Behind the Wall: A Journey Through China - Softcover

Thubron, Colin

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9780140109917: Behind the Wall: A Journey Through China

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140109919 ISBN 13: 9780140109917

Publisher: Penguin, 1989

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This travel book describes the author's experiences throughout his journey in China and is written by the author of "Among the Russians", a popular travel book about Thubron's trip to Russia.

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Review:

"An achievement of great and lasting brilliance" (Patrick Leigh Fermor)

"This transcendentally gifted writer is, of course, one of the two or three best living travel writers" (Independent)

"A travel book which tells us more about this strange, sometimes terrible region and its people than a library of more pretentious works" (Literary Review)

"An intrepid traveller, who also writes beautifully, with wit and erudition... The result is a rare first-hand account of a country seen through the eyes of one who has experienced what he describes and who is in a position to understand what he sees... He penetrates where most would believe it is impossible for a foreigner to go" (Spectator)

Book Description:

Winner of the Hawthornden Prize and the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award.

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