Dreams from My Father我父亲的梦想 英文原版

Yearsbeforebecomingthe44thPresident-electoftheUnitedStates,BarackObamapublishedthislyrical,unsentimental,andpowerfullyaffectingmemoir,whichbecamea#1NewYorkTimesbestsellerwhenitwasreissuedin2004.DreamsfromMyFathertellsthestoryofObama'sstruggletounderstandtheforcesthatshapedhimasthesonofablackAfricanfatherandwhiteAmericanmother—astrugglethattakeshimfromtheAmericanheartlandtotheancestralhomeofhisgreat-auntinthetinyAfricanvillageofAlego.ObamaopenshisstoryinNewYork,wherehehearsthathisfather—afigureheknowsmoreasamyththanasaman—hasdiedinacaraccident.ThenewstriggersachainofmemoriesasBarackretraceshisfamily'sunusualhistory:themigrationofhismother'sfamilyfromsmall-townKansastotheHawaiianislands;thelovethatdevelopsbetweenhismotherandapromisingyoungKenyanstudent,alovenurturedbyyouthfulinnocenceandtheintegrationistspiritoftheearlysixties;hisfather'sdeparturefromHawaiiwhenBarackwastwo,astherealitiesofraceandpowerreassertthemselves;andBarack'sownawakeningtothefearsanddoubtsthatexistnotjustbetweenthelargerblackandwhiteworldsbutwithinhimself.Propelledbyadesiretounderstandboththeforcesthatshapedhimandhisfather'slegacy,BarackmovestoChicagotoworkasacommunityorganizer.There,againstthebackdropoftumultuouspoliticalandracialconflict,heworkstoturnbackthemountingdespairoftheinnercity.Hisstorybecomesonewiththoseofthepeopleheworkswithashelearnsaboutthevalueofcommunity,thenecessityofhealingoldwounds,andthepossibilityoffaithinthemidstofadversity.Barack'sjourneycomesfullcircleinKenya,wherehefinallymeetstheAfricansideofhisfamilyandconfrontsthebittertruthofhisfather'slife.Travelingthroughacountryrackedbybrutalpovertyandtribalconflict,butwhosepeoplearesustainedbyaspiritofenduranceandhope,Barackdiscoversthatheisinescapablyboundtobrothersandsisterslivinganoceanaway—andthatbyembracingtheircommonstruggleshecanfinallyreconcilehisdividedinheritance.AsearchingmeditationonthemeaningofidentityinAmerica,DreamsfromMyFathermightbethemostrevealingportraitwehaveofamajorAmericanleader—amanwhoisplayingthemostprominentroleinhealingafractiousandfragmentednation.