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Weijian Shan'sOut of the Gobiis a powerful memoir and commentary that will be one of the most important books on China of our time, one with the potential to re-shape how Americans view China, and how the Chinese view life in America.
Shan, a former hard laborer who is now one of Asia's best-known financiers, is thoughtful, observant, eloquent, and brutally honest, making him well-positioned to tell the story of a life that is a microcosm of modern China, and of how, improbably, that life became intertwined with America.Out of the Gobidraws a vivid picture of the raw human energy and the will to succeed against all odds.
Shan only finished elementary school when Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution tore his country apart. He was a witness to the brutality and absurdity of Mao's policies during one of the most tumultuous eras in China's history. Exiled to the Gobi Desert at age 15 and denied schooling for 10 years, he endured untold hardships without ever giving up his dream for an education. Shan's improbable journey, from the Gobi to the "People's Republic of Berkeley" and far beyond, is a uniquely American success story - told with a splash of humor, deep insight and rich and engaging detail.
This powerful and personal perspective on China and America will inform Americans' view of China, humanizing the country, while providing a rare view of America from the prism of a keen foreign observer who lived the American dream.
Says former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen: "Shan's life provides a demonstration of what is possible when China and the United States come together, even by happenstance. It is not only Shan's personal history that makes this book so interesting but also how the stories of China and America merge in just one moment in time to create an inspired individual so unique and driven, and so representative of the true sprits of both countries."
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##幾十年曆史洪流以第一視覺的放大鏡下緩緩鋪開。許多以前課本上一筆帶過的曆史名詞，背後原來有這麼多在現代看來不可想像的辛酸和扭麯。有許多章節看得眼淚止不住。大時代的洪流下，大多數個人的掙紮實在蒼白無力，正如單博士30年後迴到戈壁灘時，發現當初苦苦耕養的農地到頭來還是抵不過戈壁灘的風沙而變迴貧瘠。非常佩服單博士，為瞭改變命運，在艱苦的沙漠勞作中仍然堅持學習，在機會到來時如飢似渴、韆方百計去把他們抓住。從戈壁灘逃離，短短十年時間，躍升至沃頓商學院的教授，除瞭命運的垂青，更離不開個人汗水的耕耘。
評分##If i learned anything in the Gobi, it is to be always skeptical of authorities of any kind, especially the self-proclaimed ones.
評分##前半部分主要是寫作者上山下鄉期間在內濛古戈壁耕地，燒磚塊，挖土豆，做赤腳醫生等等的經曆，在如此艱苦的條件下作者同時也在不停思考他們付齣的勞動變成無用功的根源，還有如何改進生産力，但種種的努力都無法得到實踐，可見當時政策的盲目性和破壞性之大，不僅浪費瞭一代人的青春（簡直是流放做奴隸），也一定程度上造成瞭教育和文化的斷層，後半部分主要是作者上大學和留學的經曆比較平淡，但和前半部分一起看的話也挺神奇的，作者作為商學院的教授也是根據自己的經曆寫瞭一些關於市場經濟和計劃經濟的思考，但這方麵感覺可以寫的更深入一些
評分##嗟乎， 一個人的妄斷怎可影響韆萬人的命運。
評分##嗟乎， 一個人的妄斷怎可影響韆萬人的命運。
評分##讀完瞭老單的前40年，一本流水賬。這是一條多麼漫長、麯摺、湍急的流水啊。想想踏足其中，也讓人多少膽寒。老單是一個聰明絕頂的鬥士（想想一個把每人都變成鬥士的時代也挺操蛋的），是任何時代都少之又少的精英層。不過在書最後一頁，老單試圖說，在這條激流裏跋涉、一步走錯，他也可能就是因為戀愛而入獄，並再找不到齣戈壁之路的兵團戰友“二狗”。
評分##怎麼說呢…想看怎麼在金融行業做deal的人應該失望瞭。整本書簡單來說就是書中一句話““If I learned anything in the Gobi, it is to be always skeptical of authorities of any kind, especially the self-proclaimed ones.”
評分##Fascinating life journey from 1954 to early 1990s. 有時現實比故事更誇張 佩服作者的耐性敢想敢做。知識可以改變命運 但也抵不過造化弄人。
評分###看書之前不知道作者是什麼來頭。插隊乾活的故事可能大部分那一代人都很類似，但之後抓住一切機會變成新中國第一代伯剋利phd真的很不容易，特彆是考慮到他是小學學曆而且大學學的也是文科的外語，甚至覺得文章裏淡化瞭他的自我努力。然後他在學習之外的一些為人處事也挺值得藉鑒，比如當排球裁判提高存在感，或者是廣結朋友最後到瞭關鍵時刻很用得上。書裏語言雖然淳樸，但是能看齣他一點不驕傲，總是很虛心和感恩
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