Coming Home Crazy: An Alphabet of China Essays - Softcover

Holm, Bill

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9780915943425: Coming Home Crazy: An Alphabet of China Essays

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0915943425 ISBN 13: 9780915943425

Publisher: Milkweed Editions, 1990

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Arranged by letter of the alphabet, with at least one entry per letter, these short pieces capture the variety of daily life in contemporary China. Writing about traditions that endure in rural areas as well as the absurdities of bureaucracy experienced by an American teacher and traveler in the 1980s, the essays cover such topics as dumpling making, bound feet, Chinglish, night soil, and banking. A new afterword reacts to recent changes in China.

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A captivating journey through contemporary China.
With Holm as companion, one learns what it is like to travel by "hard-seat" train to a remote village, to smuggle Chinese classics back into China, and to experience Mickey Mouse-mania in the Middle Kingdom."Holm provides a warm, wise and unrelentingly witty guide to surviving China."--San Diego Magazine"Holm's view is entertaining, thought-provoking and touching. After reading his book, you won't look at the United States or China the same way."--Philadelphia Inquirer"I loved it. It is the best book on China I have read for a long time."--Nien Cheng, author of Life and Death in Shanghai

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