Boxing With Shadows: Travels in China

A compelling travel memoir, *Boxing With Shadows: Travels in China* by Brian Johnston, published in 1997 by Melbourne University Press, offers a beautifully crafted account of the author's two and a half years living and travelling in the People's Republic of China. This paperback edition is offered in Good condition. Johnston recreates his encounters with contemporary China and the Chinese with perceptiveness, subtlety, and powers of evocation. At the same time, he reveals the growing sense of loneliness and vulnerability he experienced, and his frustration at the mutual bafflement of his social exchanges with people of such a differing culture and language. *Boxing with Shadows* is unique in its treatment of ethnic minority groups in China, and in giving a crucial perspective on Chinese politics and society after the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. A valuable and insightful read for anyone interested in modern Chinese society and culture through the eyes of an expatriate.

• Author: Johnston, Brian
• Publisher: Melbourne Univ Pr
• Year: 1997
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• ISBN: 9780522847475