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The Mountains Are High - a year of escape and discovery in rural China
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The Mountains Are High - a year of escape and discovery in rural China
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What is it like to radically change your life? Writer Alec Ash
meets the Chinese who are doing just this, ‘reverse migrating’
from the cities to the remote countryside of southwest China —
and joins them himself, in an extraordinary and inspiring journey
of self-discovery. In 2020, Alec Ash left behind his old life as a
journalist in buzzy Beijing, and moved to Dali, a rural valley in
China’s Yunnan province, centred around a great lake shaped like
an ear and overlooked by the Cang mountain range. Here, he hoped to
find the space and perspective to mend heartbreak after a broken
engagement and escape the trappings of fast-paced, high-pressured
city life. Originally home to the Bai people, Dali has become a
richly diverse community of people of all ages and backgrounds,
with one shared goal: to reject the worst parts of modernity and
live more simply, in tune with the natural world and away from the
nexus of authoritarian power. It is into this community that Alec
embeds himself, from political dissidents to bohemian hippies,
charting his first year of life in Dali among these fascinating
neighbours. The Mountains Are High is a beautifully written, candid
memoir about the catalysts for change and personal development that
comes from taking a leap of faith, and how remodeling your attitude
to conventional success can genuinely transform your life. As one
of the ‘new migrants’ tells Alec when he arrives: it is easy to
change your environment, far more difficult to change your mind.
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Imprint: |
Scribe Publications
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
Authors: |
Alec Ash
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Dimensions: |
216 x 135mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-914484-37-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-914484-37-1 |
Barcode: |
9781914484377 |
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