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OverviewSimon Winchester undertakes a journey from the mouth of the Yangste River to its source. This is 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Simon WinchesterPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.314kg ISBN: 9780140249125ISBN 10: 0140249125 Pages: 448 Publication Date: 26 February 1998 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsThe plan; the mouth, open wide; the city without a past; the first reach; city of victims; rising waters; crushed, torn and curled; swimming; a new great wall; the shipmasters' guide; the foothills; the garden country of Joseph Rock; the river wild; harder than the road to heaven; headwaters.ReviewsWinchester is a storyteller...romantic enough to make us yearn to be there with him. -- The Washington Post <br> Winchester is an exceptionally engaging guide...at home everywhere, ready for anything, full of gusto, and seemingly omnivorous curiosity. -- The New York Times Book Review <br> Another home run. -- Los Angeles Times <br> At one time or another, many of us, I suspect, have wanted to be Simon Winchester, to lead a life that was equal parts Jan Morris and James Bond. -- San Francisco Chronicle <br> Winchester is an exquisite writer and a deft anecdoteur. --Christopher Buckley<br> """Winchester is a storyteller...romantic enough to make us yearn to be there with him."" --""The Washington Post"" ""Winchester is an exceptionally engaging guide...at home everywhere, ready for anything, full of gusto, and seemingly omnivorous curiosity."" --""The New York Times Book Review"" ""Another home run."" --""Los Angeles Times"" ""At one time or another, many of us, I suspect, have wanted to be Simon Winchester, to lead a life that was equal parts Jan Morris and James Bond."" --""San Francisco Chronicle"" ""Winchester is an exquisite writer and a deft anecdoteur."" --Christopher Buckley" Winchester has been fascinated by the Yangtze River for years, since he first lived in Hong Kong in the 1980s, but it was an immense ink-and-pastel realization of the course of the Yangtze, a picture said to contain every element of the river, that inspired him to begin his own journey. Known as the 'river at the centre of the world' and until recently off-limits to foreigners, it is even now difficult because of the terrain. Undeterred, Winchester and a companion set off to follow the river from where it enters the East China Sea, near Shanghai, to its disputed source in Tibet. Travelling unofficially, relying on the hospitality of the local people, Winchester finally reached the headwaters of the river, thanks in great part to his guide, the indefatigable Lily. His 3900 miles of journeying provide an unsurpassed portrait of a country struggling to come to terms with 20th-century Western culture, its own imperial past and its status as a communist country. (Kirkus UK) Author InformationSimon Winchester, who has reported from almost everywhere during an award-winning 20 year career as a Guardian correspondent, now lives in NY. He is the Asia-Pacific Editor for Conde Nast Traveler & contributes to a number of American magazines, as well as the Daily Telegraph, the Spectator and the BBC. His books include: OUTPOSTS: TRAVELS TO THE REMAINS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE; KOREA: A WALK THROUGH THE LAND OF MIRACLES; THE PACIFIC; PACIFIC NIGHTMARE; PRISON DIARY, ARGENTINA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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