Culture Clash: THE LAUGHING SUTRA by Mark Salzman

Culture Clash: THE LAUGHING SUTRA by Mark Salzman

THE LAUGHING SUTRA

by Mark Salzman

Random House; 263 pages; $18.95

Four years ago, Mark Salzman made an enviable debut as a writer. Iron and Silk was an account of the two years he spent in Hunan teaching English to Chinese medical students. A young man's book, it was modest and graceful and, most important, managed to reflect how the author's own openness and charm brought out the candor in the reserved Chinese people he encountered.

Salzman made a movie of his book, due out next month, and has now written his first novel, also with a Chinese theme. It would...

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