{"product_id":"the-man-who-loved-dragons-trevor-hay-9781923267039","title":"The Man Who Loved Dragons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Dragons are never far from the Gates of Dreams, luring us beyond with fascination and fear\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Trevor Hay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1923267035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781923267039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arden Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Trevor Hay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241559732479,"sku":"9781923267039","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e3761e3b-694b-416b-86df-b2b01ac2682a.jpg?v=1772654981","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-man-who-loved-dragons-trevor-hay-9781923267039","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}