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.