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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-57131-250-1
Pages: 264
Publish Date: Dec, 2000
Genre: Nonfiction
Coming Home Crazy
An Alphabet of China Essays
BY Bill Holm
A captivating journey through contemporary China. With Holm as companion, one learns what it is like to travel by”hard-seat" train to a remote village, to smuggle Chinese classics back into China, and to experience Mickey Mouse-mania in the Middle Kingdom.
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"[A] fantastic expedition into the whims, absurdities, smells, tastes and wonders of modern Chinese life. . . . Holm provides a warm, wise and unrelentingly witty guide to surviving China."
—San Diego Magazine"Entertaining, thought-provoking and touching. After reading his book, you won't look at the United States or China the same way."
—Philadelphia Inquirer"I love it. It is the best book on China I have read for a long time."
—Nien Cheng, author of Life and Death in Shanghai"The warmth, courage and enduring spirit of the Chinese people permeate the pages of Coming Home Crazy."
—Charleston News and Courier/Evening Post"Holm provides a warm, wise and unrelentingly witty guide to surviving China.”
—San Diego Magazine
