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Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside tells the story of two Americans living and teaching in rural China. The first, Thomas, is an entitled deadbeat, content to pass the rest of his days in Asia skating by on the fact that he's white, while the second, a recent college graduate named Daniel, is an idealist at heart. Over the course of the novel, these two characters fight to establish primacy in Ningyuan, a remote town in the south of Hunan, with one of their more overzealous students, Bella, caught in between. Quincy Carroll's cleverly written debut novel examines what we bring from one country to another.
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1) CROSS BETWEEN HUNTER S. THOMPSON'S THE RUM DIARY AND PETER HESSLER'S RIVER TOWN 2) WON 1ST PLACE IN MEDIUM'S 2012 FICTION WRITING CONTEST 3) FOR WESTERN EXPATS AND "CHINA-WATCHERS""The Catcher in the Rye for international educators.... A must-read if you are considering working abroad--especially as a teacher, and especially in China." --Truth Teacher Services
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Finalist in Literary Fiction for Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards Silver Medalist in Contemporary Fiction for the Independent Publisher Book Awards Kirkus Reviews' January 2016 Indie Book of the Month Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside tells the story of two Americans living and teaching in rural China. The first, Thomas, is an entitled deadbeat, content to pass the rest of his days in Asia skating by on the fact that he's white, while the second, a recent college graduate named Daniel, is an idealist at heart. Over the course of the novel, these two characters fight to establish primacy in Ningyuan, a remote town in the south of Hunan, with one of their more overzealous students, Bella, caught in between. Quincy Carroll's cleverly written debut novel examines what we bring from one country to another.
About the Author
Quincy Carroll was born and raised in Natick, Massachusetts. After graduating from Yale in 2007, he moved to Hunan, China to teach English. Upon returning to the States, he was a student in the MFA Creative Writing program at Emerson College. He currently teaches Mandarin in Oakland, CA. Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside is his first novel.