6/10/2023 0 Comments Osnos age of ambitionAs someone who is not really a scholar on China, I was a little disappointed by how little I learned from the book. This is not necessarily a flaw, since it does give a certain amount of character to what is presented, but it does come with the drawback that not everything is particularly interesting from an academic perspective. However, while this approach is engaging as a writing style, the author’s experiences often dominate the text. What I find interesting about Age of Ambition (affiliate link) is that it is a very personal narrative, but it is one which backs up that personal narrative with other events that are meaningful, so that one gets a feel for the people who are presented throughout the book. Of course, that list has grown rather long of late, and Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s Incerto series has claimed more than one spot on that list (I finished Skin in the Game yesterday), which seems unfair to other authors. I found it an interesting read, but I don’t know that I would necessarily place it on my best books that I have listened to in 2019. I’ve recently listened to Evan Osnos’ Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, & Faith in the New China.
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