Title: a masterpiece
Review: I am reading Hessler's new Oracle Bones now, which could be an informative book about China for readers who are not yet well-acquainted with the country. However, I feel that River Town is the much more compelling book, in which the people and place of Fuling come alive much more than the people and place of Beijing do in Oracle Bones. I read an interview with Hessler where he says he wrote River Town in just a few months. It must have been a few really inspired months.
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