Bibliograph

Sounds of the river, a young man's university days in Beijing, Da Chen

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Sounds of the river, a young man's university days in Beijing, Da Chen

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sounds of the river

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Da Chen

Sub title

a young man's university days in Beijing

Summary

Teenager Da Chen takes his first train ride away from the farm he was raised on to his new university life in Beijing. He soon faces a host of ghastly challenges, including poor living conditions, lack of food, and suicidal roommates. Undaunted by these hurdles, and armed with a dogged determination to learn English and "all things Western," he competes to win a chance to study in America -- a chance that rests in the shrewd and corrupt hands of the almighty professors. Poetic, hilarious, and heartbreaking, Sounds of the River is a gloriously written coming-of-age saga that chronicles a remarkable journey -- a travelogue of the heart

Target audience

adult

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