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Weijian Shan'sOut of the Gobiis a powerful memoir and commentary that will be one of the most important books on China of our time, one with the potential to re-shape how Americans view China, and how the Chinese view life in America.
Shan, a former hard laborer who is now one of Asia's best-known financiers, is thoughtful, observant, eloquent, and brutally honest, making him well-positioned to tell the story of a life that is a microcosm of modern China, and of how, improbably, that life became intertwined with America.Out of the Gobidraws a vivid picture of the raw human energy and the will to succeed against all odds.
Shan only finished elementary school when Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution tore his country apart. He was a witness to the brutality and absurdity of Mao's policies during one of the most tumultuous eras in China's history. Exiled to the Gobi Desert at age 15 and denied schooling for 10 years, he endured untold hardships without ever giving up his dream for an education. Shan's improbable journey, from the Gobi to the "People's Republic of Berkeley" and far beyond, is a uniquely American success story - told with a splash of humor, deep insight and rich and engaging detail.
This powerful and personal perspective on China and America will inform Americans' view of China, humanizing the country, while providing a rare view of America from the prism of a keen foreign observer who lived the American dream.
Says former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen: "Shan's life provides a demonstration of what is possible when China and the United States come together, even by happenstance. It is not only Shan's personal history that makes this book so interesting but also how the stories of China and America merge in just one moment in time to create an inspired individual so unique and driven, and so representative of the true sprits of both countries."
用戶評價
##在時代的洪流中，命運看似不由自己掌控，但是作者沒有放任自流。作為文革的犧牲品，本該上學的他被下放到內濛古戈壁灘當農夫，但最終抓住改革開放、中美關係改善的契機齣國深造，實現瞭自我價值。他的經曆強有力地驗證瞭兩個樸素的道理——教育改變命運，機會隻青睞有準備的人。在這個年紀讀到這本書，感覺再摺騰也不算晚。
評分##嗟乎， 一個人的妄斷怎可影響韆萬人的命運。
評分##怎麼說呢…想看怎麼在金融行業做deal的人應該失望瞭。整本書簡單來說就是書中一句話““If I learned anything in the Gobi, it is to be always skeptical of authorities of any kind, especially the self-proclaimed ones.”
評分##前半部分主要是寫作者上山下鄉期間在內濛古戈壁耕地，燒磚塊，挖土豆，做赤腳醫生等等的經曆，在如此艱苦的條件下作者同時也在不停思考他們付齣的勞動變成無用功的根源，還有如何改進生産力，但種種的努力都無法得到實踐，可見當時政策的盲目性和破壞性之大，不僅浪費瞭一代人的青春（簡直是流放做奴隸），也一定程度上造成瞭教育和文化的斷層，後半部分主要是作者上大學和留學的經曆比較平淡，但和前半部分一起看的話也挺神奇的，作者作為商學院的教授也是根據自己的經曆寫瞭一些關於市場經濟和計劃經濟的思考，但這方麵感覺可以寫的更深入一些
評分##幾十年曆史洪流以第一視覺的放大鏡下緩緩鋪開。許多以前課本上一筆帶過的曆史名詞，背後原來有這麼多在現代看來不可想像的辛酸和扭麯。有許多章節看得眼淚止不住。大時代的洪流下，大多數個人的掙紮實在蒼白無力，正如單博士30年後迴到戈壁灘時，發現當初苦苦耕養的農地到頭來還是抵不過戈壁灘的風沙而變迴貧瘠。非常佩服單博士，為瞭改變命運，在艱苦的沙漠勞作中仍然堅持學習，在機會到來時如飢似渴、韆方百計去把他們抓住。從戈壁灘逃離，短短十年時間，躍升至沃頓商學院的教授，除瞭命運的垂青，更離不開個人汗水的耕耘。
評分##Fascinating life journey from 1954 to early 1990s. 有時現實比故事更誇張 佩服作者的耐性敢想敢做。知識可以改變命運 但也抵不過造化弄人。
評分##事無巨細但絕不枯燥的迴憶錄，單老闆有如今的江湖地位也是該當。觀察學習思考能力算最基本的，即使在絕地睏境下也能盡力突破（學醫、研究磚泥攪拌機、搞好人緣、說服學校量身定製課程、多方奔走解決妻子赴美和簽證問題等等），也有奇妙的際遇和善緣（Jefferson Starship的簽名唱片！）。時勢波瀾寫得也好，個人命題裏做不瞭太深入探討，但足夠全麵客觀。
評分##Fascinating life journey from 1954 to early 1990s. 有時現實比故事更誇張 佩服作者的耐性敢想敢做。知識可以改變命運 但也抵不過造化弄人。
評分##Fascinating life journey from 1954 to early 1990s. 有時現實比故事更誇張 佩服作者的耐性敢想敢做。知識可以改變命運 但也抵不過造化弄人。
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