Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China info
Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction finalist
Winner of the 2014 National Book Award in nonfiction.An Economist Best Book of 2014.
A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China during a moment of profound transformationFrom abroad, we often see China as a caricature: a nation of pragmatic plutocrats and ruthlessly dedicated students destined to rule the global economy-or an addled Goliath, riddled with corruption and on the edge of stagnation. What we don't see is how both powerful and ordinary people are remaking their lives as their country dramatically changes.
As the Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker, Evan Osnos was on the ground in China for years, witness to profound political, economic, and c