Chinese Characters: Profiles of Fast-Changing Lives in a Fast-Changing Land by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Angilee Shah, Xujun Eberlein, Pankaj Mishra

Chinese Characters: Profiles of Fast-Changing Lives in a Fast-Changing Land

Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Angilee Shah, Xujun Eberlein, Pankaj Mishra

244 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography informative reflective medium-paced
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An artist paints landscapes of faraway places that she cannot identify in order to find her place in the global economy. A migrant worker sorts recyclables and thinks deeply about the soul of his country, while a Taoist mystic struggles to keep hi...

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