2009 film by Mona Achache

这本书是作者过去几年给一些期刊报纸写的专栏文章结集，其中主要是给《南方人物周刊》的文章。全书中以讲故事的形式，把“美国的民主”这样一个概念性的东西拆解成点点滴滴的事件、政策和人物去描述。

Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom rediscovers his true passions in life.