{"product_id":"river-town-two-years-on-the-yangtze-9780060855024","title":"River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Kiriyama Book Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the heart of China's Sichuan province, amid the terraced hills of the Yangtze River valley, lies the remote town of Fuling. Like many other small cities in this ever-evolving country, Fuling is heading down a new path of change and growth, which came into remarkably sharp focus when Peter Hessler arrived as a Peace Corps volunteer, marking the first time in more than half a century that the city had an American resident. Hessler taught English and American literature at the local college, but it was his students who taught him about the complex processes of understanding that take place when one is immersed in a radically different society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoignant, thoughtful, funny, and enormously compelling, \u003cem\u003eRiver Town\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable portrait of a city that is seeking to understand both what it was and what it someday will be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Hessler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.32w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060855024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHessler, Peter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Hessler is a staff writer at \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, where he served as the Beijing correspondent from 2000 to 2007, and is also a contributing writer for \u003cem\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the author of\u003cem\u003e River Town\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Kiriyama Prize; \u003cem\u003eOracle Bones\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Award; and, most recently, \u003cem\u003eCountry Driving\u003c\/em\u003e. He won the 2008 National Magazine Award for excellence in reporting, and he was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2011. He lives in Cairo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43110561316979,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":22.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ef735981-d2ed-4f6c-89a5-1baec75c8822.jpg?v=1748979522","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/river-town-two-years-on-the-yangtze-9780060855024","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}