by Lin Yutang · Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788435016674
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'The Importance of Living' by Lin Yutang offers a modern perspective on the rich and ancient Eastern culture. Through a combination of theoretical knowledge and personal experience, the author explores topics such as leisure, happiness, culture, and religion, inviting us to reflect on our attitudes. This book condenses Eastern thought in an agile and enjoyable way, aimed especially at the Western reader, becoming a classic of the dissemination of Eastern thought.
Lin Yutang was a Chinese writer, linguist, and inventor. A prolific bilingual writer in both Chinese and English, he was celebrated for pioneering a humorous prose style in modern Chinese literature and for serving as a cultural bridge between China and the West, most notably through My Country and My People (1935) and his English translations of Chinese classics. As a linguist, he compiled a series of ESL textbooks for Chinese learners in the 1930s and later produced an English–Chinese dictionary in the 1970s. As an inventor, he designed a Chinese typewriter, which was patented in the United States in 1952, though it was never mass-produced. From 1940 to 1973, Lin received six nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
