![]() ![]() Booklist A brilliant observer with a novelists ear for character and dialogue, Hessler is both fascinating and funny. Publishers Weekly, (starred review) Hessler has written a fascinating and frequently moving account of life in modern China. Kirkus (starred review) Everyone in the Western world should read this book. ![]() Review Quotes A remarkable travelogue documenting aspects of a country still little understood. ![]() 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. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of Chinas transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world through the lives of a handful of ordinary people. Today the country has be one of the most dynamic regions on earth. Book Synopsis A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Hessler tells the story of this modern-day country and its growing links to the Western world as seen through the lives of a handful of ordinary people. About the Book The acclaimed author of River Town offers a rare portrait of 21st-century China. ![]()
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