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Other Rivers: A Chinese Education

Other Rivers: A Chinese Education

Name: Other Rivers: A Chinese Education
ISBN: 9780593655344

Peter Hessler

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An intimate and revelatory account of two generations of students in China’s heartland, by an author who has observed the country’s tumultuous changes over the past quarter century
More than two decades after teaching English during the early part of China’s economic boom, an experience chronicled in his book River Town, Peter Hessler returned to Sichuan Province to instruct students from the next generation. At the same time, Hessler and his wife enrolled their twin daughters in a local state-run elementary school, where they were the only Westerners. Over the years, Hessler had kept in close contact with many of the people he had taught in the 1990s. By reconnecting with these individuals—members of China’s “Reform generation,” now in their forties—while teaching current undergrads, Hessler gained a unique perspective on China’s incredible transformation.
In 1996, when Hessler arrived in China, almost all...

Kategorije:

Languages - English as a Foreign Language & Reference

Godina:

2024

Izdavač:

Penguin Publishing Group

Jezik:

english

Strane:

464

ISBN 10:

0593655346