KARL TARO GREENFELD

À Tribeca, ce célèbre quartier de Manhattan, où ont afflué jeunes bourgeois argentés et pseudo-bohèmes, un groupe dhommes se retrouve tous les matins pour prendre le petit déjeuner, après avoir dépos

Was the 2003 SARS outbreak a warning of deadly epidemics to come? Acclaimed author and journalist Karl Taro Greenfeld was on the spot when the disease was discovered. His taut, thriller-like account tells the compelling story of a lethal microbe that learnt to jump between species - from animal to human - with brutal efficiency, killing a large number of its victims and terrifying millions around the world. China Syndrome takes us on a gripping ride from the bedside of one of the first Chinese victims, via cutting-edge labs where the researchers race to identify the new illness, to conference rooms at the World Health Organization as officials desperately try to determine the true extent of the epidemic - despite a scandalous cover-up by the Chinese government. As Greenfeld reveals, the outbreak of SARS - and, now, the convergence of a deadly strain of Avian Flu - is part of a pattern of evidence suggesting that the next pandemic will also emerge from Asia. It could be more virulent and difficult to contain than anything we''ve ever encountered. And it''s long overdue. Is humanity ready?

China Syndrome is a fast-moving, truth-is-stranger-than-fiction thriller that doubles as an excellent primer of emerging infections for scientists and laypeople alike. But thats not all. For readers more captivated by world politics than by microbiology, its chief strength, beyond the superb writing, is a detailed look at Chinas culture of secrecy in the throes of a global public health crisis. Los Angeles TimesWhen the SARS virus broke out in China in January 2003, Karl Taro Greenfeld was the editor of Time Asia in Hong Kong, just a few miles from the epicenter of the outbreak. After vague, initial reports of terrified Chinese boiling vinegar to "purify" the air, Greenfeld and his staff soon found themselves immersed in the story of a lifetime.Deftly tracking a mysterious viral killer from the bedside of one of the first victims to Chinas overwhelmed hospital wardsfrom cutting-edge labs where researchers struggle to identify the virus to the war rooms at the World Health Organization headquarters in GenevaChina Syndrome takes readers on a gripping ride that blows through the Chinese governments effort to cover up the disease . . . and sounds a clarion call warning of a catastrophe to come: a great viral storm potentially more deadly than any respiratory disease since the influenza of 1918.A Firsthand Account: Follow Karl Taro Greenfeld, then editor of Time Asia, as he and his staff go from reporting on vinegar-boiling rumors to covering the 21st centurys first great public health crisis from its epicenter in Hong Kong. A Culture of Secrecy: Go inside Chinas desperate effort to conceal the outbreak, a cover-up that allowed the virus to spread across the globe and put the entire world at risk. The Scientific Detective Story: From overwhelmed hospital wards to cutting-edge labs in Geneva and Atlanta, witness the global race by top scientists at the WHO and CDC to identify the mysterious new coronavirus before its too late. A Prophetic Warning: Understand why the SARS epidemic was not a one-time event, but a dress rehearsal for a future viral storm that could be even more catastrophic.

I was twenty-three and I had set off for Asia to become a writer, intrigued by lurid tales of booms, busts, drugs, sex, violence, magic. There was a wicked sorcery in Asia, in the economic profligacy of the early nineties, in the way financiers and businessmen took a rapidly wiring and developing continent and looted billions, like a titanic parlor trick converting all that wealth into abandoned office complexes and half-completed shopping malls. . . . I wanted it allthe money, the sex, the drugs. And to this day I believe that if I am honest with myself, despite all I have learned the hard way over the past decade, I would still want it all again, the fucking and the getting loaded and the scheming to get enough money to pay for that life.In the late 1980s, not long out of college, Karl Taro Greenfeld found himself stranded in New York, a failed writer before his career had even begun. His Jewish-American father angrily cut off support; his Japanese mother suggested he go to Japan to teach English. He did, accepting a job with no more promise than hed had before. But he stayed in Asia for the next several years, working his way through a series of journalistic posts, watching a culture erupt before his eyes and facing his own demons. Through a series of vividly imagistic stories that range from the rigidly journalistic to the deeply intimate, Standard Deviations recounts Greenfelds experiencesboth professional and personalduring Asias wild ride at the end of the twentieth century. Whether drinking Japanese cough syrup to get high with other Western expatriates, visiting a free-sex ashram in Bombay, or watching a former high school pal self-destruct as an equity analyst in Jakarta, Greenfeld evokes the spirit of a continent in flux at an explosive bubble economys endand a man confronting his own identity and aspirations.Raunchy, insightful, eloquent and moving, Standard Deviations is an uncompromising work of cultural observation and self-exploration.

Pitch-perfect, dry, and smart, this is a vivid portrait of New York, our lives, our loves, and our hearts. Susan Orlean, author of Rin Tin Tin and The Orchid ThiefI loved Triburbia, loved dropping in on these wonderful characters with their outsized appetites and ambitions, the lithe and lively prose, the way the book swirls in and out of these lives and maps perfectly a place and a moment in time. Most of all, though, I loved Karl Taro Greenfelds deft satirical touch, the searing empathy with which he offers up his privileged, damaged people to the world. Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins Karl Taro Greenfeld, author of the acclaimed memoir Boy Alone, delivers a remarkable first novel about a group of families in a fashionable Manhattan neighborhood wrestling with the dark realities of their lives.Thrown together by circumstance, six fathersa sound engineer, a sculptor, a film producer, a chef, a memoirist, a gangstermeet each morning at a local Tribeca coffee shop after walking their children to their exclusive school. Over the course of a single school year, we are privy to their secrets, passions, and hopes, and learn of their dreams deferred as they confront harsh realities about ambition, wealth, and sex. And we meet their wives and children, who together with these men are discovering the hard truths and welcome surprises that accompany family, marriage, and real estate at midlife.Fascinatingly layered and multidimensional, these linked stories, arranged like puzzle pieces, create a powerful portrait of unlikely friends and their neighborhood in transition. Striking chords that range from haunting and heartbreaking to darkly funny and deeply poignant, Triburbia marks the start of a brilliant literary career.

Boy Alone unlocks the heart and lets the emotions pour out: grief, despair, anger, love, devotion and wonder. Whether you are a parent or a sibling of someone with autism or just looking in from the outside through this rarely opened window into the complex life of a family coping with autism, you will never forget this book. Portia Iversen, Co-Founder of Cure Autism Now Foundation and author of Strange SonA Washington Post Book World Best Book of the YearIn this literary tour de force, Karl Taro Greenfield, acclaimed journalist and author of China Syndrome, tells the story of his life growing up with his brother, chronicling the hopes, dreams, and realities of life with an autistic sibling.Karl Taro Greenfeld knew from an early age that his little brother, Noah, was not like other children. He was unable to communicate verbally or tie his shoes, and despite his angelic demeanor was prone to violent outbursts. No doctor, social worker, or specialist could pinpoint what was wrong with Noah beyond a general diagnosis: autism. The boys parents dedicated their lives to caring for their younger sona challenging, often painful experience that their father detailed in a bestselling trilogy of books.Boy Alone is Karl Taro Greenfelds unforgettable memoir of growing up in Noahs shadow, revealing the complex mix of rage, confusion, and love that defined the authors childhooda beautiful, haunting, and wholly original exploration of what it means to be a family, a brother, a person.What is it like to be the "normal" brother, forever defined by the one who is not?A Brothers Memoir: Karl Taro Greenfeld steps out of his brother Noahs shadow to tell his own storyone of rage, confusion, and profound love. Life with an Autistic Sibling: A deeply honest look at the daily realities of growing up with a nonverbal brother, and the complex bond that forms in the silence. A Famous Familys Private Story: Go beyond the bestselling books written by the authors father and discover the raw, untold side of a familys journey with autism. Literary Nonfiction: Hailed as a Washington Post Book World Best Book of the Year, this is a beautifully written, unforgettable exploration of what it means to be a brother.

This foray into the often violent subcultures of Japan dramatically debunks the Western perception of a seemingly controlled and orderly society.