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Strange Stones: Dispatches from East and West

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The New Yorker writer's collection of true stories highlights his perspective of Asia and the United States as both native and knowledgeable outsider.

Full of unforgettable figures and an unrelenting spirit of adventure, Strange Stones is a far-ranging, thought-provoking collection of Peter Hessler’s best reportage—a dazzling display of the powerful storytelling, shrewd cultural insight, and warm sense of humor that are the trademarks of his work—in two very different regions of the world.

“Wild Flavor” invites readers along on a taste test between two rat restaurants in South China. One story profiles Yao Ming, basketball star and China’s most beloved export, another David Spindler, an obsessive and passionate historian of the Great Wall. In “Dr. Don,” Hessler writes movingly about a small-town pharmacist and his relationship with the people he serves.

While Hessler’s subjects and locations vary, subtle but deeply important thematic links bind these pieces—the strength of local traditions, the surprising overlap between apparently opposing cultures, and the powerful lessons drawn from individuals who straddle different worlds.

“This is long-form journalism at its finest.” —New York Times–bestselling author Fareed Zakaria

“Hessler’s signature is an unobtrusive and humorous first-person narrator breezily guiding the reader through places at once exotic and ordinary. . . . Hessler has an acute and far-ranging talent for drawing characters.” —Wall Street Journal

“Showcases Hessler’s gift for telling tales of cultural difference and mutual misunderstanding in a way that is both humorous and deeply empathetic. . . . Hessler is a deeply humane teller of true tales, a keen observer, a graceful stylist.” —The Atlantic

© 2024 Harper Perennial (E-bog): 9780062206244

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E-bog: 27. februar 2024

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