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One of The Economist's Best Books of the Year From the bestselling author of Oracle Bones and River Town comes the final book in his award-winning trilogy on the human side of the economic revolution in China. Peter Hessler, whom the Wall Street Journal calls "one of the Western world's most thoughtful writers on modern China," deftly illuminates the vast, shifting landscape of a traditionally rural nation that, having once built walls against foreigners, is now building roads and factory towns that look to the outside world. 商品除瑕疵品外，恕不接受退換貨因拍攝略有色差，圖片僅供參考，顏色請以實際收到商品為準

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After living in China for five years, and learning the language, Peter Hessler decided to undertake an even more complicated endeavor: he acquired his Chinese driving licence. An eye-opening challenge, it enabled him to embark on an epic journey driving across this most enigmatic of countries. Over seven years, he travelled to places rarely explored by tourists, into the factories exporting their goods to the world and into the homes of their workers.Full of extraordinary encounters and details of life beyond Beijing, it is an unforgettable, unique portrait of the country that will likely shape all our lives in the century to come.

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「中國觀察」、「報導文學」、「非虛構寫作」殿堂級作家──何偉20年作品合集 ╳ 全新修訂 ╳ 印簽典藏書盒一次收藏★隨書加贈精美書籤（18cm*8cm）四枚★2001年《江城》英文版出版、2006年首度在台灣面世，從《江城》、《甲骨文》、《尋路中國》、《奇石》、《埃及的革命考古學》到《別江》，何偉的作品，是這個時代了解中國、投入報導寫作，勢必要攀爬的崇山，要橫渡的江水提到當代中國的非虛構寫作，我們絕對不會繞過何偉這位作家。1996年，何偉以美國和平工作隊（Peace Corps）志工的身分到中國，在四川臨長江邊的一座小城涪陵當老師教英文。那年何偉27歲，有兩個學位，單身，沒有正職工作，笑稱自己是「家裡蹲」，他只有滿滿的教學熱情，跟手中的一支筆。一切故事，就從這裡開始……【江城】──何偉作品集的最初起點在幽緩慢活的韶光流轉中，在變動劇烈的一片向榮裡，何偉依江而居，感受與學生和涪陵人相處的日常點滴，書寫出一部連中國人自己都未能體察的心態史和底層故事。何偉非虛構寫作的發源地，何偉作品集的最初起點。【甲骨文】──見證中國的變化、歷史的滄桑如果只能選一部作品來認識1990年代的中國，那便是何偉的《甲骨文》。何偉以親訪實證、考古調查為經緯，再以記者的筆法布局出恢弘格局。他讓人物來口證中國變化、讓古物來見證歷史滄桑。【尋路中國】──駕車奔走於躁動的國度在一個人人奔走於途，卻又不知自己將走向何方的躁動國度裡，何偉用帶著人性暖意的目光，記錄中國各個角落裡的人生悲歡百態，構築出平凡小民在現代中國經濟快速起飛、社會急遽變動時代下的處境。【奇石】──改寫於《紐約客》的深度報導精選輯從美國華盛頓國會、中國共產黨權力核心避暑勝地北戴河；從日本黑道、中國城鄉到美國西部，何偉以一貫溫和又極其銳利之眼，縱情遊走其間，展開犀利細膩的人情觀察。【埃及的革命考古學】──旅居開羅期間的紀錄回憶以「阿拉伯之春」與埃及軍事政變為背景，他聚焦政治巨變、他巡禮上埃及考古遺址、他書寫普通底層人的生命故事。他是新聞記者，也是日常觀察者，為古老文明留下一段動盪的現代史。【別江】──2025年，重返中國任教最新作品二十多年前，何偉在《江城》記錄下快速發展的中國，二十多年後，何偉重回中國，撫視這個既熟悉又陌生的「他鄉」。中國這二十多年的變化，將攤開在你我眼前。

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