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Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives

  • 作者 Gary Younge作者
  • 出版社 Nation Books
  • 出版时间 2016年10月
  • ISBN 1568589751 或 9781568589756
  • 定价 171.53

内容简介

OnanaveragedayinAmerica,sevenchildrenandteenswillbeshotdead.InAnotherDayintheDeathofAmerica,award-winningjournalistGaryYoungetellsthestoriesoftheliveslostduringonesuchday.Itcouldhavebeenanyday,buthechoseNovember23,2013.Black,white,andLatino,agedninetonineteen,theyfellatsleepovers,onstreetcorners,instairwells,andontheirowndoorsteps.FromtheruralMidwesttothebarriosofTexas,thenarrativecrisscrossesthecountryoveraperiodoftwenty-fourhourstorevealthefullhumanstoriesbehindthegun-violencestatisticsandthebriefmentionsinlocalpapersofliveslost.

Thispowerfulandmovingworkputsahumanface—achild'sface—onthe“collateraldamage”ofgundeathsacrossthecountry.Thisisnotabookaboutguncontrol,butaboutwhathappensinacountrywhereitdoesnotexist.Whatemergesinthesepagesisasearingandurgentportraitofyouth,family,andfirearmsinAmericatoday.

作者简介

GaryYounge,anAlfredKnoblerFellowattheNationInstitute,isanaward-winningcolumnistfortheGuardianandNationandanacclaimedauthor.In2009hewontheBritishJamesCameronawardforhiscoverageofthe2008presidentialelection,andin2015hewontheForeignCommentatoroftheYearAward.HismostrecentbookisTheSpeech:TheStoryBehindDr.MartinLutherKingJr.'sDream.HispreviousbooksincludeWhoAreWe—andShoulditMatterintheTwenty-FirstCentury?,StrangerinaStrangeLand:EncountersintheDisunitedStates,andNoPlaceLikeHome:ABlackBriton'sJourneythroughtheAmericanSouth.FormerlytheBelleZellerVisitingProfessorofpublicpolicyandsocialadministrationatBrooklynCollege,CUNY,hehastwohonorarydegreesfromBritishuniversities.

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