Girl in Translation

郭珍芳（Jean Kwok）最受瞩目的华人作家之一。5岁移民美国，童年时代在唐人街的制衣厂度过。她被哈佛大学提前录取，大学时期身兼4份工作。在哥伦比亚大学取得小说艺术硕士学位后，她在荷兰莱顿大学教授英文、从事英-荷语翻译，目前全职写作。郭珍芳花10年时间写就《中国女孩耶鲁梦》，一举登上《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜，已被介绍到17个国家，成为多所学校的必读书目。

出版者:Riverhead Hardcover

作者:Jean Kwok

页数:304 pages

出版时间:April 29, 2010

价格:USD 25.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9781594487569

图书标签:英文原版书小说华裔美国外国文学華裔移民睡前读物成長美国

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From Publishers Weekly

A resolute yet naïve Chinese girl confronts poverty and culture shock with equal zeal when she and her mother immigrate to Brooklyn in Kwok's affecting coming-of-age debut. Ah-Kim Chang, or Kimberly as she is known in the U.S., had been a promising student in Hong Kong when her father died. Now she and her mother are indebted to Kimberly's Aunt Paula, who funded their trip from Hong Kong, so they dutifully work for her in a Chinatown clothing factory where they earn barely enough to keep them alive. Despite this, and living in a condemned apartment that is without heat and full of roaches, Kimberly excels at school, perfects her English, and is eventually admitted to an elite, private high school. An obvious outsider, without money for new clothes or undergarments, she deals with added social pressures, only to be comforted by an understanding best friend, Annette, who lends her makeup and hands out American advice. A love interest at the factory leads to a surprising plot line, but it is the portrayal of Kimberly's relationship with her mother that makes this more than just another immigrant story. (May)

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Review

"Though the plot may sound mundane - a Chinese girl and her mother immigrate to this country and succeed despite formidable odds - this coming-of-age tale is anything but. Whether Ah-Kim (or Kimberly, as she's called) is doing piecework on the factory floor with her mother, or suffering through a cold New York winter in a condemned, roach-infested apartment, or getting that acceptance letter from Yale, her story seems fresh and new."

-Entertainment Weekly

"The astonishing - and semi-autobiographical - tale of a girl from Hong Kong who, at age eleven, shoulders the weight of her mother's American dream all the way from Chinatown sweatshop to the Ivy League."

-Vogue

"Part fairy tale, part autobiography... what puts this debut novel toward the top of the pile is its buoyant voice and its slightly subversive ending that suggests "happily ever after" may have more to do with love of self and of family than with any old Prince Charming."

-O, The Oprah Magazine

"Dazzling fiction debut."

-Marie Claire

"In Kimberly Chang, Jean Kwok has created a gentle and unassuming character. But Kimberly is also very clever, and as she struggles to escape the brutal trap of poverty she proves indomitable. With her keen intelligence and her reservoir of compassion, she's irresistibly admirable, as is the whole of this gripping, luminous novel."

-Joanna Scott, author of Follow Me

"I love how this book allowed me to see my own country, with all its cruelty and kindness, from a perspective so different from my own. I love how it invited me into the heart and mind of Kimberly Chang, whose hard choices will resonate with anyone who has sacrificed for a dream. Powerful storytelling kept me turning the pages quickly, but Kimberly's voice-so smart and clear-will stay with me for a long time."

-Laura Moriarty, author of While I'm Falling

读后感

有时候我们没有为梦想竭尽全力，是因为我们可选择的太多。 当你无从选择，只有实现梦想才能摆脱绝境的时候， 当梦想是人生仅存的希望的时候， 人会被激发出最本能、最大的力量， 梦想就会实现。 阿金渴望友谊，但是又畏怯友谊， 因为友谊意味着将自己不堪的生活暴露在众人眼中...  

A so explicitly written novel about a chinese girl's strugling study and living life in USA. Deep, reasonable and enlightening, making one question American dream worth or not. One unsatisfying elements of the story is the abortion part---since she did have...  

A so explicitly written novel about a chinese girl's strugling study and living life in USA. Deep, reasonable and enlightening, making one question American dream worth or not. One unsatisfying elements of the story is the abortion part---since she did have...  

用户评价

过于戏剧化了，铺垫过头，读了一半后草草翻完

假惺惺。渲染铺垫的过头了。

小说里的爱情还是悲剧的好啊……

假惺惺。渲染铺垫的过头了。

小说里的爱情还是悲剧的好啊……