Ten Thousand Sorrows

图书标准信息

• 作者 Elizabeth Kim 著
• 出版社 Bantam
• 出版时间 2002-07
• ISBN 9780553812640
• 定价 90.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 272页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Idon'tknowhowoldIwaswhenIwatchedmymother'smurder,nordoIknowhowoldIamtoday.'TheillegitimatedaughterofapeasantandanAmericanGI,ElizabethKimspentherearlyyearsasasocialoutcastinhervillageintheKoreancountryside.Ostracizedbytheirfamilyandneighbours,sheandhermotherwereregularlypeltedwithstonesontheirwayhomefromthericefields.Yettherewasatranquilhappinessintheintensebondbetweenmotheranddaughter.UntilthedaythatElizabeth'sgrandfatherandunclecametopunishhermotherfromthedishonourshehadbroughtonthefamily,andexecutedherinfrontofherdaughter.ElizabethwasdumpedinanorphanageinSeoul.Aftersometime,shewasluckyenoughtobeadoptedbyanAmericancouple.ButwhenshearrivedinAmericashefoundherselfonceagainsurroundedbyfanaticismandprejudice.Elizabeth'smotherhadalwaystoldherthatlifewasmadeupoftenthousandjoysaswellastenthousandsorrows,and,supportedbyherlovingdaughter,andbyareturntoherBuddhistfaith,shefinallyfoundawaytosavourthosejoys,aswellasthecouragetoexorcisethedemonsofherpast.

【作者简介】

ElizabethKimisnowtheCityDeskEditorofaSanFranciscoBayAreanewspaper.TENTHOUSANDSORROWSisherfirstbook.