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Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China (P.S.)
by: Peter Hessler

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 951
EAN: 9780060826598
ISBN: 0060826592
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: May 01, 2007
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: May 08, 2007
Studio: Harper Perennial
Sales Rank: 10477

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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.

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- Uncovering China's Past
History may be defined by what has been written and recorded. Peter Hessler shows the truth within those words in his enlightening book, ORACLE BONES: A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME IN CHINA. Not only is the book a travelogue of his excursion abroad, it is a very interesting and progressive observation of East meeting West in a country that has maintained its ancient traditions and cultures amidst the evolution of a booming economy that continues to progress with the rest of the world.

But ORACLE BONES is also a commentary on the people of China and its outlying landscape as well as the parallels that Hessler makes with his own experience living and writing as a journalist in Beijing as well as visiting neighboring city of Nanjing. And as Hessler examines the rich history of a country ... Read More

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- Great reading!
This was great reading! Even though I didn't have a prior interest or knowledge about modern China or Chinese history, I found this book fascinating! The author gives one a window into various people's lives and I find myself caring so much for them. I had to put the book down in order to go to my 9-5 job. However, as soon as I got home, I was back to reading. I look forward to reading more from Peter Hessler, no matter what the subject.

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- my china experience is the same
If you want to read a book about a rapidly changing China, this is it!

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- A Different Side of China
This is an entertaining and informative view of China, past and present, offered by Peter Hessler, a Westerner who taught English there during the latter part of the 20th century, then returned several years later to work as a journalist. In the process, Hessler made friends with a wide range of Chinese, from his students to the owner of a restaurant in a low-rent Beijing neighborhood, to an itinerant truck driver.

His varied roles gave Hessler opportunities to discover the old and the new China, and to capture for his readers the disjointed experiences of many Chinese as their nation made the transition from a failed command-and-control economy to a quasi free market system.

The book is rich with anecdotes that illustrate the absurdity of the old Communist system, ... Read More

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- An Amazing Book
Totally different from his wonderful River Town book, but just as interesting. Peter Hessler, not quite seamlessly, pulls together a bunch of subjects. We hear more about what happened to his students; we learn about his wheeling and dealing Uigher friend who eventually gets to America and remains an optimist despite his trials and tribulations. We learn about the oracle bones and their history. And then, there's the mystery of the scholar Chen Mengjia's death. Most interestingly, we learn more about Mr. Hessler's headline cutting/freelance life in China--after the teaching years. I hope there are more books coming from Peter Hessler.

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