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Searching for Billie: A Journalist's Quest to Understand His Mother's Past Leads Him to Discover a Vanished China Yijiachuban 「儘管我們之間一直有這種成長的『拔河』,母親卻仍然以一種安靜的、潛移默化的方式,把我教育成了一個,用她的語言來說,『像一株小樹一樣正直』的人。……今天我能夠理解了:她對我一方面極其嚴格,督促我努力學習、認真做事,一方面卻又極其講究自由尊重和理性思考。」──華安(安德烈)

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「儘管我們之間一直有這種成長的『拔河』,母親卻仍然以一種安靜的、潛移默化的方式,把我教育成了一個,用她的語言來說,『像一株小樹一樣正直』的人。……今天我能夠理解了:她對我一方面極其嚴格,督促我努力學習、認真做事,一方面卻又極其講究自由尊重和理性思考。」──華安(安德烈)

奥尔特加无疑是20世纪上半叶最伟大的哲学散文家,而且很可能是为数不多的真正具有开创性的思想家之一。

She examines the historical forces that have led to the current political climate

你一生走过 成千上万条街道; 一路上你看见 无数把你遗忘的面孔, 眼睛向你示意, 心灵发出共鸣; 你终于找到了, 但只有短短的几秒钟…… 一双陌生的眼睛,一道短促的目光, 眉毛,瞳孔,睫毛-- 那曾经是什么?没有人能让时光倒转…… 结束了,流逝了,一去不返。 ——库尔特•图霍尔斯基《大城市里的眼睛》

从历史中读出教训和警戒,并不是一件愉快的事情,却是治史者良心和良知的体现。仅此一条,便构成推荐本书的充分理由。

Searching for Billie: A Journalist's Quest to Understand His Mother's Past Leads Him to Discover a Vanished China Yijiachuban 「儘管我們之間一直有這種成長的『拔河』,母親卻仍然以一種安靜的、潛移默化的方式,把我教育成了一個,用她的語言來說,『像一株小樹一樣正直』的人。……今天我能夠理解了:她對我一方面極其嚴格,督促我努力學習、認真做事,一方面卻又極其講究自由尊重和理性思考。」──華安(安德烈)Ian Gill's first visit to Hong Kong takes an unexpected turn when he meets his Chinese mother Billie's friends, colleagues and fellow ex prisoners of war, lifting the veil on a tumultuous past in Shanghai and Hong Kong. He moves to Asia and unravels her intriguing journey: from controversial adoption by an English postmaster in Changsha to popular radio broadcaster in wartime Shanghai, from tragedy and a doomed romance in a Japanese internment camp to

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