今天晚上我在《美语世界》论坛读到京燕儿撰写的《托斯卡太阳下》（Under the Tuscan Sun）书评和影评，这是美国作家Frances Mayes于1996年所写的意大利之旅的回忆录。京燕儿的文字真切自然，充满了诗意和温馨。虽然是书评，我仿佛在读京燕儿。她在文中写到：“而我们自己不也是勇敢地背井离乡，到外国来追梦吗？像Frances（书中的主人公）和Ed（Frances的男朋友）一样，当年我和先生买下这片地盖房子的时候经历了多少兴奋，在地里种花种草种树撒下了多少汗水。”
Frances来到了托斯卡纳小镇San Casciano dei Bagni，那里的向日葵是如此的灿烂，那里的风景是如此的迷人，那里的音乐是如此的悦耳。Frances买了一幢别墅，交了新的朋友，有意大利邻居，波兰装修工，演员Catherine，也遇到了英俊的Marcello，开始了新的恋情，可惜没有持续多久就结束了。
当Frances沮丧地走在罗马的街上，无意地看到Catherine在喷泉下优雅地起舞时。最终，她们俩一起回到了Catherine的房间，Catherine对Frances说：“No matter what happens. Always keep your childish innocence. It's the most important thing. ”
Ed: Not really. You reviewed one of my books once.
Frances：Did I like it?
Ed: Not very much.
Frances：Oh, no.
Ed: Don't worry. It was, by far, the very best bad review I've ever received.
Frances：You're kidding.
Ed: I'm not. It helped me get to my next book. Anyway, I've been traveling around Tuscany. Someone said that you lived up here. I'm Ed.
Frances：Hi. I'm Frances.
电影是在奔驰的列车，Frances这段精彩的画外音结尾的：“They say they built the train tracks over the Alps before there was a train that could make the trip. They built it anyway. They knew one day the train would come. Any arbitrary turning along the way, and I would be elsewhere. I would be different.
What are four walls, anyway? They are what they contain. The house protects the dreamer. Unthinkably good things can happen, even late in the game. It's such a surprise.
