Monkey
$34.73
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
27 January 2005
Summary
Arthur Waley’s humorous and energetic translation is accompanied by an introduction discussing the story’s background in history and legend, its elements of anti-bureaucratic satire and the allegorical nature of its characters.
Monkey depicts the adventures of Prince Tripitaka, a young Buddhist priest on a dangerous pilgrimage to India to retrieve sacred scriptures accompanied by his three unruly disciples: the greedy pig creature Pipsy, the river monster Sandy - and Monkey. Hatched f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140441116 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140441115 |
| Author: | Wu Ch'eng-en, Arthur Waley |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 27 January 2005 |
| Weight: | 274g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 128mm x 198mm |
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Wu Ch'eng-en
Wu Ch’eng-en (c. 1505-80) was a Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming Dynasty. He is widely considered to be the author of Journey to the West (Monkey King), one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.
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