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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娓娓地娓娓地深入。很有味道。決定看其他作品。ps Hickey傢三口真慘。。。
评分娓娓地娓娓地深入。很有味道。決定看其他作品。ps Hickey傢三口真慘。。。
评分對具體事件快速發展的敘述頗吸引人，但大部分篇幅著落於說教搬到心裏活動描寫，不免乏味。
评分慰安婦片段描述和許多電影中的基本符閤 但是以日本士兵的角度重新敘述 Comlicate the reationship between Japanese imperial soldiers and sex salve Endo Ono Hata對於慰安婦一反常態的關懷有混淆大眾視聽，美化惡魔行為的嫌疑，嘛主體差異性
评分娓娓地娓娓地深入。很有味道。決定看其他作品。ps Hickey傢三口真慘。。。
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