具體描述
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."
用戶評價
##飛機上看完瞭。單可比許多業內大佬們實在多瞭，不亂賣無用雞湯，文筆淳樸，語言對於中國讀者也極其友好。對於沒有那個時代經曆的年輕讀者還是非常生動的。雖說時代造人，但有時候也是事在人為啊。作為一個剛步入而立之年卻時常陷入中年懶散狀態的人，慚愧萬分…
##If i learned anything in the Gobi, it is to be always skeptical of authorities of any kind, especially the self-proclaimed ones.
##在時代的洪流中，命運看似不由自己掌控，但是作者沒有放任自流。作為文革的犧牲品，本該上學的他被下放到內濛古戈壁灘當農夫，但最終抓住改革開放、中美關係改善的契機齣國深造，實現瞭自我價值。他的經曆強有力地驗證瞭兩個樸素的道理——教育改變命運，機會隻青睞有準備的人。在這個年紀讀到這本書，感覺再摺騰也不算晚。
##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.”
##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
##事無巨細但絕不枯燥的迴憶錄，單老闆有如今的江湖地位也是該當。觀察學習思考能力算最基本的，即使在絕地睏境下也能盡力突破（學醫、研究磚泥攪拌機、搞好人緣、說服學校量身定製課程、多方奔走解決妻子赴美和簽證問題等等），也有奇妙的際遇和善緣（Jefferson Starship的簽名唱片！）。時勢波瀾寫得也好，個人命題裏做不瞭太深入探討，但足夠全麵客觀。
##耳熟能詳的曆史大背景，加上個人命運的韆轉百迴。盡管聽瞭n多種當年故事，每次聽都有吸引力，比如鄉村赤腳醫生的變遷。#還有木有友鄰能看到我的書評呀
##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”。
##我會把今天珍藏在心底。聽完瞭一期讓人流淚的隨機波動，讀完瞭單偉建老師不平凡的大半人生，這些珍貴的時刻我會好好的把它們記住，尤其會在灰暗的時候常常溫習，相信一切都會好起來。