Full name: Frontiers of Heaven: A Journey to the End of China

Author: Stanley Stewart Year: 1995 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Travel, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781592287918 9780006550297 1592287913 0006550290

For the Chinese, the Great Wall of China has defined much more than a physical barrier. Over the centuries it has represented a psychological frontier--within it lay the Celestial Kingdom, the compass of all civilization. Beyond lay a barbarian world of chaos and exile. Stanley Stewart recounts his wanderings halfway across Asia in Frontiers of Heaven. The journey took him from Shanghai to the banks of the Indus, and along the way he encountered the modern Chinese for whom these regions beyond the Wall still hold the same morbid fascination. Today, the great western province of Xinjiang is still a land of exile, the destination of soldiers, reluctant settlers, political prisoners, and disgraced officials. Whether describing the lost cities of Central Asia, a Buddhist monastery in the shadow of Tibet, or a love affair in Xi'an, Stewart tells his story with charm and affection. Similar books: One's Company by Peter Fleming Behind the Wall by Colin Thubron On a Chinese Screen by W. Somerset Maugham News from Tartary by Peter Fleming Forbidden Journey by Ella Maillart Fried Eggs with Chopsticks by Polly Evans The River at the Center of the World by Simon Winchester Red Dust by Ma Jian Night Train to Turkistan by Stuart Stevens Lost on Planet China by J. Maarten Troost Country Driving by Peter Hessler China Road by Rob Gifford Riding the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux From Heaven Lake by Vikram Seth Slow Boats to China by Gavin Young The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook: Kauai Revealed by Andrew Doughty Around the World in 60 Seconds by Nuseir Yassin 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz Unfathomable City by Rebecca Solnit Hillerman Country by Tony Hillerman