Overview
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.
?Mr. Waley has done a remarkable job with this translation.? ?Helena Kuo,?The New York Times
?The irreverent spirit and exuberant vitality of it portraiture?.?.?. make it an entertainment to which Mr. Waley?s witty translation has obviously contributed not a little.? ?The Times?(London)
?Told with immense gusto, and quite apart from its deeper meaning and wise proverbial sayings it is full of entertainment.? ?The Guardian
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780802198846 |
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| Publisher: | Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 12/01/2007 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | NOOK Book |
| Pages: | 320 |
| Sales rank: | 159,601 |
| File size: | 17 MB |
| Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download |
Table of Contents
Introduction, by Hu Shih,
Preface,
CHAPTERS,
I-VII The Monkey’s Story,
VIII Kuan-Yin’s Mission,
IX Family Story of Hs?an Tsang,
X The Emperor Summoned to the Under World,
XI What He Experienced There,
XII The General Mass for the Dead,
XIII The Pilgrim Starts His Journey,
XIV The Taming of the Monkey,
XV The Dragon Horse,
XVI-XVII Pigsy Is Taken On,
XVIII Sandy Follows,
XIX-XXI The Lion Demon in the Kingdom of Crow-cock,
XXII-XXIV The Cart-Slow Kingdom,
XXV-XXVII The River That Leads to Heaven and The Great King of Miracles,
XXVIII The Goal Achieved,
XXIX-XXX The Eighty-first Calamity
