“Life and soul of my people” is a very wise reading, written by an author with exceptional erudition, insight and fine humor. Created with a lot of love and poetry, it is imbued with important knowledge about the people of this ancient eastern country. Yutan writes: ” I am addressing people who have not lost their sense of the highest human values. Because only they will understand me. ”Although written eighty years ago, the book has not lost its relevance and is a valuable source of information about the Chinese mentality. “Life and soul of my people” will be of great benefit to all interested in the “Celestial Empire”.
<div>Lin Yutan (1895-1976) was a famous Chinese writer, translator and linguist. He writes in Chinese and English. After 1935 he lived and worked in the United States. His book A Moment in Beijing (1938) was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature. Lin Yutan is the author of over 30 books on the Chinese people, culture and literature, and translates significant works of classical Chinese literature into English.
<div>The translation of the book is the work of Petko Hinov, winner of the Hristo G. Danov Award. “Life and soul of my people” is published as part of the series “East” by “East-West”. The other titles released so far in the series are: “The 36 Strategists”, “Shatao and His Conversations on Painting” by Evgenia Zavadska, “Zen and Japanese Culture” by Daisetsu Suzuki, “Tao of Water” by Alan Watts and “Night Talks by the Hearth” by Wang Yunbin.
