ENGLISH

Monkey: Folk Novel of China

By Wu Ch'êng-ên

Book information

Publisher
Grove Atlantic
Year
2007
ISBN
0802130860, 9780802130860
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
362 kB (370618 bytes)
Pages
324\0
Topic
Literature\\Folklore
Time added
2021-09-04 15:17:52
ChinachineseClassicsfolktalejourney to the westTranslated

Description

The classic Chinese novel: “Imagine a combination of picaresque novel, fairy tale, fabliau, Mickey Mouse, Davy Crockett, and Pilgrim’s Progress” (The Nation). Probably the most popular book in the history of the Far East, this classic sixteenth-century novel is a combination of picaresque novel and folk epic that mixes satire, allegory, and history into a rollicking adventure. It is the story of the roguish Monkey and his encounters with major and minor spirits, gods, demigods, demons, ogres, monsters, and fairies. This translation, by the distinguished scholar Arthur Waley, is the first accurate English version; it makes available to the Western reader a faithful reproduction of the spirit and meaning of the original.

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