《国土陌路》新书发布会于悉尼举办。

Tracks meets Wild in this account of Chinese Australian journalist Monica Tan's six-month odyssey through outback Australia. 澳大利亚华裔记者陈韵雪（Monica Tan）在澳大利亚内陆地区进行了为期六个月的冒险旅途。

“Will I ever really belong to this country? As a Chinese Australian? As a non-Indigenous Australian...? I was 32 years old and barely knew the country of my birth. It was time to change that.”

“我真的属于这个国家吗？作为澳大利亚华裔？作为非土著澳大利亚人......？我32岁，但几乎不了解我出生的这个国家。现在是时候改变了。”

What happens when a 32-year-old first-generation Australian woman decides to chuck in a dream job, pack a sleeping bag and tent, and hit the long, dusty road for six months?

当这位32岁的第一代澳大利亚女性带着她的睡袋和帐篷，在这既漫长又尘土飞扬的道路上行走六个月，会发生什么？

Thirty-thousand kilometres later, Monica Tan has the answer, and it completely surprises her.

三万公里后，Monica得到了答案。这让她完全惊讶。

In mid-2016, Monica left Sydney, unsure of her place in Australia. As a Chinese Australian city slicker, she couldn't have felt more distant from powerful mythologies like the Digger, the Drover's Wife and Clancy of the Overflow. And more importantly, Monica wondered, how could she ever feel she truly belonged to a land that has been the spiritual domain of Indigenous Australians for over 60,000 years?

2016年年中，Monica对自己在澳大利亚的位置感到迷惘，于是离开了悉尼。作为一个在城市中长大的澳大利亚华裔，她对像Digger，Drover’s Wife和Clancy of the Overflow这样的传说感到陌生。更重要的是，她在思考自己怎么能够真正感觉到自己属于这里 – 一片澳大利亚土著人已经生活了6万年的土地？

Stranger Country is the riveting account of the six months Monica drove and camped her way through some of Australia's most beautiful and remote landscapes. She shared meals, beers and conversations with miners, greynomads, artists, farmers, community workers and small business owners from across the nation: some Aboriginal, some white, some Asian, and even a few who managed to be all three. The result is an enthralling and entertaining celebration of the spirit of adventure, a thoughtful quest for understanding and a unique portrait of Australia and all it means to those who live here.

Stranger Country记录了Monica在澳大利亚最美丽和最偏远的地方度过的精彩的六个月。她与来自全国各地的矿工，艺术家，农民，社区工作者和商家共享膳食，啤酒和对话。这其中有一些原住民，一些白人，一些亚洲人，甚至一些这三种都是的人。这体现的结果就是对冒险精神的庆祝、对深思熟虑的追求和理解、澳大利亚的独特之处以及对于住在这里的人的意味。

Monica Tan is the former deputy culture editor of Guardian Australia and co-host of the Token podcast. Stranger Country is her first book.

陈韵雪（Monica Tan）是Guardian Australia的前副文化编辑，也是Token播客的共同主持人。 Stranger Country是她的第一本书。

Monica Tan will be available for interview & to write articles

STRANGER COUNTRY

MONICA TAN

Allen & Unwin| 4 March 2019| $32.99 | Trade Paperback

“A tender and thought-provoking exploration of cultural and national identity, and a bewitching love letter to Australia, recounting the pain of what's been, the complications of the present, and offering hope for what is to come. Tan's curiosity and deep reverence for the land and its first inhabitants makes her the perfect travel buddy on this journey into the heart of Australia.”

“对文化和民族认同感的发人深省的探索，以及给澳大利亚的一封迷人情书，讲述了现在的痛苦，现在的复杂情况，但对未来充满了希望。 她对这片土地及其第一批居民的好奇心和深深敬畏使她成为澳大利亚中心之旅的完美旅行伙伴。”

—Michelle Law, author of Single Asian Female

“With 85 per cent of Australia's population scattered along the coast, too often we look out and across the sea for meaning and adventure. Monica Tan's Stranger Country is a call for us to look within: at our rich and varied geography, our long and buried history of diversity, and the 60,000-year-old culture on our doorstep. The cliché that Australia has no history or culture is false - we just don't often take the time to tell it. Stranger Country does. A necessary Australian story.”

“由于澳大利亚85%的人口分布在沿海地区，我们常常会从这开始探索意义与冒险。 Monica Tan的Stranger Country 呼吁我们思考：我们丰富多样的地理位置，悠久而深厚的多元化历史，以及我们6万年历史的文化。澳大利亚没有历史或文化的说法是错误的 – 这些我们通常不会花时间去讲述它。Stranger Country 会讲述这个必要的澳大利亚故事。”

—Rachel Hills, author of The Sex Myth

“Self-aware and provocative, Monica gets to the heart of what it means to call Australia home as a non-Indigenous person. Never self-indulgent, Monica looks outwards and examines herself critically as she learns about the culture of the country she grew up in. I loved it, and came away with a new lens through which to see myself.”

“自我意识和刺激，Monica深入了解澳大利亚作为一个被非土著人称之为家的意义。Monica从不放纵自己，她向外看，在了解自己长大的国家的文化中审视自己。我喜欢它，让我带着一个新的镜头看看自己。”

—Bridie Jabour, journalist and author of The Way Things Should Be

“Stranger Country is a marvelously engaging, beautifully described record of a quest into the meaning of belonging, that documents both the gritty reality of a 30,000-kilometre solo road trip around Australia by one young woman, and her profoundly intelligent journey of mind.”

“Stranger Country是一个非常引人入胜，细致描述的追求归属感的记录。它记录了一位年轻女子独自在澳大利亚三万公里旅途中的坚韧不拔，以及她深刻的智慧之旅。”

—Isobelle Carmody, author of The Obernewtyn Chronicles