The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma

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作者Alex Kotlowitz 著

出版社Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

出版时间1999-01

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货号AB41

上书时间2024-07-20

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【内容简介】: AlexKotlowitz'sThereAreNoChildrenHerewasmorethanabestseller;itwasanationalevent.Hisbeautifullynarrated,heartbreakingnonfictionaccountoftwoblackboysstrugglingtogrowupinaChicagopublichousingcomplexspenteightweeksonTheNewYorkTimesbestsellerlist,wasamade-for-televisionmoviestarringandproducedbyOprahWinfrey,wonmanydistinguishedawards,andsparkedacontinuingnationaldebateonthelivesofinner-citychildren.

InTheOtherSideoftheRiver,hiseagerlyawaitednewbook,KotlowitztakesustosouthernMichigan.Here,separatedbytheSt.JosephRiver,aretwotowns,St.JosephandBentonHarbor.Geographicallyclose,theyareworldsapart,alivingmetaphorforAmerica'sracialdivisions:St.Josephisaprosperouslakeshorecommunityandninety-fivepercentwhite,whileBentonHarborisimpoverishedandninety-twopercentblack.WhenthebodyofablackteenagedboyfromBentonHarborisfoundintheriver,unhealedwoundsandsuspicionsbetweenthetwotowns'populationssurfaceaswell.Theinvestigationintotheyoungman'sdeathbecomes,inevitably,ascreenonwhicheachtownprojectstheirresentmentsandfears.

TheOtherSideoftheRiversensitivelyportraysthelivesandhopesofthetowns'citizensastheywrestlewiththismystery--andrevealstheattitudesandmisperceptionsthatundermineracerelationsthroughoutAmerica.Inthisgrippingandultimatelyprofoundbook,AlexKotlowitzproveswhyheisoneofthiscountry'sforemostwritersontheeverexplosiveissueofrace.

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