Riding the Iron Rooster
By Train Through China
$32.10
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
25 January 2001
Summary
Paul Theroux left Victoria Station on a rainy Saturday in April thinking that taking eight trains across Europe, Eastern Europe, the USSR and Mongolia would be the easy way to get to the Chinese border - the relaxing way, even. He would read a little, take notes, eat regular meals and gaze contentedly out of windows. The reality, of course, was very different.
In fact, Theroux experienced a decidedly odd and unexpected trip to China that set the challenging tone for his epic year-long…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140112955 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140112952 |
| Author: | Paul Theroux |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 25 January 2001 |
| Weight: | 359g |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 130mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
”[Theroux’s] books have enriched the travel literature of this century…China, with its guard down, its buttons undone, and its fingers greasy, looks even more magical with a little of its mystery revealed.” USA Today
”[A] very funny, beautifully written, wonderfully observant, and deeply insightful description of the vagaries of life and politics in China.” – Conde Nast Traveler
“Fascinating…the portrait that emerges is a luminous, almost uncanny, and situationally accurate one. Theroux is particularly good at catching the surreal quality of China.” The Miami Herald
“Theroux’s genius is in his clear-eyed rendition of a fresh world and the deeper observations he attaches to it.” The Chicago Tribune
Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux was born in Medford, Massachusetts, in 1941.
Publications:
- 1967: Waldo (novel)
- After five-year stay in Africa:
- Fong and the Indians (novel)
- Girls at Play (novel)
- Jungle Lovers (novel)
- During three years teaching at the University of Singapore:
- Sinning with Annie (short stories)
- Saint Jack (novel)
- 1974: The Black House (novel)
- 1975: The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia (travelogue)
- 1976: The Family Arsenal (novel)
- 1977: The Consul’s File (novel)
- 1978:
- Picture Palace (novel; Whitbread Literary Award winner)
- A Christmas Card (short story)
- 1979: The Old Patagonian Express (travelogue)
- 1980:
- World’s End and Other Stories (short stories)
- London Snow (novel)
- 1981: The Mosquito Coast (novel; Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year, joint winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize)
- 1982: The London Embassy (novel)
- 1983: The Kingdom by the Sea (travelogue)
- 1985:
- Doctor Slaughter (novel)
- Sunrise with Seamonsters (essays)
- The Imperial Way (travelogue)
- 1986: O-Zone (novel)
- 1988: Riding the Iron Rooster (travelogue)
- 1989: My Secret History (novel)
- 1990: Chicago Loop (novel)
Paul Theroux is married with two children and divides his time between London and Cape Cod.
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