书籍介绍
Modern Shanghai: a global city in the midst of a renaissance, where dreamers arrive each day to partake in a mad torrent of capital, ideas, and opportunity. Marketplace's Rob Schmitz is one of them. He immerses himself in his neighborhood, forging deep relationships with ordinary people who see in the city's sleek skyline a brighter future, and a chance to rewrite their destinies. There's Zhao, whose path from factory floor to shopkeeper is sidetracked by her desperate measures to ensure a better future for her sons. Down the street lives Auntie Fu, a fervent capitalist forever trying to improve herself with religion and get-rich-quick schemes while keeping her skeptical husband at bay. Up a flight of stairs, musician and cafe owner CK sets up shop to attract young dreamers like himself but learns he's searching for something more. A tale of twenty-first-century China, Street of Eternal Happiness profiles China's distinct generations through multifaceted characters who illuminate an enlightening, humorous, and at times heartrending journey along the winding road to the Chinese Dream.
AI导读
核心看点
- 以长乐路为切口，透视上海变迁
- 聚焦普通人的命运与时代洪流
- 展现当代中国社会的复杂切面
适合谁读
- 对当代中国社会变迁感兴趣的读者
- 喜欢何伟作品及非虚构写作的读者
- 关注上海城市文化与历史的人群
读前提醒
- 中文版存在删减，建议阅读原版
- 作者视角带有西方人的批判色彩
- 需结合历史背景理解人物困境
读者共识
- 叙事克制客观，细节描写生动
- 被誉为后何伟时代诚意之作
- 深刻揭示发展背后的个体代价
本导读基于书籍简介、目录、原文摘录、短评和书评生成，不等同于全文精读。
精彩摘录
- "“有人说，如果你的钱留在中国，那就不能真正算是你的钱，” 他对我说，“如果身处的社会不尊重个人财产，那么钱究竟属不属于你还是未知数。”"
- "在中国人的思维方式中，“过去的就该让它过去”。我们这代人对发生的一切记忆犹新，但不希望看到这些事情在下一代被不断提及。”"
- "在中国社会，父母为他们成年的孩子决策人生，学生被教导永远不要质疑老师，领导用铁腕管理下属一一在这样的社会，这类无能为力的感受常常能直指人心。"
- "不管谁当政，我感觉都是好消息。毕竟，只要中国人民有变富变强的自由，我都会对他们的成功持乐观态度。"
- "The French had built their neighbourhood with a layout typical of a Parisian arrondissement: narrow, winding boulevards lined with trees that locals still call Faguo Wutong, 'French Phoenix Trees', though they are neither French nor phoenix trees. Like the muddled history of Shanghai, they were much"
- "A government-issued publication, How to Be a Lovely Shanghainese lacked the charm of Hartley's Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette. Its chapters were sprinkled with the Chinese obsession with numerology: "Five kinds of consciousness", "four kinds of spirit", "five dares", and "four forevers".There were al"
- "China's leaders had always been good at building walls, [...]"
- "[talking with Zhao Shiling] Zhao's gossip about relatives back in her village was the stuff of legend. There were family feuds settled with knife fights, cousins losing control of multiple mistresses, and tragic suicides over unrequited love. Life in her hometown was like a telenovela she watched fr"
作者简介
Rob Schmitz is the China correspondent for American Public Media's Marketplace. He has won several awards for his reporting on China, including two national Edward R. Murrow Awards and an Education Writers Association Award. His work was also a finalist for the 2012 Investigative Reporters and Editors Award.
Paul Boehmer is a seasoned actor who has appeared on Broadway, film, and television, including The Thomas Crown Affair and All My Children. Coinciding with another of his passions, sci-fi, Paul has been cast in various roles in many episodes of Star Trek. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
用户评论
还有一套同名12集的广播节目。
中文版也能看，没改太多
讲述了一条 3.2 公里的路上居住的一些人们的故事，覆盖了建国前后至今的中国人的大部分经历。有失落的十年，也有现在青年面临的问题，还有一些经济发展中的社会乱相，涉及到了挺多比较敏感的话题。推荐阅读。
“批判性”比何伟和梅英东都强，可能是因为故事就发生在上海，被迫拿掉“发生在遥远落后地区”的保护罩，读者必须直面这个国家过去与现在面临的一切问题。
又一位美国记者对当下中国的记实笔录。与何伟三部曲相比，本书更为切近当下（2010-2016），着眼于中国经济文化发展水平最高的上海，追溯跨度最长（前后四五十年），社会问题更敏感尖锐（强拆，传销，文革，上山下乡，宗教，户籍制度）。作者虽竭力克制，但依然能看出较为强硬的批判态度。
我曾经在许多个周五或者周六的夜晚徘徊在巨富长却不知道那里有那么多的故事。或者说，只要深挖每个中国家庭的背后都有类似的故事。其中最好的还是关于麦琪里拆迁的走访和记录，填补了我对上海动迁另一面的空白。
28/2022 Nothing “new”, nothing “special”.
很会讲故事啊，感觉场景都是立体的，但是为了情节会扩大一些观念，而且虽然很多家里的事不太好，但是外人站在一定高度评判还是不舒服
这种傻逼外媒记者应该为中美关系变差负部分责任；毫不关心采访的人、或者是为自己工作的人，利用了就走。
正如豆瓣上的一个评价所言，这本书描述的是发生在上海的故事，无法继续披着“落后贫困地区”的遮羞布，让人不得不面对一些尖锐的批判。
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