| Autor: | Hessler, Peter |
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| ISBN: | 9780060195441 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Harper Collins (US) |
| Veröffentlicht: | 23.01.2001 |
| Untertitel: | Two Years On The Yangtze |
| Schlagworte: | ART: Study & Teaching ASIAN & ASIAN AMERICAN: CHINA: MEMOIR COMPOSITION & WRITING: MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE: GLOBAL ISSUES FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE: MEMOIR WORLD VIEWS HISTORY: Asia / China HISTORY: Historical Geography POLITICAL SCIENCE: World / Asian TRAVEL: Asia / East / China TRAVEL: Essays & Travelogues TRAVEL: General |
Peter Hessler is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he served as the Beijing correspondent from 2000 to 2007, and is also a contributing writer for National Geographic. He is the author of River Town, which won the Kiriyama Prize; Oracle Bones, which was a finalist for the National Book Award; and, most recently, Country Driving. He won the 2008 National Magazine Award for excellence in reporting, and he was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2011. He lives in Cairo.