Iron and Silk: A Memoir by Peter Hessler - Asian Travel & Cultural Exploration Book for Adventure Seekers | Perfect for Travel Enthusiasts & History Lovers

If you traveled, or would like to travel to China and be immersed with its culture, then this book will enhance that travel experience.If your interest for the martial arts is because you appreciate the performing arts, then this book will contribute to that appreciation.And if you ever taught ESL or learned English as a second language, then you will easily relate to the students' struggles and the sometimes amusing irregularities of English grammar, pronunciation and idioms.Iron and Silk is on my list of ten books I would take on a desert island. Salzman's writing style sparkles with enthusiasm and the energy of youth; a feeling of discovery for whatever is newly learned; and a view of everyday life experiences with a feel for adventure, a conversion of the mundane into the extraordinary. Salzman not only mastered wu-shu, but he also mastered the written language that emits sparks on every page. Even his daily meditations reverberate with intensity.This is an ideal book for a young adult who lacks motivation or skills to move onward.