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"On the Land of China" Subtitle: Travel Notes by Train Author: [US] Paul Theroux Douban Top 20 Popular Travel Literature
"On the Land of China" Subtitle: Travel Notes by Train Author: [US] Paul Theroux Douban Top 20 Popular Travel Literature
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Introduction · · · · · ·
Introduction
In 1986, Paul Theroux came to China again after six years.
He visited not only bustling cities like Beijing and Shanghai, but also border areas like Langxiang in Heilongjiang and Turpan in Xinjiang. He walked across China and chatted with all kinds of people, including young people practicing speaking in the English corner of Shanghai People's Park, students who wanted to do import and export business, and intellectuals who had just experienced a catastrophe... He used a sharp and humorous tone to constantly complain along the way, but also used a calm and rational perspective to analyze the character of the Chinese people and discover the daily life and ideological changes of the Chinese people under the changing times.
Since the 1980s, we have experienced tremendous changes, but our current swings and difficulties seem familiar.
Editor's Recommendations
★ A classic work by Paul Theroux, the "Godfather of Modern Travel Literature", winner of the Thomas Cook Travel Literature Award
★ A pioneer who influenced a generation of travel writers such as He Wei, and a foreigner who wrote about contemporary China before "Jiang Cheng"
★ 22 train routes spanning the east, west, south and north, a year-long in-depth journey to observe the thousands of landscapes on the land of China
★ The legendary 1980s, capturing the development trajectory of the times in the lives of ordinary Chinese people
★ Calm analysis and sarcastic comments, follow the sharp and humorous poisonous-tongued writer to discover the collective character of the Chinese people and the changes of the times
Awards
Thomas Cook Travel Literature Award 1989
Recommendation
He is a great reporter who always asks the questions on your mind… He has the gift of an artist who can turn the ordinary into something magical.
——The Independent
"On the Land of China" records Paul Theroux's one-year travel experience in China. He was extremely sharp-tongued during the trip... Out of strong curiosity, he kept chatting up strangers, such as Mr. Fang, a melancholy man, and mountaineer Chris Bonington. But most importantly, this book also allows us to get to know the author better - if you want to travel around the world without leaving home, he is your ideal travel companion.
—The Sunday Times
This is not a travelogue, but an in-depth and detailed observation and record of the dramatic changes in China in the mid-1980s. The author can be regarded as a pioneer and master of He Wei. His travels across the east, west, south and north, unique perspectives and calm analysis surpass the vast majority of Chinese people so far.
——Douban user
About the Author · · · · · ·
Paul Theroux (1941- ) is a well-known American travel writer and novelist. After graduating from university in 1963, he went to Malawi and Uganda in Africa to teach. In 1968, he taught at the University of Singapore. In the early 1970s, he moved to the UK with his family. He now lives in the United States and still travels around. Paul Theroux has written many books, and his train travel literature is particularly famous. He has won the British Whitbread Literature Award and the Thomas Cook Travel Literature Award. His representative works include "The Grand Bazaar of Trains", "The Old Patagonia Express", "A Tour Around Britain", etc.
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