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11. River Town - which was excellent, about a teacher working in Fuling, China. I spent a year teaching there myself, so was interesting to read about someone else's experience.
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4. Sea of Poppies
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6. Behind the veil in Arabia
7. River Town read
8. Tale of a certain Orient read ...
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Before Night Falls by Renaldo Arenas
The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh by Van Gogh
River Town by Peter Hessler
The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski
The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
Black Lamb ... #160: I read Hessler's River Town last year but have not gotten a chance to read Oracle Bones. Thanks for the reminder on that one, Emily. ... been around a couple of years or so. The author is married to another of my favorite writers, Peter Hessler, author of River Town and Oracle Bones. ... say?
Not sure.
27) Short story?
This is hard too. Maybe something by M R James or Murakami.
28) Work of nonfiction?
River Town by Peter Hessler. I'm fascinated by China.
29) Who is your favorite writer?
George Orwell, Eric Newby, Bill Bryson, Paul Theroux, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jane ... ... say?
Not sure.
27) Short story?
This is hard too. Maybe something by M R James or Murakami.
28) Work of nonfiction?
River Town by Peter Hessler. I'm fascinated by China.
29) Who is your favorite writer?
George Orwell, Eric Newby, Bill Bryson, Paul Theroux, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jane ... ... Killing Fields by Haing S Ngor
The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium Gerald Durrell
Norwegian Wood Haruki Murakami
River Town Peter Hessler
The Bonesetter's Daughter Amy Tan
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle
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One Day ... Stasia - I'm so glad to learn about Chinese Lessons, River Town, and China Shakes the World. I've been wanting to read more about China and these all sound like good ones! ... with the Cold War years
424. Chinese Lessons by John Pomfret - nonfiction; I have read both this book and River Town by Peter Hessler this year about young Americans and their experiences in China. Pomfret was in China years before Hessler so it was interesting to see the ... ... on Chinese Lessons by John Pomfret. It is similar to a book I read earlier this year by Peter Hessler called River Town, in that both of them are written by young Americans in China: Pomfret as a college student and Hessler as a Peace Corps volunteer. I just started the Pomfret ... ... I enjoyed this one very much
291. The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton - A good time was had by all
292. River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze River by Peter Hessler - nonfiction; interesting read at a time when I was watching the Beijing Olympics
293. The Bible: A Biogr ... #30 - Hessler is one of my favorite comtemporary writers. I read his River Town:Two Years on the Yangtze some years ago and ever since have kept an eye out for his writing. I believe he has only recently moved back to the US from China, but thru the past few years his work about the ordinary ... ... to my local library and picked up: The Plague of Doves, The Reading Group, Nine Coaches Waiting, Suite Francaise, River Town, and Olive Kitteridge. re: River Townby Peter Hessler: River Town precedes Oracle Bones, and chronicles the author's 2 years (1996-98) as a Peace Corps volunteer English teacher in Fuling, at the convergence of the Yangtze and Wu rivers in Sichuan Province.
It is one of the best, most intelligently observed and ... I haven't read River Town. Is it similar to Oracle Bones? ... and your comments tipped me in favor of reading it. I'm also enjoying Oracle Bones; have you already read Hessler's River Town? ... drug resistant TB in Haiti) are two I would highly recommend. On my nightstand are Opium Season (Afghanistan, again) and River Town (two years on the Yangtze River).
If one can't be well traveled literally, then well written books can pave that road. ... a small error on my part (I joined twice, greedy me). So I received Creative Embellishments which is just beautiful and River Town and Bridge of Birds both set in China. I am so excited, both my Santas picked perfectly! Thank you kbuxton and kathi.
I've been very frrustrated that my local Borders carries River Town by Peter Hessler, but not its "sequel" Oracle Bones: a journey between China's past and present. Their discount coupons are good on store stock only! ... together after being (rather abruptly) let go in a job he thought was secure.
I'm juggling that with another great book: River Town by Peter Hessler - more of a memoir (of his time teaching in a provincial Chinese city) than a work falling into the travel lit/narrative/essay category. Welcome susie9 - I just started River Town myself today! River Town: two years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler - story of an American's two years teaching university English in (relatively) remote China. Barely 10% of the way through, and already I'm looking forward to the sequel: Oracle Bones: a journey between China's past and present. Old Serpent Nile by Stanley Stewart
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River Town: two years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler
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Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain I also enjoy these type of books. River Town is on my tbr list--as soon as I can get it from my daughter. (Gave it to her for Christmas--should have read it myself first; we calll these books ABR in my family--already been read when someone buys a book for a gift and then sneaks a quick read of ... I love River Town! I'm glad to hear that someone else enjoyed it.
All the books I can think of to fit this category are non-fiction. I really liked The Village of Waiting by George Packer, a discotent Peace Corps volunteer in an African village. Rather than trying to write a ... I love River Town! I'm glad that someone else enjoyed it.
All the books I can think of to fit this category are non-fiction. My most recent favorite would have to be This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland by Gretel Ehrlich. Inuit culture is absolutely fascinating and she pulls ... ... Urumqi was powerfully intriguing. I could feel a seed had been planted in my mind. The next Christmas, my sister gave me River Town, Peter Hessler's memoir of teaching English with Peace Corps in China. He wrote beautifully about China, but what really grabbed me were the stories of his ...
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