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Iron and Silk
Salzman, Mark
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BOOK SUMMARY
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.

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BOOK 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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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0394755111
ISBN(13-digit): 9780394755113
Copyright: 1987
Dewey Decimal: 951.05/8
Library of Congress: 87040085
Book Publisher: Random House Inc
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 211
Paper Weight (lb): 0.55



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