On the Smell of an Oily Rag

Download or read book On the Smell of an Oily Rag written by Yu Ouyang and published by Wakefield Press Pty, Limited (AUS). This book was released on 2007 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Very big, China." - Noel Coward. Scholarly and scatological, this cornucopia of fun and wisdom is a breathtaking picture of speech, thought and images from the world's richest and oldest culture. ON THE SMELL OF AN OILY RAG gives an insight like no other into how English-language and Chinese-language cultures collide, contrast and illuminate each other. It's about what is lost in translation and what can be gained by it.