Monkey
Author(s): Wu Ch'eng-En
'"After all," he said, "you're only a monkey spirit. How can you delude yourself into supposing that you can seize the Jade Emperor's throne?"' Featuring the adventures of the irrepressible, cloud-riding trickster Monkey and his band of unruly disciples, this centuries-old Chinese fantasy blends beauty with absurdity, nonsense with profundity.
Product Information
Very little is known about Wu Ch-eng-en (c. 1505-80) although he is believed to have held the post of District Magistrate for a time. He had a reputation as a good poet but only a few rather commonplace verses of his survive in an anthology of Ming poetry and in a local gazetteer.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : Penguin Classics
- : 0.23
- : 01 October 2016
- : 181mm X 111mm X 23mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 September 2016
- : books
Special Fields
- : Wu Ch'eng-En
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 895.1346
- : 400