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.,,