记述作者在俄罗斯的西伯利亚铁路旅行经历。9288公里横贯欧亚大陆的西伯利亚铁路，是俄罗斯的脊髓，无数历史与城市依附铁路而生。作者搭乘列车旅行全程，记述沿途的风景与城市，记述在列车与旅馆中相逢的人——哈萨克的金矿工人亚历山大、萨哈林的流落小旅馆的亚历山大老头、布里亚特蒙古 人小阿廖沙母子、安加尔斯克的亲爱的奇斯佳科娃·亚历山德罗夫娜老太太、新西伯利亚租住床位在里异乡谋生的漂亮姑娘、叶卡捷琳堡的书商米哈伊尔——人与城市的故事，也即是国家的故事，关于俄罗斯，关于苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟，关于沙皇俄国。
全书精选114帧黑白与彩色胶片摄影作品，是作者旅途之中的114个瞬间。用以佐证那些风景、城市与人的存在，同时也为更加直观地展示作者经历的俄罗斯，列车的车厢、城市的旅馆、街角与一切偶然相见。

High-population centers of enormous size are springing up in China with dizzying speed. With them comes an increased demand for migrant workers in the construction sector, factories, and mines. In growth centers like the Pearl River Delta in Southern China, 40 million people have already set out from the underdeveloped provinces to earn their living there. The photographer Andreas Seibert accompanied the workers repeatedly in order to document their everyday lives and their journey to the high-population centers. Their stories are told in a collection of striking photographs that provide a close-up portrait to complement the current discussion of economic growth in China. Accompanying the photographs are texts by two Chinese authors, who researched the social and economic background of the phenomenon and provide a direct look.
With its combination of text and images, this volume conveys a unique impression of the scale of this modern migration of peoples.