Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Hessler, Peter

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ISBN 10: 0060826592 ISBN 13: 9780060826598

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2007

Riassunto

An American journalist living in Beijing offers an intriguing odyssey through twenty-first-century China as seen through the eyes of a handful of ordinary people, including Polat, a member of an ethnic minority seeking freedom in the U.S.; Anne, a migrant factory worker; and Chen Mengjia, a scholar of oracle bone inscriptions. Reprint.

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Recensione:

“A remarkable travelogue documenting aspects of a country still little understood.” (Kirkus (starred review))

“Everyone in the Western world should read this book.” (Publishers Weekly, (starred review))

“Hessler has written a fascinating and frequently moving account of life in modern China.” (Booklist)

“A brilliant observer with a novelist’s ear for character and dialogue, Hessler is both fascinating and funny.” (Entertainment Weekly)

“Wonderful. . . . Intimate. . . . The book reads like a really good novel.” (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

“Insightful. . . . Hessler is a wry and witty writer who manages to bring humor even to tense situations.” (Christian Science Monitor)

“Engaging. . . . Acutely observed, moving, frequently funny and a perspicacious X-ray of China’s zeitgeist.” (South China Morning Post)

“An extraordinary, genre-defying book. . . . Beautifully constructed. . . . Hessler’s reportage is vivid.” (Nigel Richardson, The Daily Telegraph)

L'autore:

Peter Hessler is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he served as the Beijing correspondent from 2000 to 2007, and is also a contributing writer for National Geographic. He is the author of River Town, which won the Kiriyama Prize; Oracle Bones, which was a finalist for the National Book Award; and, most recently, Country Driving. He won the 2008 National Magazine Award for excellence in reporting, and he was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2011. He lives in Cairo.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0060826592
• ISBN 13: 9780060826598
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 507