Southland

Southland
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" A]n absolutely compelling story of family and racial tragedy. Revoyr's novel is honest in detailing southern California's brutal history, and honorable in showing how families survived with love and tenacity and dignity."--Susan Straight, author of "Highwire Moon" "Southland "brings us a fascinating story of race, love, murder and history, against the backdrop of an ever-changing Los Angeles. A young Japanese-American woman, Jackie Ishida, is in her last semester of law school when her grandfather, Frank Sakai, dies unexpectedly. While trying to fulfill a request from his will, Jackie discovers that four African-American boys were killed in the store Frank owned during the Watts Riots of 1965. Along with James Lanier, a cousin of one of the victims, Jackie tries to piece together the story of the boys' deaths. In the process, she unearths the long-held secrets of her family's history. "Southland "depicts a young woman in the process of learning that her own history has bestowed upon her a deep obligation to be engaged in the larger world. And in Frank Sakai and his African-American friends, it presents characters who find significant common ground in their struggles, but who also engage each other across grounds--historical and cultural--that are still very much in dispute. Moving in and out of the past--from the internment camps of World War II, to the barley fields of the Crenshaw District in the 1930s, to the streets of Watts in the 1960s, to the night spots and garment factories of the 1990s--Southland weaves a tale of Los Angeles in all of its faces and forms. Nina Revoyr is the author of "The Necessary Hunger "("Irresistible."--"Time Magazine"). She was born in Japan, raised in Tokyo and Los Angeles, and is of Japanese and Polish-American descent. She lives and works in Los -Angeles.

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  • erikakaka
    12-28
    还挺吸引人的不过觉得废话有点多
  • 眸一盯
    12-04
    要有耐心。知道了很多新东西。race。作者在努力下一盘大棋。结局也许挺surprising,但也情理之中。看到结尾前被剧透了。。。
  • momo
    12-06
    immigrants trama和种族歧视的故事 咱就说Jackie和Lanier这个吻咋没人讨论下对比盛夏未来那个吻.. 格局放大
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