Monkey
$34.44
- 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. H…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140441116 |
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| 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: | 198mm x 128mm x 21mm |
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Wu Ch'eng-en
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.
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