Peter Hessler
Peter Hessler is a staff writer at the New Yorker , where he served as Beijing correspondent from 2000 to 2007, Cairo correspondent from 2011 to 2016, and Chengdu correspondent from 2019 to 2021. He is the author of The Buried; River Town , which won the Kiriyama Book Prize; Oracle Bones , which was a finalist for the National Book Award; Country Driving; and Strange Stones . He won the 2008 National Magazine Award for excellence in reporting, and he was named a MacArthur fellow in 2011.
Peter Hessler is a staff writer at the New Yorker , where he served as Beijing correspondent from 2000 to 2007, Cairo correspondent from 2011 to 2016, and Chengdu correspondent from 2019 to 2021. He is the author of The Buried; River Town , which won the Kiriyama Book Prize; Oracle Bones , which was a finalist for the National Book Award; Country Driving; and Strange Stones . He won the 2008 National Magazine Award for excellence in reporting, and he was named a MacArthur fellow in 2011. See less
Peter Hessler's Featured Books
Peter Hessler book reviews
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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
River Town
I really enjoyed the intimate view this book offers into the lives of those in rural China, as well as what it is like to be a peace corps volunteer. In this book, Hessler offers a window into ... Read More
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Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory
by moe2, Sep 22, 2011
read this book for my book group....i loved it.............a whole different look at the real people and countryside of china...........minimal education and health care exist for the 'peasants'.... ... Read More
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Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China
should read this
by calo, Jul 26, 2007
Peter Hessler knows China & sincerely likes it. But he doesn't omit the truth of things he sees . With the importance of China today every young person should read this book. Mr. Hessler is also an ... Read More
