Adalbert von Chamisso’s story of the lad who sold his own shadow makes for an intriguing precursor of Peter Wilson who seems to cast longer and longer shadows over the places he visits and the buildings he transforms. Wilson steps into a long line of travel writers and reveals a particular affinity with those who were friends with artists. As a matter of fact, he travels through their pictures no less than through the land they depicted. Their fusion of topography (satisfying learned curiosity) with suffused Stimmung (for an immersive recollection of what usually remained a once-in-a-lifetime exploration of idealised landscapes) returns with a twist in Wilson’s version of a guidebook in which his own experiences as an architect insinuate themselves into the account no less than his watercolours bridge the gap that separates us from our precursors on the road.

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一个装满影子的手提箱

阿达尔伯特·冯·查米索关于卖掉自己影子的小伙子的故事使彼得·威尔逊成为一个有趣的先驱，他似乎在他所访问的地方和他改造的建筑物上投下越来越长的阴影。威尔逊踏入了一长串旅行作家的行列，并揭示了与艺术家朋友的特殊亲和力。事实上，他穿越他们的照片不亚于穿越他们所描绘的土地。