作者简介

Rob Schmitz is the China correspondent for American Public Media’s Marketplace. He has won several awards for his reporting on China, including two national Edward R. Murrow Awards and an Education Writers Association Award. His work was also a finalist for the 2012 Investigative Reporters and Editors Award.

内容简介

Modern Shanghai: a global city in the midst of a renaissance, where dreamers arrive each day to partake in a mad torrent of capital, ideas, and opportunity. Marketplace’s Rob Schmitz is one of them. He immerses himself in his neighborhood, forging deep relationships with ordinary people who see in the city’s sleek skyline a brighter future, and a chance to rewrite their destinies. There’s Zhao, whose path from factory floor to shopkeeper is sidetracked by her desperate measures to ensure a better future for her sons. Down the street lives Auntie Fu, a fervent capitalist forever trying to improve herself with religion and get-rich-quick schemes while keeping her skeptical husband at bay. Up a flight of stairs, musician and cafe owner CK sets up shop to attract young dreamers like himself but learns he’s searching for something more. A tale of twenty-first-century China, Street of Eternal Happiness profiles China’s distinct generations through multifaceted characters who illuminate an enlightening, humorous, and at times heartrending journey along the winding road to the Chinese Dream.

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  • 管牧
    今年最后读完的一本书,也是读过的最好的一本书《长乐路》。搬来上海四年了,一直住在长乐路周边,看完外国人写的长乐路反倒感觉自己像个外国人。12-22
  • 存在不假外求
    又一位美国记者对当下中国的记实笔录。与何伟三部曲相比,本书更为切近当下(2010-2016),着眼于中国经济文化发展水平最高的上海,追溯跨度最长(前后四五十年),社会问题更敏感尖锐(强拆,传销,文革,上山下乡,宗教,户籍制度)。作者虽竭力克制,但依然能看出较为强硬的批判态度。11-10
  • BBpanda
    还有一套同名12集的广播节目。05-18
  • 浅显
    后何伟时代一本有诚意的“西方人眼中的中国”。同样出自96级支教四川的和平队志愿者之手。能让魔都人民会心一笑的书名,也是我一开始抗拒这本书的原因--在“上只角”的长乐路恐怕难以对中国(哪怕只是上海)作一个客观解读。Rob Schmitz proved me wrong. 他挑选的大部分写作对象充满戏剧冲突,有个人命运被社会环境牵制的,也有善于弄潮的逆袭者。每个故事背后都是他想呈现给读者的当代中国剪影。也许因为我对subject matters太熟悉,觉得书中欠缺惊喜,但阅读过程还颇享受。结尾平淡了些,最终定调,是一本记者观察手记。3.506-01
  • Nelly.L
    “批判性”比何伟和梅英东都强,可能是因为故事就发生在上海,被迫拿掉“发生在遥远落后地区”的保护罩,读者必须直面这个国家过去与现在面临的一切问题。10-21

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