A Dream of Red Dragonflies.
Melbourne. Tantanoola. 2016. Stock ID #156124 "Restless China scholar Rubert Robinson leaves the refuge of his studio in Montsalvat artists' colony in outer Melbourne and embarks upon travels with Xiaorong, his former student, in order to discover and illuminate fragments of the age-old encounter between China and the West. When referring to this item please quote stockid 156124.
261pp. Paperback.
During their quest through old and new worlds they discover a parallel realm of fascination, misunderstanding, pain and delight - all within their own relationship. Like other cultural voyagers before them, they find both sanctuary and exile within a landscape of ever shifting perspectives.
The author is a Melbourne writer and scholar. He is a fluent speaker of Mandarin Chinese, a collector of antiquarian books on the Chinese-European interaction and an expert on Chinese theatre." (Publisher's description).
Price: $29.95 AU