| Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip Contributor(s): Hessler, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 006180410X ISBN-13: 9780061804106 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | Asia - China |
| Dewey: 303.483 |
| Series: P.S. |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 5.35" W x 8.02" (0.73 lbs) 448 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of The Economist's Best Books of the Year From the bestselling author of Oracle Bones and River Town comes the final book in his award-winning trilogy on the human side of the economic revolution in China. Peter Hessler, whom the Wall Street Journal calls one of the Western world's most thoughtful writers on modern China, deftly illuminates the vast, shifting landscape of a traditionally rural nation that, having once built walls against foreigners, is now building roads and factory towns that look to the outside world. |
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. |
