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Traveller Without a Map

Traveller Without a Map

Book (31 May 1990)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The story of Hsiao Ch'ien who was born in a Beijing slum in 1910, orphaned at ten and imprisoned for political demonstrations when only 15. The book also covers his work as a war correspondent, his friendship with E.M.Forster and Kingsley Martin in 1930s London and his post-war return to China.

About the Publisher

Hutchinson

Founded in 1887 by George Hutchinson with capital of three thousand pounds, Hutchinson opened for business in the basement of 25 Paternostor Row, near St Paul's Cathedral. It is the home of fiction that you have to press into the hands of your friends and non-fiction that is entertaining and erudite. We publish bestsellers, Helen Dunmore, Sebastian Faulks, Robert Harris, Douglas Kennedy and Ruth Rendell, book club favourites, Aimee Bender, Anna Quindlen. We are committed to discovering new talent that combine a distinctive voice with great storytelling skills and recent acquisitions include Bonnie Nadzam, longlisted for the Women's Prize, New York Times bestsellers, Sloane Crosley, Ayana Mathis, Marisha Pessl and Amor Towles.

Book information

ISBN: 9780091743062
Publisher: Hutchinson
Imprint: Hutchinson
Pub date:
DEWEY: 951.04092
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 276
Weight: 590g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm