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Almost every martial artist has some wayward fantasy or frequent daydream about dropping out of life and dropping into the Shaolin Temple, to emerge some undetermined time later as a well-tuned, philosophy spouting fighting machine. Matthew Polly did just that, leaving his junior year from college and heading to China in 1992.
My expectation of this book was that this would be a martial arts, culture clash and personal transformation story. And it was certainly all three and more. In addition, drinking games, language, sex (or at least attempts), “the sixth race”, the Chinese Triads and other topics are intertwined with this very enjoyable story.
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Dusk Before the Dawn was recently selected as a Finalist for the 2006 Book of the Year Awards from ForeWord Magazine. The Awards will be handed out at the Book Expo America in NYC in June.
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American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China by Matthew Polly
lketchersid, January 21, 2008
Almost every martial artist has some wayward fantasy or frequent daydream about dropping out of life and dropping into the Shaolin Temple, to emerge some undetermined time later as a well-tuned, philosophy spouting fighting machine. Matthew Polly did just that, leaving his junior year from college and heading to China in 1992.My expectation of this book was that this would be a martial arts, culture clash and personal transformation story. And it was certainly all three and more. In addition, drinking games, language, sex (or at least attempts), “the sixth race”, the Chinese Triads and other topics are intertwined with this very enjoyable story.
(14 of 22 readers found this comment helpful)
Dusk Before the Dawn by Larry Ketchersid
lketchersid, April 22, 2007
Dusk Before the Dawn was recently selected as a Finalist for the 2006 Book of the Year Awards from ForeWord Magazine. The Awards will be handed out at the Book Expo America in NYC in June.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)