num_pages: 181
description: A young American engineer sent to China to inspect the unruly Yangtze River travels up through the river's gorges searching for dam sites. Pulled on a junk hauled by forty-odd trackers, he is carried, too, into the settled, ancient way of life of the people of the Yangtze -- until the interplay of his life with theirs comes to a dramatic climax.
language: English
title: A Single Pebble
titlecomplete: A Single Pebble
genres: China, Classics, Travel, Asia, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 545
places: China, Yangtze River
awards: awardedAt: -410198400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Vintage