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Monkey King: Journey to the WestOne of the world's greatest fantasy novels, Monkey King: Journey to the West is the inspiration for the new blockbuster game Black Myth: Wukong . Published in a sparkling modern translation and available in the Penguin Clothbound Classics series, this is the perfect introduction to the seminal Chinese classic. A shape shifting trickster on a kung fu quest for eternal life, Monkey King is one of the most memorable superheroes in world literature. High
One of the world's greatest fantasy novels, Monkey King: Journey to the West is the inspiration for the new blockbuster game Black Myth: Wukong . Published in a sparkling modern translation and available in the Penguin Clothbound Classics series, this is the perfect introduction to the seminal Chinese classic. A shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, Monkey King is one of the most memorable superheroes in world literature. High-spirited and omni-talented, he can transform himself into whatever he chooses and turn each of his body's 84,000 hairs into an army of clones. But his penchant for mischief repeatedly gets him into trouble, and when he raids Heaven's Orchard of Immortal Peaches, the Buddha pins him beneath a mountain. Five hundred years later, Monkey King is finally given a chance to redeem himself: he must protect the pious monk Tripitaka on his journey in search of precious Buddhist sutras that will bring enlightenment to the Chinese empire. Joined by two other fallen immortals - Pigsy, a rice-loving flying pig, and Sandy, a depressive river-sand monster - Monkey King does battle with Red Boy, Princess Jade-Face, the Monstress Dowager, and all manner of dragons, ogres, wizards and femmes fatales ; navigates the perils of Fire-Cloud Cave, the River of Flowing Sand and the Water-Crystal Palace; and is serially captured, lacquered, sautéed, steamed and liquefied - but always hatches an ingenious plan to get himself and his fellow pilgrims out of their latest jam. Comparable to The Canterbury Tales or Don Quixote , Monkey King is at once a gripping adventure, a comic satire and a spring of spiritual insight. With this new translation by the award-winning Julia Lovell, the irrepressible rogue hero of one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature has the potential to vault, with his signature cloud-somersault, into the hearts of a whole new generation of readers.
| EAN: | 9780141393445 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 11.02.2021 |
| Produktform: | Leinen |
| Autoren: | Ch'Eng-En, Wu |
| Übersetzung: | Lovell, Julia |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 384 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Classics |
| Keyword: | penguin clothbound classics; penguin classics; romance of the three kingdoms; monkey king; the red book; east of west; the water margin; romance novels; the red king; classic; mythology; folklore; ancient; science fiction; gifts for writers; gifts for readers; good books; short story collections |
| Fachschema: | China / Roman, Erzählung~Chinesische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung |
| Fachkategorie: | Belletristik in Übersetzung~Texte: Antike & Mittelalter~Klassische Lyrik, Lyrik bis 1900, Klassische Belletristik |
| Region: | China |
| Zeitraum: | 7. Jahrhundert (600 bis 699 n. Chr.) |
| Imprint-Titels: | Penguin Clothbound Classics |
| Verkauf Verboten: | |
| Text Sprache: | eng |
| Originalsprache: | chi |
| Seitenanzahl: | XXXVIII, 339 |
| Verlag: | Penguin Books Ltd (UK) |
| Länge: | 205 mm |
| Breite: | 142 mm |
| Höhe: | 35 mm |
| Gewicht: | 520 gr |
| Genre: | Importe |
| Herkunftsland: | GROSSBRITANNIEN (GB) |
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