Behind the Wall: A Journey Through China
by Colin Thubron
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0099459329
- ISBN 13
- 9780099459323
- Seller
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About This Item
Vintage, London, 2001. First trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.
Having learned Mandarin, and travelling alone by foot, bicycle and train, Colin Thubron sets off on a 10,000 mile journey from Beijing to Tibet, starting from a tropical paradise near the Burmese border to the windswept wastes of the Gobi desert and the far end of the Great Wall. What Thubron reveals is an astonishing diversity, a land whose still unmeasured resources strain to meet an awesome demand, and an ancient people still reeling from the devastation of the Cultural Revolution.
Having learned Mandarin, and travelling alone by foot, bicycle and train, Colin Thubron sets off on a 10,000 mile journey from Beijing to Tibet, starting from a tropical paradise near the Burmese border to the windswept wastes of the Gobi desert and the far end of the Great Wall. What Thubron reveals is an astonishing diversity, a land whose still unmeasured resources strain to meet an awesome demand, and an ancient people still reeling from the devastation of the Cultural Revolution.
Synopsis
Colin Thubron’s most recent travel book is To the Last City . Behind the Wall won the Hawthornden Prize and the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award.
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- Bookseller
- Shop-books.ca (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202001153
- Title
- Behind the Wall
- Author
- Colin Thubron
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0099459329
- ISBN 13
- 9780099459323
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- used books, discount books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel Literature; First Editions; Non-Fiction;
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