Oracle Bones

<p><strong>Hessler has stepped off the treadmill of events-driven journalism to produce one of the most profoundly original books about China since well since his first book<em> River Town</em>. . . . . Everywhere the book is shot through with sensitivity insight and rollicking good humor too.</strong> --<strong><em>The Economist</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Oracle Bones</em> will firmly establish Mr. Hessler as one of the Western world's most thoughtful writers on modern China. . . . A page-turner with great insight into Chinese society. . . . A richly humanistic portrayal. --<em>Wall Street Journal</em></strong></p><p><strong>The acclaimed author of <em>River Town</em> offers us a rare portrait both intimate and epic of twenty-first century China.</strong></p><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>