Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present [Idioma Inglés] - Tapa dura

"An extraordinary, genre-defying book. . . . Beautifully constructed. . . . Hessler's reportage is vivid."--Nigel Richardson, The Daily Telegraph

"Insightful. . . . Hessler is a wry and witty writer who manages to bring humor even to tense situations."--Christian Science Monitor

"Engaging. . . . Acutely observed, moving, frequently funny and a perspicacious X-ray of China's zeitgeist."--South China Morning Post

"Hessler has written a fascinating and frequently moving account of life in modern China."--Booklist

"A remarkable travelogue documenting aspects of a country still little understood."--Kirkus (starred review)

"Wonderful. . . . Intimate. . . . The book reads like a really good novel."--Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Everyone in the Western world should read this book."--Publishers Weekly, (starred review)

"A brilliant observer with a novelist's ear for character and dialogue, Hessler is both fascinating and funny."--Entertainment Weekly

Chronicles the author's 7,000-mile drive across northern China, following the Great Wall, during which he investigated a historically important rural region being abandoned as young people migrate to jobs in the southeast; his five-year stay in a small farming village; and his three years of research in Lishui, a small city slated to become a major industrial center. 60,000 first printing.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.