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Chargement... Sounds of the River: A Young Man's University Days in Beijingpar Da Chen
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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. Not quite as mesmerizing as the first, but nevertheless an engaging read, about a sidelined country boy who made it to the most famous university in the country, and how he overcame all odds there to fulfill his dream. An inspiration for people who may be thinking that circumstances are too much for them to handle, this book tells us "don't give up!" aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Teenager Da Chen gathers soil from the riverbank near his village in China's far south, before he leaves to attend university in Beijing, to bear witness to his past and contain the sounds of the river of his childhood. Later, spilled onto the dry earth of the North, they will merge two parts of Da's life, in this second volume of his lyrical trilogy of memoirs, a sequel to the acclaimed Colours of the Mountain.Beginning with his first train journey to Beijing from his parents farm, we rumble along with him in the overcrowded and disease ridden railway carriage to the university. Here the author faces a range of challenges, including poor living conditions, lack of food, and suicidal roommates. Undaunted by these hurdles and armed with a dogged determination to learn English and familiarise himself with 'all things Western', he must compete with every other student to win a chance to study in the US - a chance that rests in the shrewd and corrupt hands of the all powerful professors. In a richly textured story - by turns poetic, ribald, hilarious, and heartbreaking - Chen retains his indomitable spirit, but will he be any closer to attaining his goal? Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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This is slow moving, and the naivety can be wearing - but that is only because it is genuinly conveyed. Life didn't move with great rapidity for Da Chen, and the road wasn't studded with great events or meetings with extraordinary people. But move it did, and in this sense this is a story of the whole of China in its slow liberalisations through the 1980's and 90's, up until the time of the Tienanmen massacre. And Da Chen's story, from village to Beijing, to the United States is a story of tremendous change, and of holding onto what makes each of us who we are. Recommended, but as an unremarkable but authentic story of that time. It is interesting to compare this with Jan Bredsdorff's 'Revolution, there and back', a story of a westerner teaching English in China during the same period. ( )