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David Hockney | Stephen Spender

China Diary

Thames and Hudson (May 1982)

9780810907836

| Hardcover

200 pages | 7.8 x 10.2 inch | English

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Dewey 915.1/0458

LC Classification DS712 .S65 1982

LC Control No. 82008783

Subject

Authors, English
China - Description And Travel
Poets, English
Travel - Asia - China

Plot

Stephen Spender and David Hockney's illustrated diary of the trip they took together to China takes in not just the famous sites - the Great Wall, the Temple of the jade Buddha, the magical landscape of Kweilin but the unexpected incidents of everyday Chinese life. And both discuss their meetings with contemporary Chinese poets and painters. Hockney's photographs, drawings and watercolours are a unique revelation of China, while Spender discourses in rich prose. Together they provide a glimpse of this ever-mysterious land.