Dreaming in Chinese: And Discovering What Makes a Billion People Tick

Short Books Ltd, 2010,

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Author

Fallows Deborah

Publishers

Short Books Ltd, 2010

Keyword

CINA China Chine

Cover description

As New

Binding description

Dust jacket

Yes

State of preservation

As New

Binding

Hardcover

Inscribed

First edition

Description

8vo, Why can't the Chinese say "I love you"? Can you wear pyjamas on the streets of Shanghai? Why is it so difficult to hear Chinese tones? In this charming, original book, Harvard linguist Deborah Fallows draws on her experiences of three years of living and travelling in China to provide the answers to these puzzles and many more. Using her own struggles and triumphs with the study of Mandarin as a guide, Fallows manages to describe the workings of the language in a way that is both intelligible and entertaining. Her anecdotes and stories illustrate how Westerners have to think in a fundamentally different way to survive in China. About the Author: Deborah Fallows has lived in Shanghai and Beijing and travelled throughout China with her husband, the writer and journalist James Fallows. She is a Harvard graduate and has a PhD in Linguistics, and is author of A Mother's Work (Houghton Mifflin). When in the US, she and her husband live in Washington DC. They have two sons.