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The River at the Centre of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time

The River at the Centre of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time

by SimonWinchester (Author)

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    Paperback 1998

    $3.27

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    Hardcover 1997

    $3.27
Synopsis

Simon Winchester undertakes a journey from the mouth of the Yangste River to its source. This is the story of the river, it's cities and their people, built around the author's own journey to discover something of the essence of China and her people, the Yangtse being her soul and center.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 428
 Edition: New Edition
 Publisher: Penguin
Published: 26 Feb 1998
ISBN 10: 0140249125
ISBN 13: 9780140249125
Prizes: Shortlisted for Thomas Cook/Daily Telegraph Travel Book Award 1998.

Media Reviews
Winchester is a storyteller...romantic enough to make us yearn to be there with him. -- The Washington Post
Winchester is an exceptionally engaging guide...at home everywhere, ready for anything, full of gusto, and seemingly omnivorous curiosity. -- The New York Times Book Review
Another home run. -- Los Angeles Times
At one time or another, many of us, I suspect, have wanted to be Simon Winchester, to lead a life that was equal parts Jan Morris and James Bond. -- San Francisco Chronicle
Winchester is an exquisite writer and a deft anecdoteur. --Christopher Buckley
Author Bio
Simon Winchester, who has reported from almost everywhere during an award-winning 20 year career as a Guardian correspondent, now lives in NY. He is the Asia-Pacific Editor for Conde Nast Traveler & contributes to a number of American magazines, as well as the Daily Telegraph, the Spectator and the BBC. His books include: OUTPOSTS: TRAVELS TO THE REMAINS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE; KOREA: A WALK THROUGH THE LAND OF MIRACLES; THE PACIFIC; PACIFIC NIGHTMARE; PRISON DIARY, ARGENTINA.