Notes from the Other China

Adventures in Asia

Nonfiction, Travel, Asia, Far East
Cover of the book Notes from the Other China by Troy  Parfitt, Algora Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Troy Parfitt ISBN: 9780875865843
Publisher: Algora Publishing Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Algora Publishing Language: English
Author: Troy Parfitt
ISBN: 9780875865843
Publisher: Algora Publishing
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Algora Publishing
Language: English
Parfitt takes a look at Korea's fever-pitch nationalism and gives an assessment of the world’s only Chinese democracy, has a run-in with a Nepalese rhinoceros – and one or two equally volatile Vietnamese tour guides – and ponders the actions and reactions of the people he meets.
In these pages he shares his encounters with language students from all walks of life, hotel-keepers, and – sometimes weirdest of all – his fellow travelers, in some of the less commonly visited parts of Asia.
In a style that may be compared to early Bill Bryson ("You can't help but enjoy his writing, for its cheer and buoyancy, and for the frequent demonstration of his peculiar, engaging turn of mind." – Ottawa Citizen), Parfitt endures the jolts of traveling where there is no real travel industry, touring where there is no real tourist industry, and teaching map-reading skills where there is no Western-style logic and adults freely admit they can hardly find their way to work and back. He shares it all with the reader, over a beer, and all is well again with the world. Then he's off to look for more.
Steering clear of politics, Parfitt focuses on the individual humans he meets. This is a glimpse of real life in the shadow of China, neither a dry-as-dust academic treatise nor a heroic tale of surviving the Cultural Revolution. Simple people greet the author with everything from spontaneous gestures of friendship to sudden slaps, from openness and warmth to rock-headed obtuseness, and the picture emerges of a fractured, diverse humanity muddling along and still getting by – together – in spite of all. Traveling with this mild-mannered Canadian, we go through much that is puzzling, frustrating, and down-right infuriating, yet we always comes through with a smile. Readers find they have enjoyed a diverse journey that covers a very broad terrain.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Parfitt takes a look at Korea's fever-pitch nationalism and gives an assessment of the world’s only Chinese democracy, has a run-in with a Nepalese rhinoceros – and one or two equally volatile Vietnamese tour guides – and ponders the actions and reactions of the people he meets.
In these pages he shares his encounters with language students from all walks of life, hotel-keepers, and – sometimes weirdest of all – his fellow travelers, in some of the less commonly visited parts of Asia.
In a style that may be compared to early Bill Bryson ("You can't help but enjoy his writing, for its cheer and buoyancy, and for the frequent demonstration of his peculiar, engaging turn of mind." – Ottawa Citizen), Parfitt endures the jolts of traveling where there is no real travel industry, touring where there is no real tourist industry, and teaching map-reading skills where there is no Western-style logic and adults freely admit they can hardly find their way to work and back. He shares it all with the reader, over a beer, and all is well again with the world. Then he's off to look for more.
Steering clear of politics, Parfitt focuses on the individual humans he meets. This is a glimpse of real life in the shadow of China, neither a dry-as-dust academic treatise nor a heroic tale of surviving the Cultural Revolution. Simple people greet the author with everything from spontaneous gestures of friendship to sudden slaps, from openness and warmth to rock-headed obtuseness, and the picture emerges of a fractured, diverse humanity muddling along and still getting by – together – in spite of all. Traveling with this mild-mannered Canadian, we go through much that is puzzling, frustrating, and down-right infuriating, yet we always comes through with a smile. Readers find they have enjoyed a diverse journey that covers a very broad terrain.

More books from Algora Publishing

Cover of the book Science vs. Religion: by Troy  Parfitt
Cover of the book Racism and Borders: Representation, Repression, Resistance by Troy  Parfitt
Cover of the book Kentuckiana Roads by Troy  Parfitt
Cover of the book The Abraham Man by Troy  Parfitt
Cover of the book Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky by Troy  Parfitt
Cover of the book The Brilliant Reign of the Kangxi Emperor by Troy  Parfitt
Cover of the book America the Beautiful Or America the Caput by Troy  Parfitt
Cover of the book Andrea and Sylvester by Troy  Parfitt
Cover of the book Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics, Years 1-2014, Vol. 1, by Rank by Troy  Parfitt
Cover of the book The Making of the Slave Class by Troy  Parfitt
Cover of the book The Origin of Chinese Characters by Troy  Parfitt
Cover of the book Rules of Engagement? by Troy  Parfitt
Cover of the book Stairway to Tyranny by Troy  Parfitt
Cover of the book Machiavelli in America by Troy  Parfitt
Cover of the book Conceiving Evil by Troy  Parfitt
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy