Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
$27.53
- Paperback
608 pages
- Release Date
16 July 2006
Summary
Whispers from the Inkstone: Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
A major new translation of a classic of Chinese literature almost completely unknown to the English-speaking world. The Strange Tales of Pu Songling (1640-1715) are exquisite and amusing miniatures that are regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction.
With their elegant prose, witty wordplay and subtle charm, the 104 stories in this selection reveal a world in which nothing is as it seems. Here a Taois…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140447408 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140447407 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Pu Songling, John Minford |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 608 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 16 July 2006 |
| Weight: | 440g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 34mm |
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“Magical and wondrously entertaining … Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio overflows with ghosts, demons, monsters, monks, magicians, revived corpses, gods and fox-spirits… . [It] calls to mind a collection of mildly racy club stories or lost episodes of The Twilight Zone. … Fast paced, surprisingly light in tone, emotionally cool, wryly humorous—these uncanny tales, often just one or two pages long, might almost be adult bedtime stories… . Reading this beloved classic provides a particularly enjoyable way to help celebrate Chinese New Year.” —The Washington Post
About The Author
Pu Songling
John Minford (Introducer, Translator)
John Minford is an emeritus professor of Chinese at the Australian National University. He has produced renowned translations of some of the most beloved works of Chinese literature, including The Story of the Stone, The Art of War and the Tao Te Ching.
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