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    Title
    Oracle Bones
    Subtitle
    A Journey Between China and the West
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Peter Hessler
    Physical properties
    Format: Paperback
    Number of pages: 512
    Width: 130 mm
    Height: 198 mm
    Thickness: 32 mm
    Weight: 360 g
    Audience
    General/trade
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9780719564413
    ISBN 10: 0719564417
    Classifications
    BISAC category code: TRV010000
    BISAC category code: HIS037070
    BISAC category code: HIS008000
    BIC geographical qualifier: 1FPC
    Dewey: 915.1046
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T8.5
    BICMainSubject: WTL
    Illustrations note
    b&w illustrations
    Publisher
    John Murray General Publishing Division
    Imprint name
    John Murray Publishers Ltd
    Publication date
    22 February 2007
    Publication City/Country
    London/GB
    Review quote
    'To come across a Westerner patient enough and tolerant enough to try and understand the immense, exasperating and ultimately lovable entity that is China is always a pleasure. To encounter one that is as literate and sensitive as Peter Hessler is a joy' -- Simon Winchester 'One of the most profoundly original books about China' -- The Economist 20060520 'A swirl of interconnecting stories and histories make up Peter Hessler's extraordinary, genre-defying second book' -- Daily Telegraph 20060520 'Oracle Bones, the much anticipated follow-up to his acclaimed debut, River Town, lays bare a rapidly evolving China through his often bizarre encounters with the engines of its social changes.' -- South China Morning Post 20060528 'Extensive travel around China with occasional flits back home to the U.S., combine with some fascinating speculation on the origins of Chinese civilisation and how the remote past impinges on the present' -- China Review 20060501 'Dip into it ... You will be hooked' -- International Herald Tribune 20060429 'A brilliant tapestry of ancient and modern China' -- Spectator 20060624 'He ranges widely and, in doing so, illustrates how Chinese history accumulates' -- Mick Herron, Geographical Magazine 20060601 'Valuable for its necklace of vignettes - poignant, comic, and weird ' -- Jonathan Mirsky, Literary Review 20060501 '[An] extraordinary survey of contemporary China...really quite unforgettable' -- The Observer 20060820 'If you read one book on Chinese modern culture, read this one' -- Dimsum.co.uk 20060820 'Ingenious ... Stretches back in time as well as criss-crossing present-day China' -- John Dugdale, Guardian 20060820 'Anyone who wants to begin to understand the complexities that are China, and their bitter-sweet and pregnant relationships with the West, should read this idiosyncratic, brilliant book' -- Ross Leckie, The Times 20060820 'An impressive and moving account of the lives of ordinary people' -- Clover Stroud, Sunday Telegraph / Travel 20060820
    Biographical note
    Peter Hessler is a correspondent for The New Yorker and a contributor to National Geographic. He is the author of River Town, published in both hardback and paperback by John Murray and winner of the 2001 Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize. Raised in Columbia, Missouri, he now lives in Beijing.