Before Barack Obama became a politician he was, among other things, a writer. Dreams from My Father is his masterpiece: a refreshing, revealing portrait of a young man asking the big questions about identity and belonging.
The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama recounts an emotional odyssey. He retraces the migration of his mother's family from Kan...
Before Barack Obama became a politician he was, among other things, a writer. Dreams from My Father is his masterpiece: a refreshing, revealing portrait of a young man asking the big questions about identity and belonging.
The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama recounts an emotional odyssey. He retraces the migration of his mother's family from Kansas to Hawaii, then to his childhood home in Indonesia. Finally he travels to Kenya, where he confronts the bitter truth of his father's life and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.
"Whatever else people expect from a politician, it's not usually a beautifully written personal memoir steeped in honesty. Barak Obama has produced one,' The Times
When the weather was good, my roommate and I might sit out on the fire escape to smoke cigarettes and study the dusk washing blue over the city... (查看原文)
Dreams from My Father – A Story of Race and Inheritance作为奥巴马的个人自传,主要讲述奥巴马进入哈佛法学院之前的经历。如今的美国总统,也跟一般人一样在年轻成长的过程中经历了各种困惑迷茫,并一度依靠大麻解决烦恼。 该书由三部分组成,第一部分Origins:讲诉童...
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我最好的兄弟送我的生日礼物。