![]() ![]() HarperCollins, 27.99 (438pp) ISBN 978-0-06-180409-0 In his latest feat of penetrating social reportage, New. ![]() Hessler's not just a boon companion through the byways of the far north, a decade of village life and China's raw provincial commercialism he bares the country's heart and soul with grace, humour and rare modesty. Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory Peter Hessler. 'I learned far more about China overnight from Peter Hessler's wonderful book-and far more enjoyably-than from my ten years of journeys there. Despite the boring title, this book was a great introduction to the Chinese people's perspective on their country, through the. ![]() This is the story of a nation modernising at great pace, where factory start-ups are a dime a dozen, and how the ordinary Chinese people are caught up in that modernisation. After researching a bunch of books about The Party, about Xi Jinping and geopolitics, I came across some glowing reviews for Peter Hessler's Country Driving, which presents China in the opposite way: from the bottom-up. From the fortified towns along the Great Wall in the north, to near-inaccessible hilltop towns and the entrepreneurial cities of the south-east, he explores the rapidly changing landscape. Hessler, Beijing correspondent for the New Yorker and contributor to National Geographic, tells the story of his travels through China over the past decade. With eloquence and wit Peter Hessler takes us on the road less travelled, showing us a China rarely glimpsed by outsiders. ![]()
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