Oracle Bones
Book description
Peter Hessler's previous book River Town was a prize-winning, poignant and deeply compelling portrait of China. Now, in Oracle Bones, Hessler returns to the country, excavating its long history and immersing himself in the lives of young Chinese as they migrate from the traditional Chinese countryside to the booming ever-changing…
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This is the second book by Peter Hessler that I have read (River Town was the first). Having visited China several times since the 1980s, when the country was first open to visitors from the West to my more recent trips, I have seen so much change. What I like about this book is how Hessler, a reporter who has lived and taught English in China, tries to describe and explain these changes.
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Not long ago outsiders viewed China as a 5000-year-old country where nothing ever changed. Today, China has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Hessler explores the human side of that transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world through the lives of a handful of ordinary people.
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