Reviews

• 知られざるアメリカ

  モットー・ヘブンはマンハッタンから地下鉄で30分ほどの場所にある。住人の多くは中南米系と黒人、白人やアジア系の姿を目にすることは稀だ。Amazing Graceはニューヨーク市の中で最貧困層に属する、モットー・ヘブンに暮らす子供たちの日常を追ったルポタージュだ。 テーマは重いはずだが、読んでいて不思議なほどの爽快感があった。それはコゾルが意図して子供たちの証言から現実をあぶりだした結果であり、それに加えて著者がモットー・ヘブンの住人に同情ではなく、共感を覚えていたからだと思う。 世界で最も豊かであるはずのアメリカで、なぜ５人に１人の子供が貧困に苦しんでいるのか。その答えは本書にはないが、十分な手がかりを得られると思う。社会学、社会福祉学を専攻する人には是非読んでもらいたいと思う。

• Un libro che fa aprire gli occhi

  Un libro molto potente che fa riflettere nelle disuguaglianze del “mondo occidentale” e su come in una città come New York, la capitale del mondo, possa esserci una tale povertà ed emarginazione sociale.

• Paper was good quality.

  I am eriting this revirw after 6 years. I looked and stared at the book on my shelf and made sure that it stands the test of time. Good quality paper. But unfortunately, I never read it.

• Should be mandatory reading for all high school children.

  I love this book and have read it many times. I brings to life a way of life that many people will never encounter or understand. It shows that most poor people do not chose to live in poverty and in fact haven't always lived this way. No matter how hard you try sometimes bad things just seem to happen. Even in her dire situation people in this book still find a bit of good in other and while there lives seem unimaginable, they are still helping others. Always leaves me wanting to do more! Thank you for all your books Mr. Kozel!

• love the book!

  Amazing book. Very heartfelt and real.

• A Timeless Plea for Change

  Please note: Five stars for author and contents of book. Two stars only for the physical shape of the book received. This is a most amazing sociological and literary look into the lives of amazing people. It should be required reading for anyone who thinks they want to be a true educator. Jonathan Kozol has a writing style that makes you feel you are walking beside him, where so many people are forgotten and hope can be hard to come by. He reminds me of a combination Chaplain, social worker and great educator. The book gives a very realistic picture of so many who live in poverty, where systems are broken, but where heroes can be found in everyday places who just give from what they have. It makes the reader want to understand how some of the richest and most gracious and forgiving people on earth are those described by a disturbed society as the “throwaways.” At times, In his optimism and naivete, he writes like a young man filled with hope and zeal that things will change, and as the pages turn, you see he then begins to feel the cries of the people but knows the reality is, things may not change, but only grow worse, if we as a society do not change. Must read! As for condition of hardback: not very clean, and really stubborn barcode-stickers thoughtlessly placed on the artistically captured young person on front cover. Dusty but acceptable.

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