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"Aku tidak tahu kapan New York Bakery dibuka, tapi aku tahu persis kapan toko itu tutup untuk selamanya. Toko itu tutup pada bulan Agustus tahun 1995 karena tidak dapat mengikuti perkembangan zaman seperti toko-toko lain yang pernah ada di jalanan kampung halamanku.alan yang ada di kampung halamanku sekarang tidak lagi sama dengan yang kulihat dulu. Artinya, aku seseorang yang terenggut dari kampung halaman. Pembangunan telah memusnahkan toko-toko kecil itu. Kejadian yang sangat memilukan. Korea tampak begitu gemerlap di mata dunia. Siapa sangka di balik ingar bingar itu tersimpan banyak anomali yang memilukan"

"A tale set against a backdrop of New York City's history from its founding through the September 11 attacks traces the experiences of characters who witness such periods as the Revolutionary War, the city's emergence as a financial giant, and the Gilded Age. As he recounts the intertwining fates of characters rich and poor, black and white, native born and immigrant, the author brings to life the momentous events that shaped New York and America: the Revolutionary War, the emergence of the city as a great trading and financial center, the excesses of the Gilded Age, the explosion of immigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the trials of World War II, the near-demise of New York in the 1970s and its roaring rebirth in the '90s, and the attacks on the World Trade Center. Sprinkled throughout are captivating cameo appearances by historical figures ranging from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln to Babe Ruth"