2019.01.20 詹姆斯-雷班克斯是一名牧羊人

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James Rebanks is a shepherd and the best-selling author of The Shepherd’s Life.

Born in Cumbria in 1974, he grew up venerating his grandfather, who taught him what he needed to know in order to take over the family farm from his father one day. He found school an irksome distraction, and left aged 15 with two GCSEs. It wasn’t until his early 20s, after he’d developed an interest in reading and had met his future wife Helen, that he decided to return to study at a local college in the evenings. Encouraged by a tutor, he applied for a place at Oxford University, and graduated with a double first in History. After university, he worked in a number of white-collar jobs, in order to boost his income while ensuring he could continue to work on the farm.

He breeds two different types of sheep: Herdwicks, which are a native breed to his part of the world, and Swaledales, which he kept out of respect to his father who died in 2015, just before the publication of James’s first book. He began chronicling his life as a shepherd on Twitter in 2012 but is currently taking a break from tweeting. He and Helen have four children.

BOOK CHOICE: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
LUXURY: Pen and Paper
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: A New England by Kirsty MacColl



詹姆斯-雷班克斯是一名牧羊人，也是《牧羊人的生活》的畅销书作者。

他于1974年出生于坎布里亚，从小就崇拜他的祖父，他的祖父教会了他所需要的知识，以便有一天从他父亲手中接管家庭农场。他发现学校是一个令人厌烦的分散注意力的地方，15岁时只获得了两个普通中等教育证书。直到20岁出头，在他对阅读产生兴趣并遇到他未来的妻子海伦之后，他才决定在晚上回到当地的一所大学学习。在一位导师的鼓励下，他申请到了牛津大学的学位，并以历史学双学位的成绩毕业。大学毕业后，他从事了一些白领工作，以提高收入，同时确保他能继续在农场工作。

他饲养两种不同类型的羊：Herdwicks和Swaledales，前者是他所在地区的本地品种，后者是他出于对父亲的尊重而饲养的，父亲在2015年去世，就在詹姆斯的第一本书出版前。他于2012年开始在推特上记录他的牧羊人生活，但目前正在暂停推特活动。他和海伦有四个孩子。

书籍选择：海明威的《老人与海》。
奢侈品：笔和纸
卡斯泰韦的最爱：克尔斯蒂-麦克科尔的《新英格兰》。