Alexander reviewed Auf dem chinesischen Fluss by Norbert Jacques
review of Auf dem chinesischen Fluss
3 stars
first of all: it's a very impressionistic description of a travel up the river Yangtze, not a travel guide. there are loose anecdotes and always a great sense of style and vivid telling in the phrases of the early twentieth century. but it is not a peek into china 1913 or less than you might think. you get a european traveller instead, not often reflecting but always amazed. and the less he thinks the better, cause all his thinking is some racist crap.
first of all: it's a very impressionistic description of a travel up the river Yangtze, not a travel guide. there are loose anecdotes and always a great sense of style and vivid telling in the phrases of the early twentieth century. but it is not a peek into china 1913 or less than you might think. you get a european traveller instead, not often reflecting but always amazed. and the less he thinks the better, cause all his thinking is some racist crap.