# The Laughing Sutra

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- Book: [The Laughing Sutra](https://www.bookquiver.com/mark-salzman/the-laughing-sutra) ([The Laughing Sutra.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/mark-salzman/the-laughing-sutra.md))
- Authors: [Mark Salzman](https://www.bookquiver.com/mark-salzman)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7973-546-5
- Pages: 272
- Published: 1992-01-15
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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...