{"product_id":"country-driving-a-chinese-road-trip-9780061804106","title":"Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/em\u003e's Best Books of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eOracle Bones\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRiver Town\u003c\/em\u003e comes the final book in his award-winning trilogy on the human side of the economic revolution in China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Hessler, whom the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e calls \"one of the Western world's most thoughtful writers on modern China,\" deftly illuminates the vast, shifting landscape of a traditionally rural nation that, having once built walls against foreigners, is now building roads and factory towns that look to the outside world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHessler, Peter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePeter Hessler is a staff writer at \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, where he served as the Beijing correspondent from 2000 to 2007, and is also a contributing writer for \u003cem\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the author of\u003cem\u003e River Town\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Kiriyama Prize; \u003cem\u003eOracle Bones\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Award; and, most recently, \u003cem\u003eCountry Driving\u003c\/em\u003e. He won the 2008 National Magazine Award for excellence in reporting, and he was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2011. He lives in Cairo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646562111762,"sku":"9780061804106","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3fe1897c-745b-4e08-adc8-24c7c86593ff.jpg?v=1733180077","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/country-driving-a-chinese-road-trip-9780061804106","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}