Oracle Bones A Journey Through Time in China

Name: Oracle Bones A Journey Through Time in China
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ISBN: 9780060826598

ISBN-10: 0060826592

ISBN-13: 9780060826598

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Authors: Peter Hessler

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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.

Book details

List price: $18.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 5/8/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 1.19" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Peter Hessler is a correspondent for the New Yorker and a contributor to National Geographic. He is the author of ORACLE BONES and RIVER TOWN, which won the 2001 Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize. In 2011 he was awarded a MacArthur Foundation 'genius grant'. Born in Columbia, Missouri, he now lives in Cairo with his wife and daughters.



Author's Note






The Underground City



The Middleman



The Written World



The Voice of America



The Broken Bridge



The Wall



The Overnight City






Starch



Hollywood



The Voice of the Turtle



At Night You're Not Lonely



Immigration



The Courtyard



The Bronze Head



Anniversary



Sichuanese






The Book



Asylum



The Uncracked Bone



The Games



Sand



The Word



Translation



Flags



Straight to Video



The Horse



Wonton Western



Election






Chinatown



The Criticism



State Visit



The Lost Alphabets



Encapsulate Prime



The Misprinted Character



Patton's Tomb



The Sold Words



Tea


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Index