Iron and Silk Paperback by Mark Salzman

Product Details

• Publisher: Vintage (1987-10-12)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 224 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780394755113
• Item Weight: 208.37 grams
• Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.22 x 0.58 cm

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.

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.