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Revealing Encounters Inside the Real China
Jul 01, 2021ScandinaviaSue rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
German author, Stephan Orth takes the reader along as he couchsurfs through China for twelve weeks in 2019. Orth travels independently by arranging places to stay through the internet and accepting what seem to be any slightly intriguing offer to sleep in a stranger's couch, bed, or apartment (including sharing a bed with a stranger). Concise and descriptive language conveys a variety of people and places in the large country as the reader travels vicariously. As an introverted reader, I am stunned by Orth's exposure to others, especially when his host's quarters are cramped. I am left wondering what boundaries the author kept for himself. The intimate view of others is the reward for his perseverance.