| Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China Contributor(s): Hessler, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060826592 ISBN-13: 9780060826598 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: The acclaimed author of "River Town" offers a rare portrait of 21st-century China. Hessler tells the story of this modern-day country and its growing links to the Western world as seen through the lives of a handful of ordinary people. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Asia - China - Travel | Essays & Travelogues |
| Dewey: 951 |
| Series: P.S. |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.90 lbs) 528 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
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| Publisher Description: A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world through the lives of a handful of ordinary people. In a narrative that gracefully moves between the ancient and the present, the East and the West, Hessler captures the soul of a country that is undergoing a momentous change before our eyes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hessler, Peter: - 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. |
