Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Penguin Classics)
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Penguin Classics)
Author: Songling, Pu
Brand: Penguin
Color: Multicolor
Features:
- Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Penguin
- Classics) Pu Songling (Author), John Minford
- (Introduction) ASIN: 0140447407 ISBN-10:
- 0140447407 ISBN-13: 978-0140447408 New
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Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 608
Release Date: 31-10-2006
Part Number: 9780140447408
Details: 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 Taoist monk conjures up a magical pear tree, a scholar recounts his previous incarnations, a woman out-foxes the fox-spirit that possesses her, a child bride gives birth to a thimble-sized baby, a ghostly city appears out of nowhere and a heartless daughter-in-law is turned into a pig. In his tales of humans coupling with shape-shifting spirits, bizarre phenomena, haunted buildings and enchanted objects, Pu Songling pushes back the boundaries of human experience and enlightens as he entertains.
EAN: 9780140447408
Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
Languages: English, Chinese
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