Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America by Jeff Chang ISBN 9780063275461, 0063275465 instant download

Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America by Jeff Chang ISBN 9780063275461, 0063275465 instant download

A cultural biography, both sweeping & intimate, of the legend Bruce Lee, set against the extraordinary, untold story of the rise of Asian America—from the author of the award-winning classic Can’t Stop Won’t Stop and one of the finest culture observers of our era.

More than a half-century after his passing, Bruce Lee is as towering a figure to people around the world as ever. On his path to becoming a global icon, he popularized martial arts in the West, became a bridge to people & cultures from the East, & just as he was set to conquer Hollywood once & for all, he died of cerebral edema at age thirty-two. It’s no wonder that Bruce Lee’s legend has only bloomed in the decades since. Yet, in so many ways, the legend has eclipsed the man.

Forgotten is the stark reality of the baby boy born in segregated San Francisco, who spent his youth in war-ravaged, fight-crazy Hong Kong. Forgotten is the curious teenager who found his way back to America, where he embraced West Coast counterculture & meshed it with the Asian worldviews & philosophies that reared him. Forgotten is the man whose very presence broke barriers & helped shape the idea of what being an Asian in America is, at the very dawn of Asian America.

Water Mirror Echo—a title inspired by Bruce Lee’s own way of moving, being & responding to the world—is a page-turning & powerful reminder. At the helm is Jeff Chang, the award-winning author of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, whose writing on culture, politics, the arts & music have made him one of the most acclaimed & distinctive voices of our time. In his hands, Bruce Lee’s story brims with authenticity.