River town
Subtitle: two years on the Yangtze
By: Peter Hessler
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9780060195441
Subjects: Travel; Peace Corps; Description and travel
Description: Records the author's experiences as a Peace Corps English teacher in the small Chinese city of Fuling, during which time he witnessed such events as the death of Deng Xiaoping, the return of Hong Kong to the mainland, and the construction of the Three Gorges Dam.
Table of contents: title: PART I: Downstream; title: The city; title: Shakespeare with Chinese characteristics; title: Raise the Flag Mountain; title: Running; title: The White Crane Ridge; title: The dam; title: The Wu River; title: Opium Wars; title: White Flat Mountain; title: Storm; title: PART II: Summer; title: The priest; title: Chinese life; title: The restaurant owner; title: Money; title: The teacher; title: Chinese New Year; title: The land; title: Spring again; title: The river; title: Upstream.