The mermaid's muse : the legend of the dragon boats

Titre
The mermaid's muse : the legend of the dragon boats

David. Bouchard

Sommaire
History meets myth in a dramatic retelling of the story of Qu Yuan, celebrated poet of ancient China. Wrongfully exiled to a remote island, he befriends a sea dragon disguised as a mermaid. Together they decide to flee to her undersea world. Misunderstanding, villagers raise the alarm and attack, threatening the poet and dragon's escape.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2000

Description matérielle
[32] p. : col. illus. ; 31 cm.

Terme de vedette-matière
Dragons -- Folklore.
 
Legends -- China.
 
Dragon boat festival -- Fiction.

Vedette secondaire auteur
Huang, Zhong-Yang.

Résumé
History meets myth in a dramatic retelling of the story of Qu Yuan, celebrated poet of ancient China. Wrongfully exiled to a remote island, he befriends a sea dragon disguised as a mermaid. Together they decide to flee to her undersea world. Misunderstanding, villagers raise the alarm and attack, threatening the poet and dragon's escape.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9781551922485

Informations de publication
Vancouver : Raincoast Books, c2000.


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