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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze ISBN: 0719564808 ISBN13: 9780719564802 River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze By: Peter Hessler Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd Format: Paperback Our Price: 7.99 Discount: 20% RRP: 9.99

When Peter Hessler went to China in the late 1990s, he expected to spend a couple of peaceful years teaching English in the town of Fuling on the Yangtze River. But what he experienced - the natural beauty, cultural tension, and complex process of understanding that takes place when one is thrust into a radically different society - surpassed anything he could have imagined. Hessler observes firsthand how major events such as the death of Deng Xiaoping, the return of Hong Kong to the mainland, and the controversial consturction of the Three Gorges Dam have affected even the people of a remote town like Fuling. Poignant, thoughtful and utterly compelling, River Town is an unforgettable portrait of a place caught mid-river in time, much like China itself - a country seeking to understand both what it was and what it will one day become.


Contents:

Part I: downstream
- the city
- Shakespeare with Chinese characteristics
- raise the flag mountain
- running
- the white crane ridge
- the dam
- the Wu River
- opium wars
- white flat mountain
- storm

Part II: summer
- the priest
- Chinese life
- the restaurant owner
- money
- the teacher
- Chinese new year
- the land
- spring again
- the river
- upstream.


Brief Description:

When Peter Hessler went to China in the late 1990s, he expected to spend a couple of peaceful years teaching English in the town of Fuling on the Yangtze River. But what he experienced - the natural beauty, cultural tension, and more - surpassed anything he could have imagined. This book presents a portrait of this place, caught mid-river in time.

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