BOXING WITH SHADOWS Brian Johnston - Travels in China

BOXING WITH SHADOWS is an interesting looking China travel memoir, it seems quite popular, we've sold quite a few copies of this over the years.

THIS IS A USED TRAVEL BOOK IN GOOD CONDITION: clean with minor reading wear and normal cover creasing; pages are clean and aging lightly. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

PUBLISHER'S BLURB: Boxing with Shadows is Brian Johnston's account of the two-and-a-half years he spent living and travelling in China. Johnston recreates his encounters with a delightful perceptiveness and subtlety. Humorous encounters with a TV crew, a snake, a drunken shoe salesman and China's most famous rock star are interwoven with more serious observations on political campaigns and ethnic minorities, and balanced with personal reflections and lyrical descriptions of the landscape.

Johnston comes to terms with life at university, grapples with bureaucracy in Guilin, attempts to learn tai chi in Chengdu, rides horses with Tibetans and battles the buses of Shanghai. At the same time, he reveals his frustrations in social exchanges with people of such a different cultural background. Endearingly honest and self-reflexive, he journeys often bewildered across the country, but never leaving behind an engaging wit and sense of humour

Boxing with Shadows is a rich, delightful and rewarding book, powerfully evoking a unique moment in time in this fast-changing and fascinating nation.

Book Details

Code: SKU886

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 220

Published: 2006 by Melbourne University Press

ISBN: 0522853307

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