Mountains Beyond Mountains读书介绍
类别 | 页数 | 译者 | 网友评分 | 年代 | 出版社 |
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书籍 | 420页 | 2020 | 明河社 |
定价 | 出版日期 | 最近访问 | 访问指数 |
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HK$14.00, US$3.00 | 2020-02-20 … | 2021-04-19 … | 68 |
Tracy Kidder is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, Among Schoolchildren, and Home Town. He has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the “master of the non-fiction narrative.” This powerful and inspiring new book shows how one person can make a difference, as Kidder tells the true story of a gifted man who is in love with the world and has set out to do all he can to cure it.
At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer. Doctor, Harvard professor, renowned infectious-disease specialist, anthropologist, the recipient of a MacArthur “genius” grant, world-class Robin Hood, Farmer was brought up in a bus and on a boat, and in medical school found his life’s calling: to diagnose and cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. This magnificent book shows how radical change can be fostered in situations that seem insurmountable, and it also shows how a meaningful life can be created, as Farmer—brilliant, charismatic, charming, both a leader in international health and a doctor who finds time to make house calls in Boston and the mountains of Haiti—blasts through convention to get results.
Mountains Beyond Mountains takes us from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba, and Russia as Farmer changes minds and practices through his dedication to the philosophy that "the only real nation is humanity" - a philosophy that is embodied in the small public charity he founded, Partners In Health. He enlists the help of the Gates Foundation, George Soros, the U.N.’s World Health Organization, and others in his quest to cure the world. At the heart of this book is the example of a life based on hope, and on an understanding of the truth of the Haitian proverb “Beyond mountains there are mountains”: as you solve one problem, another problem presents itself, and so you go on and try to solve that one too.
“Mountains Beyond Mountains unfolds with the force of a gathering revelation,” says Annie Dillard, and Jonathan Harr says, “[Farmer] wants to change the world. Certainly this luminous and powerful book will change the way you see it.”
作者简介金庸(1924年2月6日—),香港“大紫荆勋贤”。原名查良镛(zhā liáng yōng,英:Louis Cha),浙江海宁人,当代著名作家、新闻学家、企业家、社会活动家,《香港基本法》主要起草人之一。金庸是新派武侠小说最杰出的代表作家,被普遍誉为武侠小说作家的“泰山北斗”,更有金迷们尊称其为“金大侠”或“查大侠”。
金庸生于1924年,祖籍为安徽省桐城,出生在浙江海宁,查家为当地望族,历史上最鼎盛期为清康熙年间,以查慎行为首叔侄七人同任翰林。现代查氏家族还有两位知名人物,南开大学教授查良铮(穆旦)(四十年代九叶派代表诗人,翻译家),台湾学术界风云人物、司法部长查良钊。出自海宁的著名人物还有王国维和徐志摩。徐志摩是金庸的表兄。金庸祖父查沧珊是“丹阳教案”的当事人。
1937年,金庸考入浙江一流的杭州高中,离开家乡海宁。1939年金庸15岁时曾经和同...
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