by Colin Thubron (Author)
Having learned Mandarin, and travelling alone by foot, bicycle and train, Colin Thubron set off on a 10,000 mile journey from Beijing to the borders of Burma. He travelled through the wind-swept wastes of the Gobi desert and finished at the far end of the Great Wall. What Thubron reveals is an astonishing diversity, a land whose still unmeasured resources strain to meet an awesome demand, and an ancient people still reeling from the devastation of the Cultural Revolution.
Format: paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published:
ISBN 10: 0099459329
ISBN 13: 9780099459323
Book Overview: Winner of the Hawthornden Prize and the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award.