Brandon Lee Lee itibaren Texas itibaren Texas

Bu kitap, en garip şeylerin bir medeniyetin yolunu nasıl etkileyebileceğini ve yansıtabileceğine büyüleyici bir bakış. Kendimi bu kitaptaki gerçekleri, konuşmadaki insanları şaşırtıcı bir şekilde etkilemek için kullanıyorum.

Bu, ABD ile Küba hükümetleri arasındaki tarihin, özellikle Castro'nun 1960'larda kontrolü ele geçirdiği zamandan itibaren fantastik bir gazetecilik açıklamasıdır. Ayrıca Elian Gonzalez davasına ve bu ilişkinin her iki tarafını da hem kişisel hem de politik olarak nasıl etkilediğine odaklanmaktadır. Ayrıca, CIA'nın 1970'ler ve 1980'ler boyunca Küba'nın istikrarını bozma girişimine katılımını da detaylandırıyor.

Bağlanmanın gücü hakkında harika bir kitap. Okumama devam etmemi sağlayan benzersiz bir tarzda yazılmış.

first, let us separate the book and it's author from the politics that now surround him - and which weren't an issue when he wrote the book. is it a good story? yes - though it wasn't quite the story i was expecting. simply the recounting of his life experiences - growing up a mixed race child in hawaii, moving to indonesia, attending columbia university, organizing on the south side of chicago - would be a lot to cover, and it's all in here. but the real thrust of the story is the exploration of race, which obama does from both inside and outside the question. he is clearly aware of his position as someone with allegiances and loves on both sides of this particular color line - and the book is rife with analysis and discussions of this. indeed, those looking for a more traditional political memoir may be put off by this. i, however, found it refreshing and fascinating. which leads to the second question - is it well told? again the answer is yes. obama understands about pacing, story structure, and tempo and he uses these skills to keep the story intriguing and compelling - again, something unusual in the kind of memoir one might expect. to his credit in the introduction he points out that it is very much a work of its time - and that there are sections and pages he would excise or write differently as a senator (and one would imagine, differently yet again as a president). but the sections stand, as such it retains its flavor and freshness - that of an articulate writer in the midst of the race question in america, using his own personal journey to try understand the bigger issues at hand. and now back to the politics. i think that even if you don't agree with obama's politics you can read this book and enjoy it. but you have to have an interest in the relations between blacks and whites in america, since that's really what the book is about. if that topic doesn't interest you AND you don't like obama, then your energy may be better spent elsewhere, even though the book is, as i said, quite well written.