Sounds of the River by Da Chen

Sounds of the River

A Memoir

by Da Chen

Harper Collins Publishers, 2002, ISBN 0060199253, hardcover, dustjacket

Near Fine Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, no inscriptions, remainder line at bottom fore-edge, dustjacket shows minor edge and shelf wear with sticker residue to front of jacket (see photographs) 

Teenager Da Chen gathers soil from the riverbank near his village before he leaves to attend university in Beijing.  Those grains bear witness to his past and contain the now silent sounds of the river.  Later, spilled onto the dry earth of the North, they will merge two parts of Da's life as does the second volume of his lyrical trilogy of memoirs.'