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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Radicalism of any stripe tends to make people less compassionate - their ideology takes the place of real human relationships. This is shown in Sayarfiezadeh's memoir, as his dyed-in-the-wool communist parents are so self-involved and immersed in the world of the Party that they give little thought to how to raise their son. Amazingly, Sayrafiezadeh seems to emerge from the twin childhood traumas of neglect and indoctrination relatively psychologically unscathed. The narrator's politics seem to end up muddled - he has no strong opinion about communism; in fact, he doesn't even know what it is. ( ) Saïd Sayrafiezadeh hat eine amerikanische Mutter und einen iranischen Vater. Seine Eltern engagieren sich in der sozialistischen Arbeiterpartei. Nachdem der Vater die Familie verlässt, bleibt Saïd bei seiner Mutter in New York, die weiterhin in selbst auferlegter Armut lebt. Saïds Leben ist voller Widersprüche: Einerseits interessiert er sich für Skateboards und Videospiele, andererseits begleitet er seine Mutter auf Versammlungen der Partei und ist schon früh mit den Schriften von Marx und Che Guevara vertraut. Seinen Vater sieht er nur noch sporadisch, dieser kehrt zurück in den Iran, um gegen den Schah zu kämpfen. Humorvolle Erinnerung an eine schwierige Kindheit und Jugend, die geprägt ist von einer verbitterten Mutter, die ihre Ideale für nichts in der Welt eintauscht, einem abwesenden Vater und dem ideologiefreien Wunsch, seinen eigenen Weg zu finden. Geistreich und politisch. Zu finden im Erdgeschoss: DR, SAYR mj (18.3.11) This memoir was painfully honest and suprisingly rather bleak despite the amusing title. The story of young Said's life as the child of two Socialists was leavened by humor but this reader for one wondered how any adults could so selfishly ignore the needs of their own progeny in favor of the abstract needs of the people. Neither of Said's parents appeared to be fit caretakers for this sensitive child, and his ability to survive and even thrive in that environment is a testimony to his strength of personality. This book is full of hard truths about prejudice, political agitation, and family dysfunction. Highly recommended! nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Saïd's Iranian-born father and American Jewish mother had one thing in common: their unshakable conviction that the workers' revolution was coming. Separated since their son was nine months old, they each pursued a dream of the perfect socialist society. Pinballing with his mother between makeshift Pittsburgh apartments, falling asleep at party meetings, longing for the luxuries he's taught to despise, Saïd waits for the revolution that never, ever arrives. "Soon," his mother assures him, while his long-absent father quixotically runs as a socialist candidate for president in an Iran about to fall under the ayatollahs. Then comes the hostage crisis. The uproar that follows is the first time Saïd hears the word "Iran" in school. There he is suddenly forced to confront the combustible stew of his identity: as an American, an Iranian, a Jew, a socialist... and a middle-school kid who loves football and video games. Poised perfectly between tragedy and farce, here is a story by a brilliant young writer struggling to break away from the powerful mythologies of his upbringing and create a life--and a voice--of his own. Saïd Sayrafiezadeh's memoir is unforgettable. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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