num_pages: 407
description: Simon Winchester undertakes a journey from the mouth of the Yangste River to its source. This is the story of the river, it's cities and their people, built around the author's own journey to discover something of the essence of China and her people, the Yangtse being her soul and center.
language: English
title: The River At The Centre Of The World
titlecomplete: The River At The Centre Of The World
genres: History, Biography, Memoir, Asia, Geography, Science, Travel, Cultural, Nonfiction, China
ratings_count: 1740
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Kiriyama Prize
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd