The Man Who Loved Dragons

My China Curios and the Gates of Dreams

Trevor Hay

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Australian Scholarly Publishing
01 November 2024

History; Black & Asian studies

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Trevor Hay 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.

By: Trevor Hay
Imprint: Australian Scholarly Publishing
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781923267039
ISBN 10: 1923267035
Publication Date: 01 November 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active