Strength in What Remains

Strength in What Remains

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作者: Tracy Kidder 著

出版社: Random House

出版时间: 2009-08

ISBN: 9781400066216

定价: 208.80

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 277页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>小说

TracyKidder,winnerofthePulitzerPrizeandauthorofthebestsellersTheSoulofaNewMachine,House,andtheenduringclassicMountainsBeyondMountains,hasbeendescribedbytheBaltimoreSunasthe“masterofthenon-fictionnarrative.”Inthisnewbook,Kiddergivesusthesuperbstoryofaheroforourtime.StrengthinWhatRemainsisawonderfullywritten,inspiringaccountofoneman’sremarkableAmericanjourneyandoftheordinarypeoplewhohelpedhim–abrillianttestamenttothepowerofwillandofsecondchances.DeoarrivesinAmericafromBurundiinsearchofanewlife.Havingsurvivedacivilwarandgenocide,plaguedbyhorrificdreams,helandsatJFKairportwithtwohundreddollars,noEnglish,andnocontacts.Heekesoutaprecariousexistencedeliveringgroceries,livinginCentralPark,andlearningEnglishbyreadingdictionariesinbookstores.ThenDeobeginstomeetthestrangerswhowillchangehislife,pointinghimeventuallyinthedirectionofColumbiaUniversity,medicalschool,andalifedevotedtohealing.KidderbreaksnewgroundintellingthisunforgettablestoryashetravelswithDeobackoveraturbulentlifeinsearchofmeaningandforgiveness.Anextraordinarywriter,TracyKidderonceagainshowsuswhatitmeanstobefullyhumanbytellingastoryabouttheheroisminherentinordinarypeople,astoryaboutalifebasedonhope. TracyKiddergraduatedfromHarvard,studiedattheUniversityofIowa,andservedasanarmyofficerinVietnam.HehaswonthePulitzerPrize,theNationalBookAward,theRobertF.KennedyAward,andmanyotherliteraryprizes,andistheauthorofeightbooks.--ThistextreferstothePaperbackedition.
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TracyKidder,winnerofthePulitzerPrizeandauthorofthebestsellersTheSoulofaNewMachine,House,andtheenduringclassicMountainsBeyondMountains,hasbeendescribedbytheBaltimoreSunasthe“masterofthenon-fictionnarrative.”Inthisnewbook,Kiddergivesusthesuperbstoryofaheroforourtime.StrengthinWhatRemainsisawonderfullywritten,inspiringaccountofoneman’sremarkableAmericanjourneyandoftheordinarypeoplewhohelpedhim–abrillianttestamenttothepowerofwillandofsecondchances.DeoarrivesinAmericafromBurundiinsearchofanewlife.Havingsurvivedacivilwarandgenocide,plaguedbyhorrificdreams,helandsatJFKairportwithtwohundreddollars,noEnglish,andnocontacts.Heekesoutaprecariousexistencedeliveringgroceries,livinginCentralPark,andlearningEnglishbyreadingdictionariesinbookstores.ThenDeobeginstomeetthestrangerswhowillchangehislife,pointinghimeventuallyinthedirectionofColumbiaUniversity,medicalschool,andalifedevotedtohealing.KidderbreaksnewgroundintellingthisunforgettablestoryashetravelswithDeobackoveraturbulentlifeinsearchofmeaningandforgiveness.Anextraordinarywriter,TracyKidderonceagainshowsuswhatitmeanstobefullyhumanbytellingastoryabouttheheroisminherentinordinarypeople,astoryaboutalifebasedonhope.
作者简介:
TracyKiddergraduatedfromHarvard,studiedattheUniversityofIowa,andservedasanarmyofficerinVietnam.HehaswonthePulitzerPrize,theNationalBookAward,theRobertF.KennedyAward,andmanyotherliteraryprizes,andistheauthorofeightbooks.--ThistextreferstothePaperbackedition.

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