{"product_id":"river-town","title":"River Town","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"AllEditionsItem-workTitle\"\u003eRiver Town: Two Years on the Yangtze\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-workAuthor\"\u003eBy\u003cspan\u003e  Peter Hessler \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-workAuthor\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-details\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-overview-container\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003eEdition Description\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA New York Times Notable Book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Kiriyama Book Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the heart of China's Sichuan province, amid the terraced hills of the Yangtze River valley, lies the remote town of Fuling. Like many other small cities in this ever-evolving country, Fuling is heading down a new path of change and growth, which came into remarkably sharp focus when Peter Hessler arrived as a Peace Corps volunteer, marking the first time in more than half a century that the city had an American resident. Hessler taught English and American literature at the local college, but it was his students who taught him about the complex processes of understanding that take place when one is immersed in a radically different society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoignant, thoughtful, funny, and enormously compelling, River Town is an unforgettable portrait of a city seeking to understand both what it was and what it will someday be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-details\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-title\"\u003eEdition Details\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item-details\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item-details\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item-details\"\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item-details\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item-details\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"El Paso's Thrift BookStore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42629865504845,"sku":null,"price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/3854\/8813\/files\/RiverTown.jpg?v=1769642355","url":"https:\/\/eptbookstore.com\/products\/river-town","provider":"El Paso's Thrift Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}