On the Smell of an Oily Rag: Speaking English, Thinking Chinese and Living Australian by Ouyang Yu

On the Smell of an Oily Rag: Speaking English, Thinking Chinese and Living Australian

Ouyang Yu

205 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

autobiography poetry reflective medium-paced
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Ouyang Yu gives his unique insight into Chinese and Western language and cultures, and makes us reflect on our own habits of thought from new angles.On the Smell of an Oily Rag draws examples from low and high culture and from the everyday and the...

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