Our country and our people

Author: Lin Yutang
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Publish Date: 2002-08-04
Features: The Story of My Country and My People is an English work by Lin Yutang that created a huge impact in the United States. In this book, Lin employs a candid and humorous tone, along with wise and insightful language, to describe the morals, mental state, and aspirations of the Chinese people, as well as China's society, arts, and cultural interests. In this book, he leverages his advantage of having "two feet in both Eastern and Western cultures," often viewing issues through a comparative lens of East and West. The book was published in 1935 by The John Day Company, written by Pearl S. Buck and her husband, just before Lin's family traveled to the United States. Pearl S. Buck personally wrote the preface, praising it as "authentic, in-depth, comprehensive, and important a book about China." American critic T.F. Opie even said, "Whether you want to understand ancient or modern China, reading The Story of My Country and My People is enough."