Kingdom of Characters: A Tale of Language, Obsession, and Genius in Modern China by Jing Tsu

Kingdom of Characters: A Tale of Language, Obsession, and Genius in Modern China

Jing Tsu

336 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

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What does it take to reinvent the world's oldest living language?China today is one of the world's most powerful nations, yet just a century ago it was a crumbling empire with literacy reserved for the elite few, left behind in the wake of Western...

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Moods

informative 97%
reflective 26%
inspiring 25%
challenging 22%
adventurous 13%
hopeful 4%
relaxing 4%
lighthearted 2%
funny 1%
mysterious 1%
tense 1%

Pace

medium 67%
slow 31%
fast 1%

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