- Railroad travel, Description and travel, Travel, Journeys
Describes the author's travels by train in every province of the People's Republic of China.
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Classical in form, cool, warm and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
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- gravecomic
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- Author
- Paul Theroux
- First published
- 1988
- Pages
- 480
- Publisher
- Putnam's, Random House Value Publishing, Ivy Books
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780618658978
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“THE BIGNESS OF CHINA MAKES YOU WONDER.”
**Paul Edward Theroux** is an American novelist and travel writer who has written numerous books, including the travelogue The Great Railway Bazaar (1975).
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