China High: My Fast Times Int He 010 : a Beijing Memoir - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0312531087 ISBN 13 : 9780312531089

Synopsis

Book by ZZ

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

ZZ is the perfect guide to the new go-getting Capitalist playground of Beijing: as a Chinese national educated in the United States, he's got insider's cred but an outsider's eye for the strange mores and daily annoyances of Chinese life. And ZZ lives large. In Sanlitun's clubs, bars and dim sum emporia, the world is ZZ's rice cake: women, drugs, business opportunities are all his for the taking. That can make a guy cocky - if not a little lax. ZZ's glam urban life as proprietor of Beijing's (believe it or not) first food delivery service, Foodiez, comes to a crashing halt when he's picked up by the police for smoking an opium-laced 'Zigarette'. Suddenly there's an entirely new pecking order, and ZZ better find a way - fast - out of a Chinese prison. ZZ goes from managing a growing but unreliable workforce of bicycling 'spit-'n'-squatters' to navigating the shoals of guan xi (a network of favours), acknowledging the importance of 'face', and negotiating for an extra mantou (soft white bun) at dinner. A swaggering true tale of a young man rediscovering himself in today's Beijing, "China High" introduces a fresh, hip voice, and an on-the-ground look at the world's next superpower.

Revue de presse

CHINA HIGH is a snappy narrative that captures the hipster buzz of night-time Beijing... It feels more like a novel. --The Washington Post

Détails de l'édition

• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312531087
• ISBN 13: 9780312531089
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 359
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible