
| ‘To come across a Westerner Patient enough and tolerant enough to try to understand the immense,exasperating and ultimately lovable entity that is China is always a pleasure.To encounter one who is as literate and sensitive as Peter Hessler is a joy. This tender,intelligent account of two years spent teaching deep in the country’s heart is the work of a writer of rare talent:it deserves to become a classic. SIMON WINCHESTER ‘Written with great clarity and affection,river town should be read by anyone with any interest in finding the Chinese less inscrutable.’ The Times |
| Author's Note·ix PART I ONE:Downstream The City TWO:Shakespeare with Chinese Characteristics Raise the Flag Mountain THREE:Running The White Crane Ridge FOUR:The Dam The Wu River FIVE:Opium Wars White Flat Mountain SIX:Storm PART II SEVEN:Summre The PRiest EIGHT:Chinese Life The Restaurant Owner NINE:Money The Teacher TEN:Chinese New Year The Land ELEVEN:Spring Again The River TWELVE:Upstream Acknowledgments |
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