Green Dragon, Sombre Warrior: A Journey Around China's Symbolic Frontier Tapa dura - 2004

John Murray, 2003. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:9780719560385

John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Jacket is shelf rubbed.Internally clean.Excellent binding.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London, United Kingdom: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2003. Hardcover. As New/Fine.

John Murray. Used - Very Good. 2004. Hardcover. Publisher's mark on text block. Very Good.

UK: John Murray, 2003. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 14.6 x 3.2 x 22.2 cm. The ancient Chinese divided the zodiac into four quadrants, each with its own ruler - the Green Dragon of the East, the Scarlet Phoenix of the South, the White Tiger of the West and the Sombre Warrior of the North. They believed that these, and the interaction of the five elements - wood, fire, earth, metal and water - governed human affairs and that together they demonstrated a unity in multiplicity, a harmony in divergence. Taking the same frame of reference, Liam d'Arcy Brown set out to travel to the four corners of the People's Republic in an attempt to reconcile modern China's seemingly irreconcilable extremes. His 10,000-mile journey took him to an isolated fishing community in the East China Sea, a tropical holiday resort on the tip of Hainan Island, a Muslim city on the Silk Road and a riverside village in remote Manchuria. In each, he discovered aspects of China that the wider world seldom glimpses. Yet… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.