false <![CDATA[Iron and Silk]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177178537m/685391.jpg 685391 9 In 1982, Salzman flew off to teach English in Changsha, China. He writes of bureaucrats, students and Cultural Revolution survivors, stripping none of their complexity and humanity. He's gentle with their idiocies, saving his sharpest barbs for himself (it's his pants that split from zipper to waist whilst demonstrating martial arts in Canton). Though dribs of history and drabs of classical lore seep through, this is mostly a personal tale, noted by the Los Angeles Times for "the charmingly unpretentious manner in which it penetrates a China inaccessible to other foreigners." 144931 1986 Iron and Silk total:596|5:148|4:267|3:150|2:28|1:3| 596 2317 753 87 0 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 14:16:18 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 14:16:18 -0700 2007
dated but in an interesting, pre-boom China way
need to read some new travel writing to compare
very funny, concise, well-written. a quick, satisfying read.]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 09 05:06:16 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 05:59:43 -0800 2009
I enjoyed the writing style, which was straightforward...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Sep 13 21:34:08 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 21:35:34 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 04:35:04 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 19:16:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 30 10:23:38 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 10:30:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 20:28:56 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 21:12:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 12:39:39 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 14:30:35 -0700 2009
Though outdated by three decades now, this is an amazing and accurate depiction of Chinese culture and its varied martial arts. I would've cast this off as unfairly caricaturized or fantastical if I hadn't seen it all for myself when I was there. The author makes no apologies an...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Sep 17 16:06:23 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 23 07:15:13 -0800 2009
Salzman went to China for two years in the 1980s. There he taught English to a several classes of students (and several English Teachers...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 23:14:17 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 01:46:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 03:44:41 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 03:47:44 -0800 2009 2 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 02 07:08:02 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 07:16:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 06:38:43 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 12:09:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 09:45:01 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 08:01:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 03 17:45:42 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 21:06:24 -0800 2007 Autumn Lightning, I first read this book in middle school during a phase when I read everything I could find about martial arts. Like Autumn Lightning, I have revisited it periodically ever since, not because of the martial arts connection, but simply because it tells good stories about intere...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 24 11:45:48 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 11:48:19 -0800 2008
Mark will take you on a journey behind the walls of communist China where you will meet the beautiful people who touched his life.

Do not miss. ]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Thu Jul 05 08:37:28 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 10 20:52:01 -0800 2008
His subsequent writing care...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 03:41:50 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 03:44:17 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Aug 15 20:34:07 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 30 15:12:08 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Nov 20 07:22:39 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 07:24:34 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Fri Nov 20 08:48:36 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 08:49:51 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=685391