Name/Title
The Man Who Loved DragonsDescription
In this book author explores his China curios, some tangible, like opium pipes and cricket ‘palaces’, some intangible, like memories and dreams. His ‘cabinet of curiosities’ contains a whole anthology of strange tales; of the erotic adventures of the ‘Old Buddha’ Empress Dowager, of two extraordinary foreign hermits in China, of murder and mystery in the ‘Badlands’ of Beijing and the demi-monde of Chinese theatre and of poignant ruins that serve both as witnesses to the tragedy of past East-West encounters and as potential sources of future understanding.Book Details
Author
Trevor HayPublisher
Arden Melbourne & GalwayPlace Published
City
North Melbourne, VictoriaDate Published
2024Publication Language
EnglishPublication Subjects
Curiosities and wonders -- China
China -- History
China -- Social life and customsCall No.
951. HAYISBN
9781923267039