Awkward smell (The cultural history of human exhalation)

Author: [USA] Dawson, Jim, translated by Shen Yueming
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Who is the world-famous "King of Farts"? Who turned the internal gas (fart) into a cinematic experience? And who discussed the profound impact of farts on family, marriage, and life in their works? A loud fart triggered a war that claimed thousands of lives during the Passover in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. "Beans, beans, the musical fruit, the more you eat the more you toot, the more you toot the better you feel, beans, beans, eat them every day." This is a highly entertaining cultural history—talking about the everyday behavior that people have always been shy to mention but is constantly happening: farting. The author, Jim Dawson, introduces the role of farts at all levels and among all kinds of people from various perspectives—science, culture, religion, etc.—with an extremely humorous tone. Unlike typical popular reading material, it is witty and humorous, covering a wide range of topics. It is both a cultural history and a popular book, especially with numerous classic examples from well-known movies and famous lines quoted in the text, allowing readers to enjoy the slightly bitter joy that farts bring to daily life in a relaxed and humorous language environment.