But a writer’s work moved in the opposite direction. I started with living people and then created stories that were published in a distant country. Often, the human subjects of my articles couldn’t even understand the language in which they were written. From my perspective, the publishing world was so remote that it seemed half real.
The book covers the stories the author was writing for US magazines. The time frame included 9/11 and a visit of President Bush to China. Pages about the consideration of changing Chinese characters to another format for communication. Sort of a technical view of language and writing. Not really an interest grabber for me.
