Iron & Silk
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| Iron & Silk | |
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 1st edition |
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| Author(s) | Mark Salzman |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Biography |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Published in English |
1986 |
| ISBN | 0-394-55156-7 |
Iron and Silk is a 1986 autobiographical novel written by Mark Salzman. It was later made into a film of the same name.[1] [2] [3]
[edit] Plot summary
Salzman, a member of the Yale-China expedition crew, is offered a position to teach English at the Changsha Hunan Medical College for two years. While he is there, he learns Chinese martial arts of many different kinds. He studies from the martial arts master Pan Qingfu. Salzman's overly admiring image of China is not accepted by the Chinese themselves. He encounters political activists, travels, and deals with many different kinds of people, some of them very traditional.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Hamilton, Denise (1989-05-07). "A Martial Artist Marshals Career". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1989-05-07/entertainment/ca-3661_1_martial-arts-iron-and-silk-mark-salzman. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
- ^ Wakeman, Carolyn (1987-05-24). "Iron & Silk: A Young American Encounters Swordsmen, Bureaucrats and Other Citizens of Contemporary China by Mark Salzman (Random House: $17.95; 211 pp.) Seven Bamboo Tablets of the Cloudy Satchel by Deng Ming-Dao; portraits by Kwan Saihung (Harper & Row: $14.95; 275 pp., illustrated)". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1987-05-24/books/bk-2187_1_marco-polo. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
- ^ Gross, John (1987-01-09). "BOOKS OF THE TIMES". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/09/books/books-of-the-times-314187.html. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
- ^ "FROM CHINA WITH LOVE". The New York Times. 1987-02-01. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/01/books/from-china-with-love.html. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
