The Spirit of Shen Congwen’s Novel ‘Border Town’ Hovers Over a Visit to Chongqing and the Dazu Rock Carvings
The taxi driver who, without the benefit of earbuds or even a car radio, drove us from the airport into the city of Chongqing sang quietly and unselfconsciously for most of the trip. As we sped along one of China’s newish superhighways, his song brought to my mind the two brothers who competed by night to ...