American Shaolin

A lively, humorous, and thought-provoking memoir

Préface
A raucously funny memoir of one scrawny American's quest to become a kung fu master at China's legendary Shaolin Temple.

Auteur
Matthew Polly is an award-winning travel writer. A Princeton University graduate and Rhodes Scholar, his work has appeared Esquire, Playboy, The Nation and Slate. This is his first book.

Texte du rabat
Trade paperback. Subtitled, "Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, & The Legend Of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey In The New China".