Sounds of the River - A Young Man's University Days in Beijing

Teenager Da Chen takes his first train ride away from the farm he was raised on to his new university life in Beijing. He soon faces a host of ghastly challenges, including poor living conditions, lack of food, and suicidal roommates. Undaunted by these hurdles and armed with a dogged determination to learn English and ''all things Western,'' he competes to win a chance to study in America-a chance that rests in the shrewd and corrupt hands of his almighty professors. Poetic, heartbreaking, and often hilarious, Sounds of the River is a gloriously written coming-of-age story that chronicles a remarkable journey. Freshman Common Read: Kennesaw State University, Seton Hall University

About the author

Da Chen is the author of Colors of the Mountain, a New York Times bestseller; Sounds of the River: A Young Man's University Days in Beijing; Brother; and two books for children, Wandering Warrior and China's Son: Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution. He grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution and now lives in New York.

Product details

• Authors: Da Chen
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.02.2003
• EAN: 9780060958725
• ISBN: 978-0-06-095872-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 205 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS: Nonfiction / Biography & Memoir *, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, COMPOSITION & WRITING: MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY, FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE: MEMOIR WORLD VIEWS, HISTORY: Essays, ASIAN & ASIAN AMERICAN: CHINA: MEMOIR, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS: Nonfiction / History