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
装帧平装
上书时间2024-07-20
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作者
Alex Kotlowitz 著
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出版社
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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出版时间
1999-01
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ISBN
9780385477215
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定价
119.50元
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装帧
平装
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开本
其他
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纸张
其他
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页数
336页
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正文语种
英语
- 【内容简介】
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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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