Iron & Silk

Iron & Silk
First edition
AuthorMark Salzman
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiography
PublisherRandom House
Publication placeCanada
Published in English
1986
ISBN0-394-55156-7

Iron and Silk is a 1986 autobiographical novel written by Mark Salzman. It describes his experiences in China as an English teacher and as a student of Kung Fu. The book was later made into a film of the same name.[1][2][3]

Plot summary

Salzman, a member of the Yale-China expedition crew, is offered a position to teach English at the Changsha Medical University 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.

He encounters political activists, travels, and deals with many different kinds of people, some of them very traditional.[4]

References

  1. ^ Hamilton, Denise (1989-05-07). "A Martial Artist Marshals Career". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
  2. ^ 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. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
  3. ^ Gross, John (1987-01-09). "BOOKS OF THE TIMES". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
  4. ^ "FROM CHINA WITH LOVE". The New York Times. 1987-02-01. Retrieved 2010-12-17.