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Title: SWALLOWING CLOUDS
A PLAYFUL JOURNEY THROUGH CHINESE CULTURE, LANGUAGE, AND CUISINE
By: Anthony Zee, Linda Rui Feng
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0295994207
ISBN 13: 9780295994208
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Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS
Pub. date: 20 October, 2014
Edition: second edition
Pages: 386
Description: Originally published: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990.
Synopsis: Physics professor Zee writes about how to understand the menus in Chinese restaurants, explaining the characters, what they mean, and the colorful stories behind the names of various dishes. Anne Tyler (in the Washington Post) called Swallowing Clouds "a study of the very nature of Chinese culture. Zee has a quirky, personal style that draws the reader in."Replaces ISBN 9780295981918
Publication: US
Imprint: University of Washington Press
Returns: Returnable
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