The riveting story of a Japanese immigrant who leads a proper, decorous life in a New York suburb. As his life slowly unravels, he is transported back to his days as a medic in the Japanese army in World War II, and his obsessive love of a young comfort woman.
"Not since Kazuo Ishiguro's Remains of the Day has there been a novel so attentive to the interplay of dark memory and light manners...a beautiful, solitary, remarkably tender book."-New York Times Book Review
"Exceptional...A beautifully tapestried story of seeking identity and acceptance in another culture while remaining separate from the tug of it."--Christian Science Monitor
"A Gesture Life is the touching, multilayered rumination of an uneasy psyche. It is also a tragic, horrifying page-turner, whose evocation of wartime victims is unforgettable...a deeply involving tale."-Chicago Tribune
A Gesture Life is:
"Unforgettable."-USA Today
"Mesmerizing."-San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
"Masterly."-Newsweek
"Magnificent."-Newsday
"Beautiful."-Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Hugely affecting."-Boston Globe
"Remarkable."-Kirkus Reviews (starred)
One Of The Most Celebrated Novels of the Year
A New York Times Notable Book
A Los Angeles Times Notable Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Notable Book of the Year
A Finalist for the New Yorker Book Award
An Esquire Distinguished Book of the Year
Talk Magazine's Best Book of 1999
An ALA Notable Book of the Year
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch Notable Book of the Year
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评分本学期最喜欢。或者说如果能见到作者，最想见这本的。不管是语气，人物，叙事顺序都很喜欢。虽然情节整体并不算复杂。
评分对具体事件快速发展的叙述颇吸引人，但大部分篇幅着落于说教搬到心里活动描写，不免乏味。
评分对具体事件快速发展的叙述颇吸引人，但大部分篇幅着落于说教搬到心里活动描写，不免乏味。
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