The Search for a Vanishing Beijing (PB)
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ISBN：
9789622099395
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定價：
HK$ 195.00
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作者：
M. A. Aldrich
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語言：
英語
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出版社：
Hong Kong University Press
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分類：
地理旅遊
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出版日期：
2008-03-01
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發行日期：
2008-03-25
- Leads the reader from palaces and temples to back streets and markets, touches on everything under the sun
- Provides historical background; brings back to living memory forgotten or overlooked Beijing customs, stories and beliefs
- Interspersed throughout the book are stories about imperial customs, street food, temple festivals, historic trees, RedGuard struggle sessions, Tibetan and Mongolian customs, hiking trails, residences of famous Chinese and foreigners and classical Chinese poetry, etc.
- Weaves the genres of travel essay and travel guide into a comprehensive narrative about the cultural mosaic of the capital of China
- An indispensable companion for all serious travelers to the city
“The stories are what make the book a compelling read, regardless of whether or not you actually make it to the sites he is describing. Some are fact, some are myth, and many span the grey divide between the two.”— Rebecca Kanthor, Far Eastern Economic Review
“Buy this book and use it as you revisit the major sights again and again. In between times, take in some of the less familiar sights, the bizarre and beautiful corners that still remain in this city of a thousand pneumatic drills. You could not have a better guide than long-time Beijing resident M.A. Aldrich.”— Jane Ram, Asian Business Traveller
“To me (a Chinese), it is Aldrich’s open-mindedness – his awareness and acceptance that his values are not universal – that makes his book a delight to read. I take pleasure not only looking at the Old Beijing he so vividly portrays, but, also, in looking at him looking at Old Beijing. To me, his book is not so much a travel guide as a mirror: it reflects ways of seeing my culture in a new light, and sets an example of how to communicate across culture… Aldrich’s affection for the land that is China bursts forth so powerfully that he happily occupies the intriguing paradox of being a foreign devil while not really being one.”— Michelle Ng, Zing Magazine, Shanghai
“Beijing is like the most interesting girlfriend you never had – rich, beautiful, and highly cultured but very, very difficult to understand and requiring a lot of time and thought. Michael Aldrich has produced by far the best crack at interpreting the city to date.”— Paul French, Access Asia, Shanghai
M. A. Aldrich’s interest in Chinese culture began more than 30 years ago. He is a graduate of the Foreign Service School of Georgetown University where he studied under Jesuit teachers who lived in China before the revolution of 1949. He later took a master's degree in History at SUNY at Stony Brook. After studying law at Columbia University, he has been an international commercial attorney in Greater China for 15 years. He works in the Beijing office of a London-based international law firm.
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