The Writer as Migrant Amazon 《曾国藩的正面与侧面》讲述了曾国藩跌宕起伏的一生，揭露了诸多不为人知的细节：一生遭遇过的五次重大挫折；与左宗棠的纠结和情谊；一生收入与支出；如何看待风水、相面、算卦和天命等。作者为我们展示了一个勤勉、务实、自律的“文正公”曾国藩，一个矛盾、挣扎的深嵌体制核心的职业官员。透过曾国藩，读者可窥见中国传统官场微妙而复杂的“潜规则”与中国特色体制的独特生存哲学。

《曾国藩的正面与侧面》讲述了曾国藩跌宕起伏的一生，揭露了诸多不为人知的细节：一生遭遇过的五次重大挫折；与左宗棠的纠结和情谊；一生收入与支出；如何看待风水、相面、算卦和天命等。作者为我们展示了一个勤勉、务实、自律的“文正公”曾国藩，一个矛盾、挣扎的深嵌体制核心的职业官员。透过曾国藩，读者可窥见中国传统官场微妙而复杂的“潜规则”与中国特色体制的独特生存哲学。

————♦上野千鹤子说♦————

But across the country in the city of Hangzhou

or China to trust that even though America had made grave mistakes throughout its history

This was just the latest in a long history of the city’s making and unmaking

The Writer as Migrant Amazon 《曾国藩的正面与侧面》讲述了曾国藩跌宕起伏的一生，揭露了诸多不为人知的细节：一生遭遇过的五次重大挫折；与左宗棠的纠结和情谊；一生收入与支出；如何看待风水、相面、算卦和天命等。作者为我们展示了一个勤勉、务实、自律的“文正公”曾国藩，一个矛盾、挣扎的深嵌体制核心的职业官员。透过曾国藩，读者可窥见中国传统官场微妙而复杂的“潜规则”与中国特色体制的独特生存哲学。National Book Award winner Ha Jin raises questions about language, migration, and the place of literature in a rapidly globalizing world. Consisting of three interconnected essays, The Writer as Migrant sets Ha Jins own work and life alongside those of other literary exiles, creating a conversation across cultures and between eras. He employs the cases of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Chinese novelist Lin Yutang to illustrate the obligation a writer