Have you read Peter Hessler's "Oracle Bones"?

Dragonbones · May 28, 2007, 11:46am

The bear mentioned it here, and I’m just wondering how many have read it and what you thought of it. Do you recommend it?

Funk500 · May 28, 2007, 11:47am

DB “Oracle bones” could be your new name since you know everything

sandman · May 28, 2007, 1:43pm

I’m reading River Town right now. His account of two years teaching Engrish for the Peace Corps up the Yangtse. His writing style irritates the hell out of me for some reason I can’t quite put my finger on.

cranky_laowai · May 28, 2007, 2:06pm

While in a bookstore in the States last year I read the sections on the script reformers. The chapter was not bad. I haven’t read the rest, though. It seemed in general like the sort of book that would be most valuable to relative newbies. I wouldn’t pay a hardback price for it.

Dragonbones · May 28, 2007, 4:20pm

Did you know that dragonbones and oracle bones are really synonyms?

Dragonbones · May 29, 2007, 5:55am

I just heard from a local scholar friend that the content about Chen Mengjia is very interesting, and that the Chinese translation is good. I think I’ll get a copy.