(Mobile ebook) Swallowing Clouds: Two Millennia of Chinese Tradition, Folklore, and History Hidden in the Language
✿ A. Zee ✿
| #198692 in Books | Touchstone Books | 1991-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x6.00 x1.00l, | File Name: 067174724X | 378 pages |
||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| ... there is a folktale.|By Jeffrey D. Scargle|Some time ago, a scholar entered a his favorite bookstore. The owner asked if he could help find what the scholar was looking for. "I want your best book on Chinese cuisine. I also need a Chinese cookbook, and readable books about both ancient and modern Chinese culture. I need a Chinese language book, a book of Chinese folk t|From Library Journal|Wonton, which transliterates in Chinese as "swallowing clouds," gives title to this delightful mix of Chinese etymology, cooking, and culture. Zee, also author of An Old Man's Toy: Gravity at Work and Play ( LJ 3/1/89), invites the reader t
Uses descriptions of simple Chinese dishes as a starting point for exploring aspects of Chinese language, folklore, and civilization.
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You easily download any file type for your device.Swallowing Clouds: Two Millennia of Chinese Tradition, Folklore, and History Hidden in the Language | A. Zee. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
