The Strength of Water: An Asian American Coming of Age Memoir 51 Born in war-ravaged Vietnam

Born in war-ravaged Vietnam

被大小監獄囚錮之時，何嘗不是我們情緒最敏感、最豐富的時候：憤怒時暴露出尖銳的牙齒；恐懼時瞪大茫然的眼睛；緊張時口鼻急速的喘息；痛苦時肌肉的繃緊痙攣；饑餓時腸胃轆轆的絞動，以致亢奮時不可遏止的慾望。總之，囚錮的是身體，囚錮不了的是情緒。

【内容简介】 在第二次世界大战的最后时日里，一支奇特的犹太人游击队从俄罗斯出发，穿越战火中的波兰和德国，一路打到意大利。他们逃过屠杀，踏着血染的路而来，当中有掉队的红军士兵、劳动营的幸存者，甚至演员和小提琴手。他们扛起从德国人手里夺来的武器，努力挣得为人的尊严，屡次品尝杀戮的苦涩，经历重重冒险——炸火车、拯救集中营里最后的幸存者、转移德军的空投物资……他们将《塔木德》中的格言写进队歌：“我若不为自己，谁会为我？我若只为自己，我是什么？若非此时，何时？” 通过这本书，莱维“欲向那些犹太人致敬，无论寥寥数人或人数众多，他们都在这场力量悬殊的奋斗里重新找到尊严和自由”。

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The Strength of Water: An Asian American Coming of Age Memoir 51 Born in war-ravaged Vietnam"Water is fluid, soft, yielding. But water will wear away rock what is soft is strong." Lao Tzu In 1920s Detroit, King Ying lives in a small apartment behind her parents' laundry business, where she stands on a box to iron clothes, endures taunts of "Ching Ching Chinaman" on the playground, and tries to reconcile what passes for normal in Jazz Age America with her father's vastly different cultural values. She dreams of a real home, the elegance of