书籍介绍
这不是一部好莱坞逆袭爽文，而是一份关于代际创伤的证词。刘思慕真正戳中读者的，是他把
作者简介
Simu Liu is an actor and writer most widely known for his role as the hunky but dim-witted Jung on CBC’s Kim’s Convenience. In real life, however, he is neither dimwit nor hunk. His onscreen credits include Awkwafina is Nora from Queen’s, Fresh Off the Boat, The Expanse, in which he was killed by being molecularly deconstructed by an alien consciousness, and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Liu has also written for film and television, authored articles for magazines, and created several boba-inspired memes that went viral on Subtle Asian Traits.
AI导读
核心看点
- 刘思慕从哈尔滨到好莱坞的移民奋斗史
- 亚裔二代与父母的文化冲突及和解
- 从会计转行到漫威巨星的真实经历
读者共识
- 父母经历令人共情，移民奋斗史很励志
- 亚裔代表性意义重大，叙事视角独特
- 成功改变家庭权力动态，促进代际和解
精彩摘录
- "I was an astronaut, after all, whose only home was the eternal vastness of space through which I floated, untethered and unencumbered by any familial attachments."
- "They were my safe haven. Now, when I picture our old home in my mind's eye, my heart yearns to go back and curl up in bed with my yeye and nainai one more time, so I could listen and doze off to the sound of Nainai's soothing voice as she reads me my favorite bedtime story. Both she and my yeye pass"
- "Now, if you live in the West, chances are that your impression of China has been heavily influenced by what you've heard in the news. Most dangerously of all, you might get the sense that people from China are a fundamental threat to your existence and your ideals of freedom, capitalism, bald eagles"
- "There was no shame in doing what you had to in order to make ends meet; it was just life."
- "In the end, knowing that they were asking the impossible, Laolao and Laoye left the decision to my mother, who had already spent her whole life doing everything she could to make her parents happy, including giving up her whole childhood. This was the daughter who would rather bear the embarrassment"
- "It was a dream deferred, but she was finally going to university - one of just four people (and the only woman) in the whole camp to be accepted. When she finally told my laoye, he broke down and cried, overwhelmed with the guilt of what he had put her through. Because the shangshanxiaxiang mandate "
- "But going to KFC was about more than getting that finger-lickin' good chicken; it was an acknowledgement that they , like Colonel Sanders, would soon cross international borders and lay down roots in a completely foreign land. When my parents bit into those eleven mouthwatering herbs and spices, the"
- "My parents never thought of themselves as heroic or courageous, and they certainly never believed that anything they did would be worthy of being written into a book. But their determination and quiet resilience are a part of the canon of every starry-eyed immigrant family who has ever dared to jour"
用户评论
写得很真诚，尤其是前面他的父母上山下乡的经历让我看得很悲伤，和我爸妈的经历大体重合。但是移民后和父母的代际冲突、文化认同感的障碍和成长环境的不同，我也能感同身受。但是除了和解又能怎样呢？父母生长在那样一个动荡扭曲荒谬的背景下，他们怎么可能成为一个有着正常感情的“正常人”？思慕写出了大多数亚裔二代移民的挣扎和迷茫。除了他找活儿谋生不太感兴趣之外，别的都写得很吸引人，深度也有。
好棒，Celebrate our Asianese
前几章很感动，整体还挺搞笑的，也给北美养了亚男的家庭提供了一些insight
现在都时髦艺人成名后写书买苦博同情吗，粉丝们如数家珍地消费着这些不知真假的个人轶事，一边满足明星私生活的猎奇心，一边被收割感动，然后艺人一有什么新电影就不假思索去买账啦。
东亚家庭的成长truama原来在哪都一样，非常relatable
出乎意料的真诚 就真的出乎意料 他的幽默多多少少来自东北DNA吧
Simu Liu’s narration is a plus. Like the story of his parents. Audiobook
I liked Simu in Kim’s convenience- I listened to the audiobook which was narrated by himself. At times I was moved to tears. Good book, a form of acceptance of who you are and what we had with our parents and the world.
这本书还是蛮惊人的，能看出他小时候专家说的写作艺术方面的才能哈哈。
1.亚洲人和父母的关系，是永恒的主题，对于他这样一个同时能体会到西方家庭教育的人，不难理解他青春期和父母的冲突。最残酷而又最现实的是，经历过文革的移民父母破釜沉舟，来到新的国家打破bamboo ceiling生存下来，他们孩子的那种“精神困扰“对他们来说的确无关紧要。2.他说“30年之后，才知道自己真正要的是什么“，也是很真实了。而且，即使最终已经走在成功的路上，imposter syndrome仍然都是困扰我们的心魔啊。
他把上一代人的故事写得太好了！我定了实体书在路上，但是这两天一直在听电子书，爱不释手。
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