具体描述
Provocative, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest, My Grandfather's Son is the story of one of America's most remarkable and controversial leaders, Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, told in his own words.
Thomas was born in rural Georgia on June 23, 1948, into a life marked by poverty and hunger. His parents divorced when Thomas was still a baby, and his father moved north to Philadelphia, leaving his young mother to raise him and his brother and sister on the ten dollars a week she earned as a maid. At age seven, Thomas and his six-year-old brother were sent to live with his mother's father, Myers Anderson, and her stepmother in their Savannah home. It was a move that would forever change Thomas's life.
His grandfather, whom he called "Daddy," was a black man with a strict work ethic, trying to raise a family in the years of Jim Crow. Thomas witnessed his grandparents' steadfastness despite injustices, their hopefulness despite bigotry, and their deep love for their country. His own quiet ambition would propel him to Holy Cross and Yale Law School, and eventually—despite a bitter, highly contested public confirmation—to the highest court in the land. In this candid and deeply moving memoir, a quintessential American tale of hardship and grit, Clarence Thomas recounts his astonishing journey for the first time, and pays homage to the man who made it possible.
Intimately and eloquently, Thomas speaks out, revealing the pieces of his life he holds dear, detailing the suffering and injustices he has overcome, including the acrimonious and polarizing Senate hearing involving a former aide, Anita Hill, and the depression and despair it created in his own life and the lives of those closest to him. My Grandfather's Son is the story of a determined man whose faith, courage, and perseverance inspired him to rise up against all odds and achieve his dreams.
作者简介
Clarence Thomas is Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Born in Pinpoint, Georgia, he is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and Yale Law School. He lives with his wife and great nephew in northern Virginia.
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看Clarence Thomas，我觉得他自尊心太强了，怪不得是个radical。有次他看见他人在看Kurt Vonnegut的书，然后别人告诉他Vonnegut是个‘black humorist’，他回应到“oh, he is black!" 然后就被他自己的无知雷到了，就觉得丢脸啊什么的跟自己过不去。但是承认自己自尊心很强也是...
I was listening to my podcast one day on my way home. Usually it is the best time during my day, on my way home. It is always relaxing, as it is the end of one day. Most time it is after sunset and usually it is around 6:30pm so I can listen to NPR's Ma...
看Clarence Thomas，我觉得他自尊心太强了，怪不得是个radical。有次他看见他人在看Kurt Vonnegut的书，然后别人告诉他Vonnegut是个‘black humorist’，他回应到“oh, he is black!" 然后就被他自己的无知雷到了，就觉得丢脸啊什么的跟自己过不去。但是承认自己自尊心很强也是...
看Clarence Thomas，我觉得他自尊心太强了，怪不得是个radical。有次他看见他人在看Kurt Vonnegut的书，然后别人告诉他Vonnegut是个‘black humorist’，他回应到“oh, he is black!" 然后就被他自己的无知雷到了，就觉得丢脸啊什么的跟自己过不去。但是承认自己自尊心很强也是...
I was listening to my podcast one day on my way home. Usually it is the best time during my day, on my way home. It is always relaxing, as it is the end of one day. Most time it is after sunset and usually it is around 6:30pm so I can listen to NPR's Ma...
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这本书的语言风格简直是一场文字的盛宴，充满了令人惊喜的陌生感和强烈的诗意。它拒绝使用那些陈词滥调，取而代之的是大量新颖的比喻和意象的并置，这些组合常常出人意料，却又在逻辑上出乎意料地贴切。我必须承认，在某些段落，我需要放慢速度，不是因为理解困难，而是想细细品味那些句子是如何构建起来的，那种如同雕塑般的精确感令人叹服。它挑战了我们对传统叙事流畅性的期待，更像是在进行一场高级的智力游戏，考验读者捕捉潜文本的能力。书中穿插的一些历史典故或文化符号，被处理得非常克制，它们像闪烁的星光，为整体的叙事增添了深邃的背景，却从不喧宾夺主。这种深厚的文化积淀与现代叙事手法的融合，使得这本书的文本密度极高，每一次重读都会发现新的层次。
我欣赏这本书对“场所”的描绘，那些具体的地点——无论是破败的房间、喧嚣的街道，还是静谧的自然景观——都不仅仅是故事发生的背景板，它们本身就是活生生的角色，承载着重量级的象征意义。作者似乎相信，环境能够形塑灵魂，并记录下所有发生过的瞬间。这种对物质世界的细致描摹，与人物精神世界的波动形成了完美的镜像关系。阅读过程中，我强烈地感受到一种“地方感”的缺失与重塑，这也是故事核心冲突之一。书中的对话精炼且富有张力，很少有冗余的词句，每一个字都像经过了精心称量才放置在那个位置，充满了潜台词。它成功地营造了一种既怀旧又充满现代疏离感的氛围，这种微妙的平衡感是极其难把握的。总而言之，这是一部需要耐心，但绝对值得你投入精力的作品，它会潜移默化地改变你对某些事物，尤其是对“时间”和“记忆”的看法。
这本书的叙事如同一个缓缓展开的古老挂毯，每一针一线都浸透着岁月的痕迹和浓郁的情感。作者的笔触细腻入微，仿佛能捕捉到空气中流动的光影和人物内心最隐秘的颤动。我被那种对往昔时光近乎虔诚的记录方式深深吸引。它不是那种轰轰烈烈的史诗，而更像是一系列精心挑选的、私密的片段组合，每一个片段都像一块打磨光滑的鹅卵石，握在手中能感受到温度和重量。阅读的过程中，我数次停下来，不是因为情节晦涩，而是被那种沉淀下来的、近乎哲学层面的洞察力所震撼。叙述者似乎拥有跨越时间的能力，能够以一种超然又极其共情的视角去审视那些早已尘封的事件。文字的韵律感极强，时而如低吟的民谣，时而如激昂的交响乐章，这种节奏的掌控力，使得即便是平淡的日常对话，也充满了张力和暗示。特别是对环境的描绘，那些模糊了历史与个人记忆的场景，营造出一种既熟悉又陌生的梦境感，让人在其中流连忘返，仿佛自己也成为了那个时间洪流中的见证者。
我很少读到这样一种文字，它能将个体经历的微小细节，与一个时代更迭的宏大背景如此巧妙地编织在一起，却又避免了说教式的沉重。作者的高明之处在于，他没有直接告诉你“这是什么”，而是通过一系列精准的意象和氛围的渲染，让你自己去构建和感受那种复杂的情绪。这本书的结构非常巧妙，它像一个迷宫，但又不是为了让人迷失，而是引导读者去探索记忆本身的不可靠性和多重性。我尤其欣赏作者对人物内心矛盾的处理——那种爱与责任、渴望自由与恪守传统的拉扯，被刻画得极其真实，没有绝对的好人或坏人，只有在特定环境下做出选择的“人”。读到某些转折点时，我甚至能感受到一种强烈的共鸣，仿佛自己的某些未曾言说的经历也被这本书温柔地接纳和理解了。它提供了一种罕见的阅读体验：既是抽离的观察者，又是沉浸其中的参与者，让人在合上书页后，仍需时间来梳理那些被唤醒的情感碎片。
读完这本书，我的感受是复杂而又久远的，它不像一部娱乐性的读物，更像是一次深刻的内心探访。作者对“失落”和“寻找”这两个主题的探讨，达到了极高的境界。这种失落并非简单的失去某物或某人，而是一种更本质的、关于时间流逝和身份认同的迷惘。书中的场景切换常常是跳跃式的，却又被一种无形的、情感的逻辑线索紧密维系着，这种非线性叙事非但没有造成混乱，反而更贴合记忆碎片化的本质。最让我印象深刻的是作者处理“沉默”的方式。很多重要的信息和情感是通过“未说出口的话”和“留白”来传达的，这种叙事上的克制，反而产生了巨大的情感张力，迫使读者主动填补空白，完成意义的构建。这要求读者给予极大的专注和投入，但回报是丰厚的，它提供了一种超越表面情节的、近乎冥想式的阅读体验。
Justice Clarence is awesome--The black people I knew came from different places and backgrounds - social, economic, even ethnic - yet the color of our skin was somehow supposed to make us identical in spite of our differences. I didn't buy it. Of course we had all experienced racism in one way or another, but that did not mean we had to think alike
Justice Clarence is awesome--The black people I knew came from different places and backgrounds - social, economic, even ethnic - yet the color of our skin was somehow supposed to make us identical in spite of our differences. I didn't buy it. Of course we had all experienced racism in one way or another, but that did not mean we had to think alike
Justice Clarence is awesome--The black people I knew came from different places and backgrounds - social, economic, even ethnic - yet the color of our skin was somehow supposed to make us identical in spite of our differences. I didn't buy it. Of course we had all experienced racism in one way or another, but that did not mean we had to think alike
Justice Clarence is awesome--The black people I knew came from different places and backgrounds - social, economic, even ethnic - yet the color of our skin was somehow supposed to make us identical in spite of our differences. I didn't buy it. Of course we had all experienced racism in one way or another, but that did not mean we had to think alike
Justice Clarence is awesome--The black people I knew came from different places and backgrounds - social, economic, even ethnic - yet the color of our skin was somehow supposed to make us identical in spite of our differences. I didn't buy it. Of course we had all experienced racism in one way or another, but that did not mean we had to think alike
