The Dragon's Backbone and Other Stories in Poems and Prose

In his most ambitious book to date, Guy Paulley writes for an adult audience in this collection of poems and short stories. His work gives a personal insight into life in China and especially the area around Nanning, where the author has lived for several years. By close observation of detail and acute sensitivity to every nuance of human behaviour, he assembles an intricate series of highly coloured miniatures that together paint a larger picture of an ancient culture within a modern country.