书目

LOST IN AMERICA

内容简介

Awriterrenownedforhisinsightintothemysteriesofthebodynowgivesusalambentandprofoundlymovingbookaboutthemysteriesoffamily.AtitscenterliesSherwinNuland’sRembrandtesqueportraitofhisfather,MeyerNudelman,aJewishgarmentworkerwhocametoAmericaintheearlyyearsofthelastcenturybutremainedaneternaloutsider.Awkwardinspeechandmovement,brokenbytheprematuredeathsofawifeandchild,Meyerruledhisyoungestsonwitharegimeofrage,dependency,andhelplesslovethatoutlastedhisdeath.Inevokingtheirrelationship,NulandalsosummonsupthewarmthandclaustrophobiaofavanishedimmigrantNewYork,aworldthatimpelleditschildrentowardsuccessyetmadethemfeelliketraitorsforleavingitbehind.Fulloffeelingandunwaveringobservation,LostinAmericadeservesaplacealongsidesuchclassicsasPatrimonyandCallItSleep.

作者简介

SherwinB.Nuland,M.D.,istheauthorofHowWeDie:ReflectionsonLife’sFinalChapter.HeisclinicalprofessorofsurgeryatYale,wherehealsoteachesbioethicsandmedicalhistory.Inadditiontohisnumerousarticlesformedicalpublications,hehaswrittenforTheNewYorker,TheNewRepublic,theNewYorkTimes,Time,andtheNewYorkReviewofBooks.HewritesaregularcolumnforTheAmericanScholarentitled“TheUncertainArt.”Dr.NulandandhisfamilyliveinConnecticut.

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