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by Mark Salzman

Author:	Mark Salzman
Subcategory:	Biographies
Language:	English
Publisher:	Vintage; Reprint edition (May 28, 1996)
Pages:	288 pages
Category:	Outdoors and Sports
Rating:	4.6
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Both book and movie are wonderfully simple yet with deep meaning, telling the story of Salzman’s life spent teaching English in China

Both book and movie are wonderfully simple yet with deep meaning, telling the story of Salzman’s life spent teaching English in China. Salzman has a real gift for taking himself out of the picture, so it seems that you are the subject of the autobiography. At the same time, he remains interesting as a subject. It was this strange mixture of self-depreciation and self-congratulation that endeared Salzman’s story to many readers, including myself.

Anyone who has enjoyed Mark Salzman's book and subsequent film "Iron and Silk" will love the glimpse at Salzman's adolescence offered in "Lost in Place. This warm and honest introspective look at the author's childhood is charming and funny. The author's love of martial arts and all things Asian manifested itself early, and Salzman's accomplishments as an adult have blossomed from his early eccentricities.

Salzman is a master storyteller, even telling the smallest anecdote. I started reading Lost In Place one night when I couldn't sleep. I laughed so loud and long I awoke my husband sleeping upstairs who came down to check on why I was, he thought, wailing and weeping. Tears of amusement, certainly.

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Memoir of author, Mark Salzman, who tried, with often humorous results, to rise above the everyday normalcy of his childhood. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Internet Archive Books.

Mark Joseph Salzman is an American writer. Salzman"s other publications include several works of fiction, a memoir dealing with growing up in suburbia, more specifically Ridgefield, Connecticut, and a report on his work as a creative writing instructor for juvenile delinquents. Salzman plays the cello. In high school, he played the cello for the Norwalk Youth Symphony. In 1996, he performed as guest cellist with YoYo Ma, pianist Emmanuel Ax, and others at Alice Tully Hall for the 20th anniversary performance of Live From Lincoln Center. Salzman was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 2000.

Mark Salzman’s latest book, Lost in Place, returns to the autobiographical, and also returns to the strange brew . at interweaving the viewpoints of the adolescent growing up in suburbia and the adult who is now telling the story.

Mark Salzman’s latest book, Lost in Place, returns to the autobiographical, and also returns to the strange brew that made Iron & Silk so appealing. Subtitled Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia, Lost in Place chronicles Salzman’s life before he went to teach in China. In some ways it is a fairly mundane tale of coming of age in the 1960s.

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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.

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Ffleg

From the first page I was laughing out loud. I loved the descriptions of his early attempts at kung fu and his initial understandings of eastern philosophy. He is able to laugh at all of it, especially himself, which is all funnier knowing that he ultimately did not abandon either of them. I can remember beginning studying Zen and later yoga philosophy and being frustrated that I wasn't enlightened yet after a few years. He brought that all back in such a delightful way. His recollections of his conversations with his parents, primarily his father, were so heartwarming and filled with affection even as he was attempting to go to great extremes to not be like them. All of his experiences, including his playing the cello and spending a period of time stoned on pot, were filled with his search for the meaning of life and his unhappiness at not finding it immediately. Doesn't sound funny? Wrong! He makes it all very funny and very human. The last few pages where he sums up much of what he learned are priceless. I would say that his view of himself as mediocre was greatly mistaken. He's a gifted writer for sure and sounds like a fascinating person.

Karg

Although this humorous memoir should please many readers, it will especially appeal if you grew up in the 70s. Young Mark Salzman is one of those kids who, when he develops a passion, goes into it heart and soul. In this book, those passions are kung fu, the cello, and Chinese culture -- not your typical fare for an undersized, oversensitive kid from Connecticut.

Why does the book work? Contrasts. There's Mark's maniacal kung fu instructor, for instance, Sensei O'Keefe -- a ripped, hard-drinking, pot-smoking sadist who verbally and physically abuses his charges as he exhorts them to live life like the stoic Eastern masters of old (a classic, "Do as I say, not as I do" guy). Also key is the wry resignation of Mark's dad. The two are close, and Dad's pithy quips on life are dry, wise, and as funny as Bob Newhart (and if you remember Newhart, then you DID grow up in the 70s).

Toward the end, as Salzman attends Yale, the book skips about a bit and comes to a hasty conclusion, but overall it's an enjoyable voyage. In tone and style, Salzman is somewhat like Tom Perrotta, whose book of stories, BAD HAIRCUT, is similar to this. If you enjoyed that book, check this one out (and vice versa). Recommended.

Samugor

Anyone who has enjoyed Mark Salzman's book and subsequent film "Iron and Silk" will love the glimpse at Salzman's adolescence offered in "Lost in Place." This warm and honest introspective look at the author's childhood is charming and funny. The author's love of martial arts and all things Asian manifested itself early, and Salzman's accomplishments as an adult have blossomed from his early eccentricities. Salzman was a bizarre kid, and this fact makes for terrific storytelling (at one point, he attempted to become a Zen monk, living austerely in the basement of his family home). The author has a natural, easy-going writing style that is at the same time intelligent and concise. He admits to the stranger moments of his adolescence with grace and dignity, and treats his accomplishments humbly. "Growing Up Absurd" is such a terrific story - Salzman's early teen experiences make a case for the adage "from humble beginnings come great things!." With a childhood like this (weird as he was), it's easy to see how Salzman grew up to be a great writer and filmmaker.

Nightscar

I first found this book serendipitously in the library when I was looking for a Biography in the S section. I was not familiar with Mark Salzman or any of his books. However the back cover described a time period and young person's life that was very familiar. I was able to read it very quickly which is my first clue that this could be a 4 to 5 star book.

I loved it because it was well written and like the "Wonder Years" described a phase we all go through with comedy, sadness, and sincerity. He describes parents we wonder about during the time we live with them but find out many years later how lucky we were to have them. His search for the meaning of life passes through kung fu, a summer of pot, and Chinese Literature at Yale. He doesn't quite find it but finally learns what he needs from the most unexpected of places. I give it a five star because of my last clue of greatness - as I was getting closer to the end I would see how close I was to the last page and then get a little sad.

Akinohn

This is a wonderful book about adolescence and identity, about a family in which wonderful parents handle their children with love and patience and skill, transmitting values, and teaching the importance of discovering what you care most about. It is hilariously funny at times, deeply moving at others, and filled with wisdom and insight.

Dikus

Memoir of Mark Salzman's adolescent years in Connecticut. Outrageously funny in spots, touching in others, and interesting throughout. The author's description of Sensei O'Keefe and the stories surrounding the Kung Fu Dojo are riotous. Ed, his eternally pessimistic father, adds another element of humor to the story. The novel describes an eccentric teenager's failed attempts to "change myself into something I'm not. The story of my life." He obsessively pursues first Kung Fu to become a fearless warior, then years of cello training to achieve a dream of becoming a concert celloist, and majors in Chinese at Yale because "it was the one subject I had a head start in and could therefore look smarter than I really was." The book is a good reflection back on the eccentricities of adolescence with a profound message offered in the end.

Grinin

Funny, poignant, touching and heartfelt. A joy to read and very entertaining. However, the last few pages paint an entirely bleak view of the world. Very disappointing and grim.

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