“An insightful and witty account of the dynamic changes going on right now in China.” — CBC Books
“Alexandre Trudeau’s book adds useful meaning to [the] raging debate over China’s future.” — Toronto Star
“An on-the-ground, agenda-free enquiry into a place that does not reveal its essence easily.” — <em>Montreal Gazette</em>
“With a journalist’s curiosity and a novelist’s eloquence, Alexandre Trudeau paints a fascinating portrait of a new China struggling to be born. Barbarian Lost is at times funny, insightful, and unsettling.” — Mellissa Fung, author of Under an Afghan Sky
“A soulful, honest exploration of the endless enigma that China offers all its visitors. . . . But it is the honesty and humility in sketching his own journey that transcends this traveller’s tale and what makes the book so compelling.” — John Fraser, author of The Chinese: Portrait of a People and Stolen China
“A fascinating, deeply compelling and thought-provoking glimpse of the China so many seek to comprehend. This articulate, erudite and most experienced traveller spares neither his subject nor himself . . . An eminently readable and highly entertaining sojourn.” — Robert R. Fowler, author of A Season in Hell
“Alexandre Trudeau has a keen eye for contradiction, a novelist’s gift for dialogue, and a fly-on-the-wall detachment that is both austere and engrossing. At turns provocative, hilarious and moving, this book is a must-read for all Canadians.” — Robert Wright, author of Our Man in Tehran