River Town（江城，何伟作品）

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1、RiverTownTwoYearsontheYangtzePeterHesslerMarch9,2011formyparentsContentsContentsiiMapsivAUTHOR’SNOTEviI11Downstream21.1THECITY..............................202ShakespearewithChineseCharacteristics252.1RAISETHEFLAGMOUNTAIN..................403Running463.1THEWHITECR

2、ANERIDGE....................744TheDam784.1THEWURIVER...........................995OpiumWars1045.1WHITEFLATMOUNTAIN.....................1226Storm128II1457Summer1467.1THEPRIEST.............................1748ChineseLife1798.1THERESTAURANTOWNER....................19

3、69Money2019.1THETEACHER...........................22710ChineseNewYear23210.1THELAND.............................255ii11SpringAgain26011.1THERIVER.............................28312Upstream288P.S.Insights,Interviews&More…318Abouttheauthor............................

4、.318Aboutthebook..............................319Readon..................................324ASYLUM..................................326ACKNOWLEDGMENTS..........................329Credits...................................330PraiseforRIVERTOWNbyPETERHESSLER331Mapsi

5、vAUTHOR’SNOTETHECHAPTERSOFTHISBOOKdescribemylifeinFuling,whiletheinter-spersedsketchesfocusonthelocallandscape,itshistory,andthepeople.AllofthesesketcheswerewrittenwhileIstilllivedthere,andI’veusedthisstructuretogivethereadersomesenseofthetworolesthataforeignerpla

6、ysinatownlikeFuling.SometimesIwasanobserver,whileatothermomentsIwasverymuchinvolvedinlocallife,andthiscombinationofdistanceandintimacywaspartofwhatshapedmytwoyearsinSichuan.Afewofthecharacters’namesandotheridentifyingfeatureshavebeenchangedincaseswherethesubjectma

7、tterissensitive.I’vereliedonthestandardpinyinromanizationformostoftheChinesenamesandwords,withexceptionsforafewwell-knownnamessuchasYangtzeandHongKong.Thisisn’tabookaboutChina.It’saboutacertainsmallpartofChinaatacertainbriefperiodintime,andmyhopehasbeentocaptureth

8、erichnessofboththemomentandtheplace.TheplaceIknowwell—themurkyYangtze,thegreenwell-workedmountains—butthemomentismoredifficulttode-fine.Fulingwassituate