Front cover image for River town : two years on the Yangtze

River town : two years on the Yangtze

Peter Hessler tries to understand and capture the spirit of the immense, exasperating and ultimately lovable entity that is China.
Print Book, English, 2001
John Murray, London, 2001
402 p. ; 18 cm
9780719564802, 0719564808
804800805
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.