At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China Lujin Lee Kuan Yew

Lee Kuan Yew

以深切的同理心和共情力解读历史 历史只有在理解的基础上，才能生发出真正的同情。作者长期关注制度中的人，所以她非常重视从“理解之同情”的角度解读帝制时期的制度与政治文化，以此带领读者看懂并理解历史上的有为与无奈。这样，读者才能深入体察与明白古人之所想、所为，激发出真正的同情心与同理心。 4

Ocean Vuong returns with a bighearted novel about chosen family

第一次是在17岁的冬天，她感觉自己的舌头和手中发射出的句子像白色蜘蛛网一样把自己捆住，非常羞耻。每一个词语都能被她清楚听见也能读懂，但她无法张开嘴发出声来。让失去语言的她的嘴唇再次颤抖的是陌生的外语——一个法语单词。

claim him as her own

At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China Lujin Lee Kuan YewWinner of the Baifang Schell Book Prize 2025 Orwell Prize Finalist One of The Washington Posts 50 Notable Nonfiction Books of 2024 A sprawling, complex morality tale, sweeping us along. The Wall Street Journal In telling this personal story about family memory, exile and return, the book also takes in the breadth of [Chinas] evolution during the 20th century. The Washington Post This books power comes from Wongs broad sense of the patterns of Chinese