The Eighth Promise

William Poy Lee graduated with a Bachelors of Architecture, emphasis on urban design and planning from the University of California in Berkeley and completed his juris doctor degree from Hastings College of the Law, University of California. Before becoming a writer, William worked as as an international banking attorney and an advertising executive. After some mid-life soul searching, William left the professional world and began seeking his roots, looking for enlightenment in the land of his ancestors -- China. He has traveled, lived and taught writing in China since 2008 and is currently serving as a visiting professor at the Minzu University of China (中央民族大学) in Beijing.

出版者:Rodale Books

作者:William Poy Lee

页数:336

出版时间:2007-11-27

价格:USD 14.95

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9781594868115

图书标签:美国文化小说历史纪实社会

In the best-selling tradition of The Color of Water comes a beautifully written, evocative memoir of a relationship between a mother and son—and the Chinese-American experience

In The Eighth Promise, author William Poy Lee gives us a rare view of the Asian-American experience from a mother-son perspective. His moving and complex story of growing up in the housing projects of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the 1960s and ’70s unfolds in two voices—the author’s own and that of his mother—to provide a sense of tradition and culture. It is a stunning tale of murder, injustice, fortitude, and survival. Already, this exquisitely wrought memoir is garnering rave notices.

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Its the book that i read 2years ago, and i am still inpired and enlightened by lines and words in it. And the author is truly wise and smart to a lot of things in life...

很动情。

真的应该拍一部电影！平实又饱含感情地地把中国最核心的文化，中国人最核心的精神全讲出来了。

真的应该拍一部电影！平实又饱含感情地地把中国最核心的文化，中国人最核心的精神全讲出来了。

真的应该拍一部电影！平实又饱含感情地地把中国最核心的文化，中国人最核心的精神全讲出来了。