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."
##我会把今天珍藏在心底。听完了一期让人流泪的随机波动,读完了单伟建老师不平凡的大半人生,这些珍贵的时刻我会好好的把它们记住,尤其会在灰暗的时候常常温习,相信一切都会好起来。
评分##事无巨细但绝不枯燥的回忆录,单老板有如今的江湖地位也是该当。观察学习思考能力算最基本的,即使在绝地困境下也能尽力突破(学医、研究砖泥搅拌机、搞好人缘、说服学校量身定制课程、多方奔走解决妻子赴美和签证问题等等),也有奇妙的际遇和善缘(Jefferson Starship的签名唱片!)。时势波澜写得也好,个人命题里做不了太深入探讨,但足够全面客观。
评分##嗟乎, 一个人的妄断怎可影响千万人的命运。
评分虽然知道插队苦,知青难,但是没想到当年能苦到这个份儿上,我爸在大兴安岭我妈在湖北十堰的经历应该和作者差不多,真是命运弄人,改变了一代人的命运。感觉作者刻苦勤奋聪明幸运,虽然命运被大环境左右,但自己却仍能生活得不错,看完感觉格外励志。
评分##终于读完。没想到是这么认真的一本回忆录,从大跃进写起,用个人经历写中国的历史进程。很多细节的描写和故事看起来匪夷所思,但给我这样以前只能从历史书上看到一些只言片语的人很多有意思的视角。单伟健无疑是努力的,在戈壁也要坚持读书听英文广播,别人劳动纷纷偷懒他还坚持,为了被推选上大学主动去和别人搞好关系,去了美国还要无比努力拿A。能在困境中保持对自己的高要求,对人生敢于选择未知和跳出舒适圈,大佬之所以为大佬,不是没有道理。
评分##Fascinating life journey from 1954 to early 1990s. 有时现实比故事更夸张 佩服作者的耐性敢想敢做。知识可以改变命运 但也抵不过造化弄人。
评分##几十年历史洪流以第一视觉的放大镜下缓缓铺开。许多以前课本上一笔带过的历史名词,背后原来有这么多在现代看来不可想像的辛酸和扭曲。有许多章节看得眼泪止不住。大时代的洪流下,大多数个人的挣扎实在苍白无力,正如单博士30年后回到戈壁滩时,发现当初苦苦耕养的农地到头来还是抵不过戈壁滩的风沙而变回贫瘠。非常佩服单博士,为了改变命运,在艰苦的沙漠劳作中仍然坚持学习,在机会到来时如饥似渴、千方百计去把他们抓住。从戈壁滩逃离,短短十年时间,跃升至沃顿商学院的教授,除了命运的垂青,更离不开个人汗水的耕耘。
评分##前半部分主要是写作者上山下乡期间在内蒙古戈壁耕地,烧砖块,挖土豆,做赤脚医生等等的经历,在如此艰苦的条件下作者同时也在不停思考他们付出的劳动变成无用功的根源,还有如何改进生产力,但种种的努力都无法得到实践,可见当时政策的盲目性和破坏性之大,不仅浪费了一代人的青春(简直是流放做奴隶),也一定程度上造成了教育和文化的断层,后半部分主要是作者上大学和留学的经历比较平淡,但和前半部分一起看的话也挺神奇的,作者作为商学院的教授也是根据自己的经历写了一些关于市场经济和计划经济的思考,但这方面感觉可以写的更深入一些
评分##读完了老单的前40年,一本流水账。这是一条多么漫长、曲折、湍急的流水啊。想想踏足其中,也让人多少胆寒。老单是一个聪明绝顶的斗士(想想一个把每人都变成斗士的时代也挺操蛋的),是任何时代都少之又少的精英层。不过在书最后一页,老单试图说,在这条激流里跋涉、一步走错,他也可能就是因为恋爱而入狱,并再找不到出戈壁之路的兵团战友“二狗”。
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