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Iron and Silk

By Mark Salzman

By Mark Salzman

By Mark Salzman

By Mark Salzman

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Part of Vintage Departures

Part of Vintage Departures

Paperback $15.95

Oct 12, 1987 | ISBN 9780394755113

Ebook $11.99

Dec 21, 2011 | ISBN 9780307814234

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    About Iron and Silk

    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.

    About Iron and Silk

    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.

    Also by Mark Salzman

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    Lying Awake
    Lost In Place
    The Soloist
    The Laughing Sutra
    See all books by Mark Salzman

    Also by Mark Salzman

    True Notebooks
    Lying Awake
    Lost In Place
    The Soloist
    The Laughing Sutra
    See all books by Mark Salzman

    About Mark Salzman

    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.

    About Mark Salzman

    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.

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Sports | Travel Writing

    Paperback | $15.95
    Published by Vintage
    Oct 12, 1987 | 224 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780394755113

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Sports | Travel Writing

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage
    Dec 21, 2011 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9780307814234
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    Praise

    "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

    Awards

    New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age WINNER

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