{"product_id":"dragons-on-the-roof-carol-howland-9781999843601","title":"Dragons on the Roof: Unravelling Vietnam","description":"An ideal companion for those who want more than a guidebook, for those who wish to dig a bit deeper into this enigmatic country. Journalist and travel writer Carol Howland was so beguiled by Vietnam and saw it changing so fast that she rushed back to spend a year, travelling the length of this long, thin country - to capture its traditional culture before it disappears. Delving into this two thousand-year-old civilization, she meets a man who creates 'antique' Buddhist statues, a woman who 'sculpts' royal banquets, the aged manservant of the last dowager queen and one of the men who might have become emperor - if Vietnam still had an emperor. She leads us through the palaces of the last imperial capital, now a World Heritage Site, and takes us backstage at Hanoi's classical opera and the traditional water puppet theatre. The writer penetrates Vietnam's traditional culture in a friendly, bemused and insightful way, through the stories and the lives of the people and the cultural leaders she met.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carol Howland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1999843606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781999843601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mynah Bird Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.53d","brand":"Carol Howland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44491648663807,"sku":"9781999843601","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cbe3e3bb-ede0-4e55-a7c8-76759d99112f.jpg?v=1699452423","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dragons-on-the-roof-carol-howland-9781999843601","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}