Country Driving
Ratings8
Average rating4.4
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Ratings8
Average rating4.4
In this penetrating narrative account, Hessler investigates China's lurch into modernity as he survives the advent of the nation's uniquely terrifying car culture, probes the transformation of village life, and explores China's frantic industrialization.
Series
3 primary booksChina trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Peter Hessler.
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Hessler is an excellent writer. I enjoyed this book very much, but slightly less than the first two offerings in the trilogy, River Town and Oracle Bones. Still, it's a great introduction to contemporary China and underscored my own experience traveling and working in that country.
I've read and loved Hessler's previous two books about China, but this is by far my favorite.
Hessler really knows China by now and does he ever have stories to tell! Sad stories. Hilarious stories.
