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桥：巴拉克·奥巴马的人生及其崛起 #2
桥：巴拉克·奥巴马的人生及其崛起（下）
就本世纪以来的美国历史而言，没有比奥巴马的崛起更重要的历史事件了，然而迄今为止，没有哪一位记者或历史学家的著作曾经充分调查奥巴马的生平和经历，或者探讨其崛起背后的远大抱负。如果读者熟悉他本人撰写的成为畅销书的回忆录或他的竞选演说，那么他们就会很清楚奥巴马选择去强调的那些困难和细节。不过现在我们有了他的一幅画像，这幅画像手法娴熟、颜色鲜艳、刻画入微而又出人意料，描述了一位探寻自我的年轻人、一位决心成为首位非裔美国总统的不断崛起的政治家，而作者阐释不断发展的历史事件的意义之天赋可谓无人匹敌。
《桥：巴拉克·奥巴马的人生及其崛起（下）》是一本史诗般的传记，书中详细记述了奥巴马的人生经历：描述了奥巴马的悲惨父亲——一位出色的经济学者，他离家出走，最终潦倒离世；描述了他的母亲斯坦利·安·邓纳姆，她十几岁时就生了一个孩子，然后成为人类学家，在印尼生活和做研究；还描述了一系列的精英机构，这些机构让奥巴马接触到了社会紧张局势和各种思潮，从而迫使他想象并为自己确定一种身份。
通过广泛采访奥巴马的朋友、老师、同学、导师、毁谤者、家人等在他成长过程中的重要人物，以及奥巴马本人，作者为我们展示了一名无依无靠、没有建树、满怀困惑的年轻人的成长路径：首先在芝加哥担任社区组织者，这一经历不仅影响到他投身政治的激情，也为他提供了基础，由此他进入哈佛法学院，并在那里开始产生更加艰巨的使命感。随后顺利踏入政界，依靠无与伦比的个人魅力和民权从政思想赢得了选民的拥戴，最终成为美国历史上第一位黑人总统……
雷姆尼克构思巧妙，把奥巴马的政治生涯至于芝加哥历史上令人激动的种族和政治交汇的背景之下，为我们描述了该市复杂的种族遗产如何使得奥巴马在政坛的涉足成为争议的来源和不留情面的战术。
《桥：巴拉克·奥巴马的人生及其崛起（下）》也再度探讨了从奴隶制到民权运动期间的一系列戏剧性事件，让我们清楚地看到：奥巴马的追求并非他个人的追求，而是象征着一个国家的追求。在这个国家，命运掌握在那些渴望打造一个超越当前生活的、充满希望的未来的人们手中。
《桥：巴拉克·奥巴马的人生及其崛起（下）》是一本史诗般的传记，书中详细记述了奥巴马的人生经历：描述了奥巴马的悲惨父亲——一位出色的经济学者，他离家出走，最终潦倒离世；描述了他的母亲斯坦利·安·邓纳姆，她十几岁时就生了一个孩子，然后成为人类学家，在印尼生活和做研究；还描述了一系列的精英机构，这些机构让奥巴马接触到了社会紧张局势和各种思潮，从而迫使他想象并为自己确定一种身份。
通过广泛采访奥巴马的朋友、老师、同学、导师、毁谤者、家人等在他成长过程中的重要人物，以及奥巴马本人，作者为我们展示了一名无依无靠、没有建树、满怀困惑的年轻人的成长路径：首先在芝加哥担任社区组织者，这一经历不仅影响到他投身政治的激情，也为他提供了基础，由此他进入哈佛法学院，并在那里开始产生更加艰巨的使命感。随后顺利踏入政界，依靠无与伦比的个人魅力和民权从政思想赢得了选民的拥戴，最终成为美国历史上第一位黑人总统……
雷姆尼克构思巧妙，把奥巴马的政治生涯至于芝加哥历史上令人激动的种族和政治交汇的背景之下，为我们描述了该市复杂的种族遗产如何使得奥巴马在政坛的涉足成为争议的来源和不留情面的战术。
《桥：巴拉克·奥巴马的人生及其崛起（下）》也再度探讨了从奴隶制到民权运动期间的一系列戏剧性事件，让我们清楚地看到：奥巴马的追求并非他个人的追求，而是象征着一个国家的追求。在这个国家，命运掌握在那些渴望打造一个超越当前生活的、充满希望的未来的人们手中。
332 pages, Paperback
Published August 1, 2011
About the author
David Remnick
220 books388 followersDavid Remnick (born October 29, 1958) is an American journalist, writer, and magazine editor. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for his book Lenin s Tomb The Last Days of the Soviet Empire. Remnick has been editor of The New Yorker magazine since 1998. He was named Editor of the Year by Advertising Age in 2000. Before joining The New Yorker, Remnick was a reporter and the Moscow correspondent for The Washington Post. He has also served on the New York Public Library’s board of trustees. In 2010 he published his sixth book, The Bridge The Life and Rise of Barack Obama.
Remnick was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, the son of a dentist, Edward C. Remnick, and an art teacher, Barbara (Seigel). He was raised in Hillsdale, New Jersey, in a secular Jewish home with, he has said, “a lot of books around.” He is also childhood friends with comedian Bill Maher. He graduated from Princeton University in 1981 with an A.B. in comparative literature; there, he met writer John McPhee and helped found The Nassau Weekly. Remnick has implied that after college he wanted to write novels, but due to his parents’ illnesses, he needed a paying job—there was no trust fund to rely on. Remnick wanted to be a writer, so he chose a career in journalism, taking a job at The Washington Post. He is married to reporter Esther Fein of The New York Times and has three children, Alex, Noah, and Natasha. He enjoys jazz music and classic cinema and is fluent in Russian.
He began his reporting career at The Washington Post in 1982 shortly after his graduation from Princeton. His first assignment was to cover the United States Football League. After six years, in 1988, he became the newspaper’s Moscow correspondent, which provided him with the material for Lenin's Tomb. He also received the George Polk Award for excellence in journalism.
Remnick became a staff writer at The New Yorker in September, 1992, after ten years at The Washington Post.
Remnick’s 1997 New Yorker article “Kid Dynamite Blows Up,” about boxer Mike Tyson, was nominated for a National Magazine Award. In 1998 he became editor, succeeding Tina Brown. Remnick promoted Hendrik Hertzberg, a former Jimmy Carter speechwriter and former editor of The New Republic, to write the lead pieces in “Talk of the Town,” the magazine’s opening section. In 2005 Remnick earned $1 million for his work as the magazine’s editor.
In 2003 he wrote an editorial supporting the Iraq war in the days when it started. In 2004, for the first time in its 80-year history, The New Yorker endorsed a presidential candidate, John Kerry.
In May 2009, Remnick was featured in a long-form Twitter account of Dan Baum’s career as a New Yorker staff writer. The tweets, written over the course of a week, described the difficult relationship between Baum and Remnick, his editor.
Remnick’s biography of President Barack Obama, The Bridge, was released on April 6, 2010. It features hundreds of interviews with friends, colleagues, and other witnesses to Obama’s rise to the presidency of the United States. The book has been widely reviewed in journals.
In 2010 Remnick lent his support to the campaign urging the release of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning after being convicted of ordering the murder of her husband by her lover and adultery.
In 2013 Remnick ’81 was the guest speaker at Princeton University Class Day.
Remnick provided guest commentary and contributed to NBC coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia including the opening ceremony and commentary for NBC News.
Remnick was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, the son of a dentist, Edward C. Remnick, and an art teacher, Barbara (Seigel). He was raised in Hillsdale, New Jersey, in a secular Jewish home with, he has said, “a lot of books around.” He is also childhood friends with comedian Bill Maher. He graduated from Princeton University in 1981 with an A.B. in comparative literature; there, he met writer John McPhee and helped found The Nassau Weekly. Remnick has implied that after college he wanted to write novels, but due to his parents’ illnesses, he needed a paying job—there was no trust fund to rely on. Remnick wanted to be a writer, so he chose a career in journalism, taking a job at The Washington Post. He is married to reporter Esther Fein of The New York Times and has three children, Alex, Noah, and Natasha. He enjoys jazz music and classic cinema and is fluent in Russian.
He began his reporting career at The Washington Post in 1982 shortly after his graduation from Princeton. His first assignment was to cover the United States Football League. After six years, in 1988, he became the newspaper’s Moscow correspondent, which provided him with the material for Lenin's Tomb. He also received the George Polk Award for excellence in journalism.
Remnick became a staff writer at The New Yorker in September, 1992, after ten years at The Washington Post.
Remnick’s 1997 New Yorker article “Kid Dynamite Blows Up,” about boxer Mike Tyson, was nominated for a National Magazine Award. In 1998 he became editor, succeeding Tina Brown. Remnick promoted Hendrik Hertzberg, a former Jimmy Carter speechwriter and former editor of The New Republic, to write the lead pieces in “Talk of the Town,” the magazine’s opening section. In 2005 Remnick earned $1 million for his work as the magazine’s editor.
In 2003 he wrote an editorial supporting the Iraq war in the days when it started. In 2004, for the first time in its 80-year history, The New Yorker endorsed a presidential candidate, John Kerry.
In May 2009, Remnick was featured in a long-form Twitter account of Dan Baum’s career as a New Yorker staff writer. The tweets, written over the course of a week, described the difficult relationship between Baum and Remnick, his editor.
Remnick’s biography of President Barack Obama, The Bridge, was released on April 6, 2010. It features hundreds of interviews with friends, colleagues, and other witnesses to Obama’s rise to the presidency of the United States. The book has been widely reviewed in journals.
In 2010 Remnick lent his support to the campaign urging the release of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning after being convicted of ordering the murder of her husband by her lover and adultery.
In 2013 Remnick ’81 was the guest speaker at Princeton University Class Day.
Remnick provided guest commentary and contributed to NBC coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia including the opening ceremony and commentary for NBC News.
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