Southern Chronicle

Author: Brug
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Sentimental, Stubborn, Tears in Laughter
Brug shows us a more authentic life of ordinary Americans. --The New York Times Book Review
Brug is like being scorched by fire. It reminds me of Melville, of Faulkner. You can feel something in his words. His sentences break your heart. After reading it, I was moved to tears. A masterpiece. --Famous American writer Pat Conroy
"Every inch of this land is sacred. Every hill, every valley, every plain, and every forest has become a place of remembrance because of some sorrow or joy that happened in the long-gone days."
The author was born in the southern Alabama state of the United States in the 1950s. Following the thread of personal growth, this book portrays the inner emotions and life scenes of ordinary Americans with profound feelings, as if watching old cars and listening to country music while guiding readers through a southern town at a slow pace. At the same time, it records the changes in American society over forty years with the sensitivity of a journalist, from cotton fields to metropolises, from the Miami Black Movement to American troops stationed in Haiti. There is no clutter of big history, no glory of big figures—only the laughter and tears, humility and dreams of ordinary people, allowing readers to experience moment after moment of ordinary yet heart-stirring scenes. This book was a bestseller of The New York Times in 1997.