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Description

Weight	0.353 kg
Dimensions	3.2 × 13.7 × 19.7 cm
by	Peter Hessler
Format	Paperback
Language	English
Pages	512
Publisher	John Murray Press
Year Published	2007-2-22
Imprint	John Murray
Publication City/Country	London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10	0719564417
About The Author	Peter Hessler is a correspondent for the New Yorker and a contributor to National Geographic. He is the author of River Town, winner of the 2001 Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize. Raised in Columbia, Missouri, he now lives in Beijing.
	To come across a Westerner patient enough and tolerant enough to try and understand the immense, exasperating and ultimately lovable entity that is China is always a pleasure. To encounter one that is as literate and sensitive as Peter Hessler is a joy
Other text	From the acclaimed author of River Town comes a rare and authentic portrait – both intimate and epic – of twenty-first century China as it opens its doors to the world