The Laughing Sutra

The Laughing Sutra

by Mark Salzman
The Laughing Sutra

The Laughing Sutra

by Mark Salzman

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Overview

Iron & Silk, Mark Salzman's bestselling account of his adventures as an English teacher and martial arts student in China, introduced a writer of enormous charm and keen insight into the cultural chasm between East and West. Now Salzman returns to China in his first novel, which follows the adventures of Hsun-ching, a naive but courageous orphan, and the formidable and mysterious Colonel Sun, who together travel from mainland China to San Francisco, risking everything to track down an elusive Buddhist scripture called The Laughing Sutra. Part Tom Sawyer, part Tom Jones, The Laughing Sutra draws us into an irresistible narrative of danger and comedy that speaks volumes about the nature of freedom and the meaning of loyalty.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780679735465
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 01/15/1992
Series: Vintage Contemporaries
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 784,394
Product dimensions: 5.20(w) x 7.98(h) x 0.59(d)

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.
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