Oracle bones : a journey between China and the West
Hessler, Peter, 1969-2006
Book
Telling a story through the lives of ordinary people, the text tracks the author's story along with that of Polat, a trader and member of a forgotten ethnic minority; William Jefferson Foster, who grew up in an illiterate village; migrant factory worker & a scholar of oracle-bone inscriptions.
Main title:
Oracle bones : a journey between China and the West / Peter Hessler.
Author:
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2006.
Collation:
xi, 491 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-467) and index.
ISBN:
9780719564406 (hbk)0719564409 (hbk)
Dewey class:
951
Language:
English
BRN:
79559