A Single Pebble

by John Hersey
A Single Pebble  
published February 11th 1989 by Vintage
binding Paperback
isbn 0394756975   (isbn13: 9780394756974)
pages 192
description A young American engineer sent to China to inspect the unruly Yangtze River travels up through the river's gorges searching for dam sites. Pulled on a...more
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02-17-07



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Ann
Ann marked it as to-read
06/16/07

bookshelves: to-read
Gosh, I wish the cover of mine looked so nice. I have an old, old Bantam edition. It's so old it doesn't have an isbn!

Still, the story is the important thing, and this promises to be an interesting one.
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Mark
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08/05/07

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Exquisitely done. This book still makes me think, many years after reading it, how significant and insignificant each of our lives can be, depending on perspective.
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Tim
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07/27/07

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A short, poignant, symbolic novel about, to put it very generally, the clash of Western and Chinese culture.
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Cori
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04/10/08

inspired me to travel the Yangtze.
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avg rating (all editions): 3.41 (27 ratings)
avg rating (this edition): 3.41 (27 ratings)
number of reviews: 4






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