Oracle Bones

<p>A century ago outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In <em>Oracle Bones</em> Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world through the lives of a handful of ordinary people. In a narrative that gracefully moves between the ancient and the present the East and the West Hessler captures the soul of a country that is undergoing a momentous change before our eyes. </p>