Lost In Place: Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia

Author: Salzman, Mark

Color: Multicolor

Edition: Reprint

Number Of Pages: 288

Details:

From the author of Iron & Silk comes a charming and frequently uproarious account of an American adolescence in the age of Bruce Lee, Ozzy Osborne, and Kung Fu. As Salzman recalls coming of age with one foot in Connecticut and the other in China (he wanted to become a wandering Zen monk), he tells the story of a teenager trying to attain enlightenment before he's learned to drive. From Publishers Weekly Salzman's memoir of his Connecticut childhood tells of his early adolescent devotion to Zen and Kung Fu. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. From the Inside Flap From the author of Iron & Silk comes a charming and frequently uproarious account of an American adolescence in the age of Bruce Lee, Ozzy Osborne, and Kung Fu. As Salzman recalls coming of age with one foot in Connecticut and the other in China (he wanted to become a wandering Zen monk), he tells the story of a teenager trying to attain enlightenment before he's learned to drive.

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....

EAN: 9780679767787

Release Date: 28-05-1996

Languages: English

Item Note: Great shape- pages are unmarked and sharp.Has a remainder mark. Paperback Used - Like New Ships fast! 1996Reprint

Item Condition: UsedLikeNew

Binding: Paperback