Published: December 2007
Genre: Non-Fiction, Travel, Biography
Read: August 2008
A thought provoking biography of a 20-something's journey to China. As a kid, Matt makes a list of things he needs to improve on. At the top, his ignorance. After getting a degree from an Ivy League school, he moves on to the next item - don't be a coward.
This American's trip to the Shaolin Temple is a delicious string of culture shock tales. Matt doesn't play the clumsy ignorant traveler, which is great because it allows the honesty and real confusion, fear, and anxiety to play through. The idea of Matt's transplanting himself out of every comfort and modern convenience to study kungfu at the birthplace of kungfu is inspirational. Be different, indeed.
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