REVIEW
China's Sorrows up close
Timeless travelogue will resonate with Thai readers
- Published: 22 Oct 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Life
Books on China are occupying more shelf space in bookstores around the world. More people want to learn about China, the once poverty-ridden nation that has now become the world's second largest economy and is poised to ascend to the status of the greatest superpower.
Two Kinds Of Time by Graham Peck University of Washington Press 735pp, $28.95 US paperback
One book that has escaped the radar and received less than deserved attention is a unique travelogue penned and finely illustrated by Graham Peck, a freelance writer and illustrator who visited China after graduating from Yale University in 1935.
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