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Country Driving

A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory

By Peter Hessler

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“Hessler has a marvelous sense of the intonations and gestures that give life to the moment.” —The New York Times Book Review

From Peter Hessler, the New York Times bestselling author of Oracle Bones and River Town, comes Country Driving, the third and final book in his award-winning China trilogy. Country Driving addresses the human side of the economic revolution in China, focusing on economics and development, and shows how the auto boom helps China shift from rural to urban, from farming to business.

ISBN: 9780061804090
Imprint: Harper
On Sale: Feb 9, 2010
List price: $35.99
No of pages: 448
Trim Size: 6.250 in (w) x 9.250 in (h) x 1.440 in (d)
BISAC 1: TRAVEL / Asia / East / China
BISAC 2: HISTORY / Asia / China
BISAC 3: POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian
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Peter Hessler

Biography

Peter Hessler is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he served as the Beijing correspondent from 2000 to 2007, and is also a contributing writer for National Geographic. He is the author of River Town, which won the Kiriyama Prize; Oracle Bones, which was a finalist for the National Book Award; and, most recently, Country Driving. He won the 2008 National Magazine Award for excellence in reporting, and he was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2011. He lives in Cairo.

“Hessler has a marvelous sense of the intonations and gestures that give life to the moment.” —The New York Times Book Review

From Peter Hessler, the New York Times bestselling author of Oracle Bones and River Town, comes Country Driving, the third and final book in his award-winning China trilogy. Country Driving addresses the human side of the economic revolution in China, focusing on economics and development, and shows how the auto boom helps China shift from rural to urban, from farming to business.

ISBN: 9780061804090
Imprint: Harper
On Sale: Feb 9, 2010
List price: $35.99
No of pages: 448
Trim Size: 6.250 in (w) x 9.250 in (h) x 1.440 in (d)
BISAC 1: TRAVEL / Asia / East / China
BISAC 2: HISTORY / Asia / China
BISAC 3: POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian
BISAC 4:
BISAC 5:
BISAC 6:

Peter Hessler

Biography

Peter Hessler is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he served as the Beijing correspondent from 2000 to 2007, and is also a contributing writer for National Geographic. He is the author of River Town, which won the Kiriyama Prize; Oracle Bones, which was a finalist for the National Book Award; and, most recently, Country Driving. He won the 2008 National Magazine Award for excellence in reporting, and he was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2011. He lives in Cairo.