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.
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.