Mark Kitto
Autor de China Cuckoo
Obras de Mark Kitto
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A very interesting and enjoyable book. From it you learn of the joys and frustrations of life in modern China for a foreigner who is building a business, renovating a house and bringing up a family. Along the way you learn a fair bit of Chinese history, and how the locals view us Westerners. The writing is vivid and the places and people really come to life. Not really a 'travel' book, but more than just a memoir, I'm going to give several copies to friends in the UK as Xmas presents this year.
Enjoyed it very much.
I enjoyed all its aspects, the history, business, building, local customs, face, lonely walks and encounters with local animals and people. I especially loved your stories of finding the old houses and their categories. A great book, I recommend it to all.
I enjoyed all its aspects, the history, business, building, local customs, face, lonely walks and encounters with local animals and people. I especially loved your stories of finding the old houses and their categories. A great book, I recommend it to all.
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 3
- Miembros
- 43
- Popularidad
- #352,016
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 9
- Idiomas
- 1
I was wrong. This book was enjoyable and mostly about the author's love affair with Moganshan, a mountain resort town not far from Hangzhou that was developed around the turn of the 20th century by foreigners as an escape from the miserable Shanghai summers. He tells his story of turning an old European style house on Moganshan into his family’s home thus becoming the first Westerner to live in Moganshan since 1949. In telling the story of Moganshan he also explains a little about how his competitors / enemies worked with the Chinese government to take his business from him, and then how his wife and he opened a successful coffee shop at Moganshan. This is a fun look at an expat’s adventures in a small Chinese tourist village.… (más)