Name: the river at the center of the world,a journey up the yangtze, and back in chinese time
SKU: 1679754
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Author: Simon Winchester
ISBN: 9780312423377

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the river at the center of the world,a journey up the yangtze, and back in chinese time

Type

Physical Book

Author

Simon Winchester

Publisher

Picador

Language

English

Pages

432

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8x14x2 cm

Weight

0.34 kg.

ISBN

0312423373

ISBN13

9780312423377

Edition No.

0002

Synopsis "the river at the center of the world,a journey up the yangtze, and back in chinese time"

A stunning tour of China, its people, and its history. Chosen as one of the best travel books of 1996 by the New York Times Book Review. Rising in the mountains of the Tibetan border, the Yangtze River, the symbolic heart of China pierces 3,900 miles of rugged country before debouching into the oily swells of the East China Sea. Connecting China's heartland cities with the volatile coastal giant, Shanghai, it has also historically connected China to the outside world through its nearly one thousand miles of navigable waters. To travel those waters is to travel back in history, to sense the soul of China, and Simon Winchester takes us along with him as he encounters the essence of China--its history and politics, its geography and climate as well as engage in its culture, and its people in remote and almost inaccessible places. The River at the Center of the World is travel writing at its best: lively, informative, and thoroughly enchanting.

Simon Winchester

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Simon Winchester. The biography of this popular British writer, journalist, and broadcaster is filled with anecdotes: in 1977, The Guardian appointed him as a foreign correspondent in New Delhi, and he drove there from Oxford. While covering the Falklands occupation for The Sunday Times in 1982, he was kidnapped. He has dedicated his life to writing informative books, among which The Professor and the Madman stands out. For his services to journalism and literature, he was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

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