The River At The Centre Of The World
The author undertakes a journey from the mouth of the Yangste River to its source. This book presents 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.
The author undertakes a journey from the mouth of the Yangste River to its source. This book presents 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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140249125 (0140249125)
ASIN: 140249125
Publish date: 1998
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 407
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Science,
Culture,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
China
As a travel book, The River at the Center of the World is always engaging. The central conceit of the history part of the book, though, doesn't work as the author contended it would. His initial idea is to start at the mouth of the Yangtze and recent Chinese history, and to work backwards in time as...
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