Monkey King
Journey to the West
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فرمت کتاب
ebook
تاریخ انتشار
2021
شابک
9781101600979
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- اطلاعات
- نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی
December 21, 2020
Lovell’s new translation and abridgement of Wu’s 16th-century Chinese folktale spins a satire of bureaucracy and spirituality as an unlikely ensemble of pilgrims travels to India to acquire Buddhist scriptures. Fearful spiritual leader Tripitaka is the first to embark. In his travels, he frees the Monkey King from a 500-year imprisonment—but in exchange Monkey must serve Tripitaka in his mission, weathering a 14-year-long journey to atone for his sins and attain immortality. Along the way, the gluttonous pig demon, Pigsy, and Sandy, a river monster, join the pilgrimage, hoping to redeem themselves and lending their skills to the group. Their quest is jam-packed with outrageous danger and outlandish transformations as the pilgrims are beaten, captured, impregnated, and even cooked—but Monkey always finds an ingenious way to rescue the group from their latest catastrophe. Lovell does an admirable job condensing the original text, which spans 100 chapters, while capturing the essence of Chinese fantastical storytelling and parody. Readers who enjoy nutty adventures and nonsensical plots will get a kick out of this madcap fable.
February 1, 2021
Lovell's new translation of the sixteenth-century classic presents the variety of tones and themes of the massive original in a single volume. This famous story follows the immortal Sun Wukong, a monkey born from a stone who rampages through heaven and is eventually imprisoned by the Buddha for 500 years until he is offered freedom if he will protect the pilgrim Tripitaka on a spiritual quest. Joining Monkey and Tripitaka are two exiled former officials of heaven now turned into a pig demon and river demon respectively, as well as a disgraced dragon transformed into Tripitaka's horse. Lovell ably compresses the vast number of adventures from the original novel into a representative selection of Monkey's exploits, from morphing into a bug to torment Princess Iron Fan's stomach to defeating the whims of dictatorial Taoists. While by its nature a selective translation, this new edition should more than satisfy anyone interested in reading not only a highly praised classic of Chinese literature, but also one of the most influential fantasy narratives in the world.
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