작가의 글

           맥주(beer)를 마시며

                                                        백 원 순

“Instead of water we got here a draught of beer, which, it was allowed, would be better; clear and thin, but strong and stringent as the cedar sap. It was as if we sucked at the very teats of Nature’s pineclad bosom in these parts – the sap of all Millinocket botany commingled – the topmost, most fantastic, and spiciest sprays of the primitive wood, and whatever invigorating and stringent gum or essence it afforded steeped and dissolved in it- a lumberer’s drink, which would make him see green, and, if he slept, dream that he heard the wind sough among pines. Here was a life, praying to be played on, through which we breathed a few tuneful strains – brought hither to tame wild beasts.

                              “Life in the Wilderness’ in ‘The Maine Woods’

                                                            written by Henry David Thoreau(1817-1862)

나는 헨리 데이비드 쏘로우(Henry David Thoreau)가 내가 그의 유명한 저서 ”월든(Walden)“을 다 읽을 때까지 그가 술과 커피 같은 것을 전혀 마실 줄 몰랐다고 생각했다.

순수한 첫 사랑의 믿음처럼.....

그의 글을 계속 읽다보니 그가 쓴 산행이야기”The Maine Woods“에서 산행을 하다 ‘맥주(beer)’를 마시고 적은 그의 이야기가 너무 인간적이었다.

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