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Beijing Portrait of a City
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| Cordee Code: | CTA754 |
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| Page Size: | 231 x 260 mm |
| No of Pages: | 174 |
| Publisher: | Airphoto Int (odyssey Guides) |
| ISBN13: | 9789622178038 |
| Author: | Alexandra Pearson and Lucy Cavender |
| Language: | English |
| Published Date: | June 2009 |
| Binding: | Paperback (flapped) |
| Illustrations: | 40 b/w photos |
| Weight: | 770g |
| Product Type: | Book |
| Countries: | China |
Beijing Portrait of a City is a captivating collection of stories, essays, poetry and reminiscence by leading China authors, storytellers and academics, about a city they know from the inside.
The book is the shared work of some of the city's finest writers who lead us through 'hutong' alleys, antique markets, artists' communities, gay bars, parks and the nostalgic streets of memory. They beguile with poems, amuse with camel anecdotes and thrill with two murder stories - one a genuine antique, the other a fictional contemporary. They take us back to the often-ignored Mongolian roots of the city and project forward to ask whether spectacular modern architecture will suffice to return Beijing to what it sees as its ancient place at the centre of the world.
Compiled by Alexandra Pearson and Lucy Cavender, the book interweaves its written work with a collection of wry and telling photographs of different aspects of the city, creating a compelling portrait of Beijing.
The contributors - including Zhu We
The book is the shared work of some of the city's finest writers who lead us through 'hutong' alleys, antique markets, artists' communities, gay bars, parks and the nostalgic streets of memory. They beguile with poems, amuse with camel anecdotes and thrill with two murder stories - one a genuine antique, the other a fictional contemporary. They take us back to the often-ignored Mongolian roots of the city and project forward to ask whether spectacular modern architecture will suffice to return Beijing to what it sees as its ancient place at the centre of the world.
Compiled by Alexandra Pearson and Lucy Cavender, the book interweaves its written work with a collection of wry and telling photographs of different aspects of the city, creating a compelling portrait of Beijing.
The contributors - including Zhu We
