Sinopsis Robert Peace was born outside Newark in a ghetto known as "Illtown." His unwed mother worked long hours in the kitchen. His charismatic father was later convicted of a double murder. Peace's intellectual brilliance and hard-won determination earned him a full scholarship to Yale University. At college, while majoring in molecular biophysics and biochemistry, he straddled the world of academia and the world of the street, never revealing his full self in either place. Upon graduation from Yale, he went home to teach at the Catholic high school he'd attended, slid into the drug trade, and was brutally murdered at age thirty. That's the short version of Robert Peace's life. The long version, the complete version, is this remarkable tour de force by Jeff Hobbs, a talented young novelist who was Peace's college roommate. Hobbs attended Peace's funeral, reached out to his friends from both Yale and Newark, and ultimately decided to write this harrowing and beautiful account of his life. Apa arti kematian satu orang yang menghantui dan terlalu dini? Kehidupan Robert Peace tidak direduksi menjadi konstruksi sosiologis yang mudah. Melalui penelitian tanpa henti dan tulisan Hobbs yang luar biasa, kita mempelajari biaya hidup antara dunia tempat lahirnya Perdamaian dan dunia yang memungkinkannya masuk ke dunia yang potensial. Kami melihatnya bekerja, mencintai, gagal, berhasil, memberi kepada orang lain, merawat ibunya, bepergian, dan bermimpi. Kami menyaksikan keputusan yang dia buat untuk dirinya sendiri dan keputusan yang dipaksakan kehidupan kepadanya. Tetapi yang paling penting, kita memahami kompleksitas keberadaannya dan tidak dapat ditarik kembali oleh kehidupan Robert Peace yang mempesona, menghancurkan, dan tak terlupakan. Informasi lain : Panjang : 21 cm Lebar : 13 cm Berat : 0.39 kg Isi : 448 halaman ISBN : 9781476731919 Pengarang : Jeff Hobbs Penerbit : Scribner Terbit : 28 Juli 2015 Bahasa : English Bentuk karya : Bukan fiksi Status : Tidak Aktif