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020 $a9780060826581
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100 1 $aHessler, Peter,$d1969-
245 10 $aOracle bones :$ba journey through time in China /$cPeter Hessler
246 30 $aJourney through time in China
250 $a1st Harper Perennial ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHarper Perennial,$c2007,c2006.
300 $axi, 491, 16 p. :$bill., map ;$c21 cm.
500 $aIncludes "P.S. About the author, About the book, and Read on"
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 459-467) and index.
505 0 $aI: Artifact A: The underground city -- The middleman -- Artifact B: The written world -- The voice of America -- The broken bridge -- Artifact C: The wall -- The overnight city -- II: Starch -- Hollywood -- Artifact D: The voice of the turtle -- At night you're not lonely -- Immigration -- The courtyard -- Artifact E: The bronze head -- Anniversary -- Sichuanese -- III: Artifact F: The book -- Asylum -- Artifact G: The uncracked bone -- The games -- Sand -- Artifact H: The word -- Translation -- Flags -- Straight to video -- Artifact I: The horse -- Wonton western -- Election -- Chinatown -- Artifact J: the criticism -- State visit Artifact K: The lost alphabets -- Encapsulate prime -- Artifact L: The misprinted character -- Patton's tomb -- Artifact Z: The sold words -- Tea.
520 $aAn American journalist living in Beijing offers an odyssey through twenty-first-century China as seen through the eyes of a handful of ordinary people.
651 0 $aChina$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aChina$xCivilization.
988 $a20071218
906 $0OCLC