The Drink And Dream Teahouse
The Drink And Dream Teahouse - what I think
Pain, tears, greyness, details of modern communist Chinese concrete block houses and closed factories, Da Shan losing his already long lost love along with his father but gaining a son. This is a love story incorporated into the modern boredom of a Chinese half-a-sleep town. No positivism found, no happiness, just rules and regulations, official and unofficial, remainings of the old combined with the new, prostitutes working and literally being raped in teahouses, sons lost because of financ...

A Bend In The Yellow River
My Review
Not really a masterpiece but Hill shows the differences between the Brits and the Chinese, between his stereotypes and the real modern age China he meets. With his humourous way Hill gives us an insight into the communist China and the Chinese after revolution. Hill begins his voyage as a volunteer, ends up in a remote place called Yuncheng, a typical new age town on the edge of farming land, teaching English to farmers and workers' children, hanging out with the Chinese and getting to know ...

Justin Hill
Who's Justin Hill?
Here's a short description of Justin Hill's life and work. I worked through many sites and literature to get this :) His novels A Bend in the Yellow River, The Drink and Dream Teahouse,Passing Under Heaven and Ciao Asmara impressed me so much, I decided to write my university thesis on them.