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D771.285/8 版次： |
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D771.285 版次： |
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著者:
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Kotlowitz, Alex. |
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An American summer : [ love and death in Chicago /] / , |
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版次:
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1st ed. |
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出版发行:
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出版地： New York : 出版社： Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 出版日期： [2019] |
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载体形态:
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x, 287 p. ; 25 cm. |
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内容提要:
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"The numbers are staggering: Over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000 wounded by gunfire. What does that do to the spirit of individuals and communities? Drawing on his decades of experience, Alex Kotlowitz set out to chronicle one summer in the city, writing of those who have emerged from the violence and whose stories reveal the capacity--and the breaking point--of the human heart and soul. The result is a spellbinding collection of deeply intimate stories that upend what we think we know about gun violence in America. Among others, we meet a man who as a teenager killed a rival gang member and who, twenty years later, is still trying to come to terms with what he did; a devoted school social worker smuggling with her favorite student, who refuses to give evidence in the shooting death of his best friend; the witness to a wrongful police shooting who can't shake what he has seen; and an aging former gang leader who builds a place of refuge for himself and his friends. Applying the close-up, empathic reporting that made There Are No Children Here a modern classic, Kotlowitz offers a tenderhearted yet piercingly honest testament to the strength of the human spirit. These sketches of those left standing will get in your bones. This one summer will stay with you."-- |
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主题词:
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Youth and violence Illinois |
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Violent crimes Illinois |
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Victims of crimes Illinois |
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African American youth Social conditions 21st century. Illinois |
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主题词:
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African Americans Social conditions 21st century. Illinois |
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索书号:
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D771.285/8 |