Oracle Bones A Journey Between China's Past and Present

Name: Oracle Bones A Journey Between China's Past and Present
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ISBN: 9780060826581

ISBN-10: 0060826584

ISBN-13: 9780060826581

Edition: 2006

Authors: Peter Hessler

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From the acclaimed author of River Town comes a rare portrait, both intimate and epic, of twenty-first-century China as it opens its doors to the outside world. A century ago, outsiders saw Chinaas a place where nothing ever changes. Today the coun-try has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. That sense of time -- the contrast between past and present, and the rhythms that emerge in a vast, ever-evolving country -- is brilliantly illuminated by Peter Hessler in Oracle Bones, a book that explores the human side of China's transformation. Hessler tells the story of modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world as seen through the lives of a handful of…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/25/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 512
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.496
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.



Artifact a : the underground city



The middleman


Artifact B : the written world



The voice of America



The broken bridge


Artifact C: the wall



The overnight city



Starch



Hollywood


Artifact D : the voice of the turtle



At night you're not lonely



Immigration



The courtyard


Artifact E : the bronze head



Anniversary



Sichuanese


Artifact F : the book



Asylum


Artifact G : the uncracked bone



The games



Sand


Artifact H : the word



Translation



Flags



Straight to video


Artifact I : the horse



Wonton western



Election



Chinatown


Artifact J : the criticism



State visit


Artifact K : the lost alphabets



Encapsulate prime


Artifact L : the misprinted character



Patton's tomb


Artifact Z : the sold words



Tea