A Single Pebble
Author: Hersey, John
ISBN: 9780394756974
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 11 Feb 1989
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback / softback
A young American engineer sent to China to inspect the unruly Yangtze River travels up through the river's gorges searching for dam sites. Pulled on a junk hauled by forty-odd trackers, he is carried, too, into the settled, ancient way of life of the people of the Yangtze -- until the interplay of his life with theirs comes to a dramatic climax.
ISBN: 9780394756974
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 11 Feb 1989
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback / softback
A young American engineer sent to China to inspect the unruly Yangtze River travels up through the river's gorges searching for dam sites. Pulled on a junk hauled by forty-odd trackers, he is carried, too, into the settled, ancient way of life of the people of the Yangtze -- until the interplay of his life with theirs comes to a dramatic climax.
