Behind the Wall: A Journey Through China

London: Heinemann, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. ISBN: 0-434-77988-1, Previous owner's inscription to the dedication page, 'To Joss, Ruth + Walter - Like the author I dedicated my journey to my dad (+ to my mum too). It was a fleeting encounter with a most complex culture - + from what I experienced, a lot remains unchanged. Enjoy, love, Annie, Dec/98,' and on the first endpaper there is Annie's Journey in pink highlight on the endpage map. It's unclear who Annie was. Minor shelf rubbing, slight corner bumping, jacket flap is price-clipped, very little wear overall. Text is clean. 'Ranging from the Burmese frontier to the Gobi Desert, from the Yellow Sea to the edge of Tibet, the book is a brilliant mosaic of scenes and encounters, written in a lyrical, almost poetic, prose. A tour of a mental hospital in Shanghai, a night in Mao's bed, a visit to a tongue doctor, an evening in a floating fun palace called The Sea Paradise - each moment of Thubron's journey is illuminated by his eye for detail and his gift for communicating and listening to the ordinary people he meets.' 306 pages..