《禁宫之园：被围困列宁格勒的植物学家及其不可能的选择》[有声书]

English | ASIN: B0CWMN2ZJX | 2024 | 11 hours and 45 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 346 MB

From the award-winning author, the riveting, untold true story of the botanists at the world’s first seed bank who faced an impossible choice during the Siege of Leningrad: eat the collection to prevent starvation, or protect their life’s work to help end world hunger? In the summer of 1941, German troops surrounded the Russian city of Leningrad—now St. Petersburg—and began the longest blockade in recorded history, one that would ultimately claim the lives of nearly three-quarters of a million people. At the center of the besieged city stood a converted palace that housed the world’s largest collection of seeds—more than 250,000 samples hand-collected over two decades from all over the globe by world-famous explorer, geneticist, and dissident Nikolai Vavilov, who had recently been disappeared by the Soviet government. After attempts to evacuate the priceless collection failed and supplies dwindled amongst the three million starving citizens, the employees at the Plant Institute were left with a terrible choice. Should they save the collection? Or themselves? These were not just any seeds. The botanists believed they could be bred into heartier, disease-resistant, and more productive varieties suited for harsh climates, therefore changing the future of food production and preventing famines like those that had plagued their countrymen before. But protecting the seeds was no idle business. The scientists rescued potato samples under enemy fire, extinguished bombs landing on the seed bank’s roof, and guarded the collection from scavengers, the bitter cold, and their own hunger. Then in the war’s eleventh hour, Nazi plunderers presented a new threat to the collection. Drawing from previously unseen sources, award-winning journalist Simon Parkin—who has “an inimitable capacity to find the human pulse in the underbelly of war” (The Spectator)—tells the incredible true story of the botanists who held their posts at the Plant Institute during the 872-day siege and the remarkable sacrifices they made in the name of science.

从一位获奖作者处，听闻了关于世界首个种子银行的植物学家们在列宁格勒围城期间所面临的选择：是食用收藏来避免饥饿，还是保护他们毕生的工作以帮助终结全球饥荒？1941年夏天，德国军队包围了俄罗斯城市列宁格勒——如今是圣彼得堡，并开始了一段历史上最长的封锁。这场封锁最终导致近30万人丧生。在被围困的城市中心是一座改建后的宫殿，在这里存放着世界上最大的种子收藏——超过25万份由诺里斯·瓦维洛夫（一名世界著名的探险家、遗传学家，同时也是激进分子）在二十年里从世界各地精心采集来的种子样本。尽管撤离珍贵收藏的努力以失败告终，并且随着三百万饥饿的市民的食物供应日益匮乏，在植物研究所工作的员工们被留下的选择是—— 他们应该拯救收藏？还是自救？ 这不仅仅是一般种子而已。植物学家相信，他们能够通过培育这些种子变成更能抵抗恶劣气候、更富有成效的新品种，从而改变食物生产前景并防止如先辈所经历的饥荒。但保护种子并非儿戏。科学家们在敌对火力下救出土豆样本，在种子银行屋顶上被炸弹袭击时熄灭火焰，并且严密看护着收藏以防窃贼和严寒侵袭以及自身饥饿威胁。而在战争最后时刻，纳粹掠夺者又给收藏带来新的威胁。凭借获奖记者西蒙·帕金所具有的“在战争的腹地发现人类脉搏”的独特能力，《每日电讯报》（The Spectator）曾赞誉他——西蒙·帕金通过深入调查，讲述了一名植物学家的故事，在872天列宁格勒围城期间他们坚守在植物研究所岗位上做出的巨大牺牲。

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