Iron And Silk - Hardcover

Salzman, Mark

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241120802 ISBN 13: 9780241120804

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, 1987

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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 211 pages; Physical desc. : 211p. ; 22cm. Subject: China -- Social life and customs.

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Review:

"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

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.

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