"Two Years on the Yangtze" - Peter Hessler speaks at Google 39 Minutes 13 Seconds
"Two Years on the Yangtze" - Peter Hessler speaks at Google YouTube link
Author
Google
Created
July 16, 2007
Updated
December 2, 2008
Length
39 Minutes 13 Seconds
Rating
4.84
Views
4,782
Description
In 1996, 26-year-old Peter Hessler arrived in Fuling, a town on China's Yangtze River, to begin a two-year Peace Corps stint as a teacher at the local college. Along with fellow teacher Adam Meier, the two are the first foreigners to be in this part of the Sichuan province for 50 years. Expecting a calm couple of years, Hessler at first does not realize the social, cultural, and personal implications of being thrust into a such radically different society. In River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze, Hessler tells of his experience with the citizens of Fuling, the political and historical climate, and the feel of the city itself.
Over the course of two years, Hessler and Meier learn more they ever...