Peter Hessler

A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today, the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth....

In 2011, the world's eyes were on Egypt as revolution swept across the country. But what lay below the surface of events was harder to see....

In the summer of 2001, Peter Hessler acquired his Chinese driver's license. For the next seven years, he traveled the country....

In the heart of China's Sichuan province, amid the terraced hills of the Yangtze River valley, lies the remote town of Fuling....

Peter Hessler is able to tell an intimately unique story about China's incredible transformation over the past quarter-century.

Full of unforgettable figures and an unrelenting spirit of adventure, Strange Stones is a far-ranging, thought-provoking collection of Peter Hessler’s best reportage....