{"product_id":"dragons-on-the-roof-unravelling-vietnam-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 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3465925\"\u003eCarol Howland\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mynah Bird Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781999843601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1999843606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV003060\"\u003eAsia | Southeast\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarol Howland is a travel writer who has published articles in British newspapers and magazines on destinations throughout the world - Europe, South America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Formerly a feature writer on a national magazine and a regular contributor to a dozen British newspapers, early in her career she wrote and revised guidebooks. Entranced by a visit to Vietnam, she left a job as editor of a magazine to spend a year exploring the country's rich cultural heritage. She now divides her time between homes in the UK and France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mynah Bird Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44706659041517,"sku":"9781999843601","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_4972d553-a1ad-440a-9890-8b6036dda466.jpg?v=1703956944","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/dragons-on-the-roof-unravelling-vietnam-9781999843601","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}