01720cam a2200349 i 4500 390678963 TxAuBib 20190924120000.0 870408t19871986||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 87040085 9780394755113 15.95 0394755111 15.95 eng rda TxAuBib rda Salzman, Mark. Iron & silk [BOOK] / Mark Salzman. First Vintage Departures edition. New York : Vintage Books, 1987. ©1986. 211 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Vintage departures Reprint. Originally published: New York : Random House, c1986. Leaving ; Arriving -- A piano ; Teacher Wei ;Hong Kong ; Myopia -- Peking Duck ; Pan ; A Fisherman kissing ; A suicide -- Lessons ; A garden -- A short story ; "Mei Banfa" ; A ghost story -- Pan learns script ; A runaway ; Teacher black ; In a gallery -- Unsuitable reading ; no sad, no cry ; Thinning hair ; Bad elements -- "Don't you know it's snowing out?" ; A coffee shop ; Professor Jin -- A rat ; A night ride ; The long swords. The author recounts his experiences in China, as the sole private pupil to Pan Quingfu, China's foremost martial artist, discusses his relationships with the diverse Chinese people he came to know. 20190924. Salzman, Mark Travel China. Martial arts China. China Description and travel. Vintage departures.