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Capturing the zeitgeist of China at the turn of the century

评论: Oracle Bones

Peter Hessler captures the zeitgeist of China at the turn of the century, with references spanning thousands of years of Chinese history, and stories taking place on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. Ironically, the best account of comtemporary China was written by a foreigner.(0回应)

Paris Mon Coeur

评论: I'll Always Have Paris

I started reading Buchwald's column in the International Harold Tribune (the Trib, as they call it) from the early 90's when I was in college in Shandong. At that time access to foreign media was not easy but I always could read the Trib in one of my American teachers'. After coming to Shanghai f...(2回应)

I read this book twice

评论: Master of the Day of Judgement

The copy I have was given to me by an American friend and teacher more than ten years ago. On the front cover of my copy is a picture named L'Homme a la Guitare, by Tamara de Lempicka. My American friend and teacher said he knew the artist who painted it. 　　 The story is about the quest to ...(0回应)

Interesting in the first half, a bit boring in the second

评论: A Short History of Nearly Everything

This book was given to me as a gift by an American friend. It is the special illustrated edition. I read the first half with great interest, and flipped throught the second half for lack of time, but maybe I was kind of bored. I like the parts about the cosmos, the effort that generations of s...(3回应)