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Book Review of Iron and Silk

Iron and Silk
Iron and Silk
Author: Mark Salzman
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 3


For a couple of years the early 1980s, Mark Salzman was an English teacher and a martial arts master who went to a poor city China to teach English. Salzman recalls his many episodes and adventures there with vignettes in his book "Iron and Silk." He reveals much about the contrast of the Chinese culture from western culture. The poignant accounts will stay with the reader.