The Silent Traveller in San Francisco

Chiang Yee left China at age 30 for to study in England, but revolution, wars and a yearning for a meaningful life kept him away from home and family for four decades. During this time, Chiang Yee wrote more than 20 books, including the popular Silent Traveller series.

In a voice both philosophical and humorous, Chiang Yee’s Silent Traveller books offer an outsider’s observation of locations from London and Paris to Boston and Japan. They are generously illustrated with Yee’s watercolors and pen-and-ink drawings, which render scenes of the West in the Chinese manner.