Leaves Upon the RiveriUniverse, 2003 - 262 Seiten Jing Guoda is unsure that he could ever forgive his father. The father who has beaten him, ordered him to split his fiddle, locked him up, and forced him to skip grade after grade that has made him feel so insecure and inadequate. Guoda survives the childhood experience. At St. John's University, Shanghai, away from his father, he matures and gains self-confidence. As a refugee in Hong Kong after the Chinese Civil War, he struggles and eventually finds considerable success as a broker. In search of an even brighter future, he makes his way with his newly wedded wife to America to pursue a career in engineering, in which he already has a bachelor's degree. Steadfastly he advances through graduate school and the academic ladder to become a full professor. Later on, he even tries to accommodate an old interest in literature-which his father used to ridicule. In his adult life Guoda regularly contends with his father, who lives in Taiwan, whenever they meet. Their conflict peaks in the days of his mother's funeral. Finally, looking after his now seriously ill octogenarian father, Guoda discovers that he is ready to make peace with him. |
Inhalt
chapter 1 | 1 |
chapter 2 | 7 |
chapter 3 | 12 |
chapter 4 | 16 |
chapter 5 | 22 |
chapter 6 | 26 |
chapter 7 | 31 |
chapter 8 | 35 |
chapter 23 | 127 |
chapter 24 | 134 |
chapter 25 | 142 |
chapter 26 | 147 |
chapter 27 | 153 |
chapter 28 | 158 |
chapter 29 | 164 |
chapter 30 | 171 |
chapter 9 | 40 |
chapter 10 | 46 |
chapter 11 | 52 |
chapter 12 | 58 |
chapter 13 | 63 |
chapter 14 | 70 |
chapter 15 | 77 |
chapter 16 | 84 |
chapter 17 | 91 |
chapter 18 | 96 |
chapter 19 | 101 |
chapter 20 | 109 |
chapter 21 | 114 |
chapter 22 | 121 |
chapter 31 | 175 |
chapter 32 | 182 |
chapter 33 | 187 |
chapter 34 | 193 |
chapter 35 | 200 |
chapter 36 | 205 |
chapter 37 | 209 |
chapter 38 | 211 |
chapter 39 | 219 |
chapter 40 | 222 |
chapter 41 | 227 |
chapter 42 | 230 |
Back Cover | 235 |
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