Research Catalog

Title

Fried eggs with chopsticks / Polly Evans.

Author

Evans, Polly

Publication

New York : Delta Trade Paperbacks, 2006.

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Details

Description

xiv, 300 p. : map; 21 cm.

Summary

"Polly Evan's itinerary for China was simple: travel by luxurious high-speed train and long-distance bus, glide along the Grand Canal and hike up scenic mountains. Instead, the linguistically impaired adventurer found herself on a primitive sleeper-minibus where sleep was out of the question; perched atop a tiny mule on a remote mountain pass; and attempting a dubious ferry ride down the Yangtze River. Polly was getting to know China in a way she'd never expected--and would never, ever forget"--Page 4 of cover.

Subjects

• China > Description and travel
• Evans, Polly > Travel > China

Note

• "Bantam UK edition published 2005"--T.p. verso.
• "One woman's hilarious adventure into a country and culture not her own"--Cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The chairman is dead -- Might be a little bit painful... -- Heavenly creatures, earthly chaos -- The new black -- Welcome to China -- At home with the Wangs -- Once were warriors -- Super socks and ancient rocks -- A good kicking -- New message -- A night with two soldiers -- Sea and sun -- The sun doesn't rise -- Gathering speed -- Pilgrims' progress -- Reconstructing paradise -- Confucius says what? -- A brutally bruising bus -- A dog's dinner -- An awfully long train ride -- Reaching a peak or two -- Over and out.

ISBN

• 0385339933
• 9780385339933

LCCN

^^2006040291

OCLC

• 65187361
• SCSB-11670716

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library