Lost in place : growing up absurd in suburbia / Mark Salzman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salzman, Mark.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salzman, Mark--Childhood and youth.

Salzman, Mark.

Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Ridgefield (Conn. : Town)--Social life and customs.

Ridgefield (Conn. : Town).

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

269 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Vintage Books edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage Books, 1996.

Summary:

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. Annotation. 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.

Other Format:

Online version: Salzman, Mark. Lost in place.

ISBN:

0679767789

9780679767787

OCLC:

34950595