Iron and Silk: A Memoir

by Mark Salzman

Overview

Salzman captures post-cultural revolution China through his adventures as a young American English teacher in China and his shifu-tudi (master-student) relationship with China's foremost martial arts teacher.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780307814234
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/21/2011
Series:	Vintage Departures
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	949,099
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Mark Salzman is the author of Iron & Silk, an account of his two years in China; Lost in Place, a memoir; and the novels The Laughing Sutra, The Soloist, and Lying Awake.

Editorial Reviews

"Salzman demonstrates with skill and subtlety just how Chinese society works."—The Washington Post

"Gong fu, or 'skill that transcends mere surface beauty'...no other term is as apt for a book that describes China and its people with such deftness and delight."—Time

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