《罗伯特·皮思短暂悲惨的一生》

    When author Jeff Hobbs arrived at Yale University, he became fast friends with the man who would be his college roommate for four years, Robert Peace. Peace’s life was rough* from the beginning in the crime-ridden streets of Newark in the 1980s, with his father in jail and his mother earning less than US$15,000 a year.

    But Peace was a brilliant* student, and it was supposed to get easier when he was accepted to Yale, where he studied molecular biochemistry and biophysics. But it didn’t get easier. Peace carried with him the difficult dual nature of his existence, trying to fit in at Yale and at home on breaks.

    A compelling* and honest portrait of Peace’s relationships — with his struggling mother, with his jailed father, with his teachers and friends — the book tells about the most enduring* conflicts* in America: race, class, drugs, community, imprisonment, education, family, friendship, and love.

    It’s about the collision of two fiercely insular* worlds — the ivy-covered campus of Yale University and the slums* of Newark, New Jersey, and the difficulty of going from one to the other and then back again. It’s about trying to live a decent* life in America. But most of all this story is about the tragic life of one brilliant young man. His end, a violent one, is heartbreaking, powerful and a haunting American tragedy for our times.

    The book is available at jd.com. (SD-Agencies)