can't have a clear and definite impression of her. Just like Annie Baby, you can easily recognize her handwriting, but you can't recognize her at a glance from the crowd.

Tao Lixia used to work in a travel magazine, so when he is interested, he often travels around the world. In the book Traveling Alone, she recorded all her feelings of aristocratic treatment when she visited Italy and London. The rooms named after the dead stars in Capri Palace Hotel, the lush olive groves in Sao Tome and Nick Island on the Mediterranean Sea, the poems written by Benjamin on the white steps in the paradise town of Albero Bello, and the polo match in London, England, make people feel like they are back to the era of Jane Austen. Elegant petty bourgeoisie words with photos make the whole book have a broad vision and a strong literary atmosphere.

Later, she translated the autobiography "Flying West at Night" by Bell markham, the first professional female pilot in Africa. Taking a woman's 30-year memories as a series, this paper tells the experience of a free woman flying a plane and training horse racing in Kenya. Martha gellhorn, an American female journalist and Hemingway's third wife, once commented on this book. She said: "Flying west at night records the courage of this newborn calf, and a brave girl of 17 years old determines her future life." Tao Lixia may also be deeply immersed in this courage. Numerous solo flights and trips have made her yearn for the peace in glitz.

The new book "Practicing a Person" is her observation and understanding of tourism, life, love, loneliness and literature. She has memories and dreams, but they have all turned into pieces. She said: "If I can choose the zodiac, I think I should be a box jellyfish. In just a few months, my life has been floating in the blue light. Because there is no hard bone, I don't have a so-called established worldview, which is easy to produce rejection. " It is this boundless state of mind that makes her write a little lonely and frustrated, just like these photos she matched, unhappy in the scene without the protagonist.