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Oct 12, 1987 | ISBN 9780394755113
Dec 21, 2011 | ISBN 9780307814234
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.
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.
"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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