"Luftmensch," literally meaning "air person," is the Yiddish way of describing someone who is a bit of a dreamer. Did You Know? The word "infant" comes from the Latin word "infans" which literally means "unable to speak; speechless." ...
Perhaps that is his meaning of Chinese imitation. Perhaps he meant things like cheap copies of priceless Chinese artifacts. Perhaps he was referring to the cheap copies of expensive things by cheaply paid workers in Taiwan or Hong Kong? ] P.S. Imitation, in Chinese is 模仿 Share this: Post...
In any case, I've been meaning to check one of his books out, and this is a really nice copy, the only fault being some old sellotape that was stuck to the edges of the jacket to protect it. But the tape was so old it peeled off easily when I got it home, just leaving ...