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Item Details
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BOXING WITH SHADOWS
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| By: |
Brian Johnston |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£19.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0522853307 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780522853308 |
| Publisher: |
MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 December, 2006 |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Description: |
The author skilfully evokes contemporary China and the Chinese; his delightful account is peppered with his encounters with the unexpected, including a TV crew, a snake and China's top rock star. He also takes us on a personal journey, revealing the growing sense of loneliness and bewilderment he experienced. |
| Synopsis: |
Brian Johnston was 22 when he travelled to China. In 'Boxing with Shadows', he recreates the incredible two-and-a-half years he spent there. Johnston skilfully evokes contemporary China and the Chinese; his delightful account is peppered with his encounters with the unexpected, including a TV crew, a snake and China's top rock star. He also takes us on a personal journey, revealing the growing sense of loneliness and bewilderment he experienced, and relating how he came to fall in love with this mysterious country. 'Boxing with Shadows' is a rich, delightful and rewarding book. It is also unique in its treatment of ethnic minority groups in China, and in giving a perspective on Chinese politics and society after the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. |
| Illustrations: |
map |
| Publication: |
Australia |
| Imprint: |
Melbourne University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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