Country driving
Subtitle: a Chinese road trip
By: Peter Hessler
Edition: Pbk. ed.
Publisher: Cannogate
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 550
ISBN-13: 9781847674371
Subjects: Description and travel; Automotive Transportation
Description: In this penetrating narrative account, Hessler investigates China's lurch into modernity as he survives the advent of the nation's uniquely terrifying car culture, probes the transformation of village life, and explores China's frantic industrialization.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.