Sherwood The Man Who Ate the 747, a writer for the L.A.
Times, travels worldwide to gain insight from people who have
survived a slew of near fatal phenomena ranging from a mountain
lion attack to a Holocaust concentration camp, and interviewing an
array of experts to understand the psychology, genetics and jumble
of other little things that determines whether we live or die.
Readers curious about their own survivor profile can take an
Internet test, which is explained in the books later pages.
Sherwoods assertion that survival is a way of perceiving the world
around you is enlightening, as are some of the facts he uncovers:
you have 90 seconds to leave a plane crash before the cabin
temperature becomes unbearable; luck has more to do with personal
perspective than chance. But Sherwoods balance of self-help,
scientific theories and first-rate reporting is diminished by
occasionally overwrought prose as well as the countless survivors
stories, which can run together in a touchy-feely stream of faith
and optimism.
關於作者:
Ben Sherwood is a bestselling author and award-winning
journalist. His novel The Man Who Ate the 747 was published in 13
languages and is being adapted as both a feature film and musical.
A former broadcast producer for NBC Nightly News, he joined Good
Morning America in April 2004 as executive producer and stayed in
that position until Fall 06. He lives with his wife and son in Los
Angeles.