书目

OrdinaryResurrectionsChildrenintheYearsof

内容简介

JonathanKozol'sbookshavebecometouchstonesoftheAmericanconscience.InOrdinaryResurrections,hespendsfouryearsintheSouthBronxwithchildrenwhohavebecomehisfriendsatabadlyunderfundedbutenlightenedpublicschool.Afascinatingnarrativeofdailyurbanlife,OrdinaryResurrectionsgivesahumanfacetopovertyandracialisolation,andprovidesastirringtestimonytothecourageandresilienceoftheyoung.Sometimesplayful,sometimesjubilantlyfunny,andsometimesprofoundlysad,thesearesensitivechildren—complexandmorallyinsightful—andtheirethicalvitalitydenouncesandsubvertstheraciallychargedlabelsthattheworldofgrown-upexpertisetoofrequentlyassignstothem.Yetanotherclassiccaseofunblinkingsocialobservationfromoneofthefinestwritersevertoworkinthegenre,thisisapiercingdiscernmentofrightandwrong,ofhopeanddespair—fromournation'scorridorsofpowertoitspoorestcitystreets.

作者简介

JONATHANKOZOLreceivedtheNationalBookAwardinScience,Philosophy,andReligionforDeathatanEarlyAge,theRobertF.KennedyBookAwardforRachelandHerChildren,andtheAnisfield-WolfBookAwardforAmazingGrace.HelivesinthevillageofByfield,Massachusetts.,,

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