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Chargement... Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dreampar John Derbyshire
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I love this book so much that I own not one, but two first editions, on the off chance that one may be lost if I ever get around to sending it to the author with a request for his signature. Quirky, humorous, generous, it tells a story of middle age, lost love, and the satisfactions to be found in living up to one's responsibilities. The voice of the narrator, a former Red Guard who escaped China by swimming to Hong Kong and now works in New York, is almost pitch perfect--quite an accomplishment for a middle-aged white Brit whose only novel this is. Even better is how Derbyshire lets us see more than the narrator does, even as he narrates his story. I can't really tell the plot without giving too much away, but the story is surprising, engaging, and altogether wonderful. Go read it now, and be enchanted by humanity and all its foibles, faults, and moments of grace. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"Moonlight illuminates Chai and his wife, Ding, who enjoy the view from their backyard deck and recite Chinese poetry to each other. Chai, a disillusioned former Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution, has achieved a version of the immigrant's dream: he works as a banker in New York, is the father of a healthy baby daughter, and enjoys a contented marriage. To Ding's amusement, Chai has developed an obsession with the life and maxims of Calvin Coolidge. For Chai, the long-dead president epitomizes the hard-working, frugal virtues of America in contrast to the moral squalor and hypocrisy of China's Communist leaders." "But one day a chance discovery leads Chai astray. He learns that a lover from his youth - Selina, now Mrs. Yoy - lives in Boston with her husband and their son. Under the cover of doing Coolidge research in New England, Chai arranges to meet her. Selina's beauty stands in contrast to Ding's sensible appearance, and her son, a young man, seems cast in Chai's very image. The staid banker's heart is inflamed by the implications of this resemblance. Confused by his emotions, he determines to revive the affair." "Chai's passionate pursuit of his youthful love blinds him to Ding, whose vision is more acute. How Ding schemes to win back her wayward husband - and teach him necessary truths about love and life - forms the beguiling conclusion to this tale."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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