One of China’s Four Great Classical Novels, Monkey King was written anonymously during the Ming dynasty and is most commonly attributed to Wu Cheng’en, the son of a silk-shop clerk from east China. It recounts a Tang-dynasty monk’s quest for Buddhist scriptures, accompanied by an omni-talented kung-fu Monkey King called Sun Wukong; a rice-loving divine pig; and a depressive man-eating river-sand monster.
Comparable to The Canterbury Tales or Don Quixote, the tale is at once a comic adventure story, a humorous satire of Chinese bureaucracy, a spring of spiritual insight and an extended allegory in which the group of pilgrims journeys towards enlightenment.
ISBN: 9780141393445
Publication date: 18/05/2021
Price: $50.00
RRP: $50.00
Format: Hardback
Available stock: 1
Publishing status: Active
Author: Cheng’en, Wu
Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
Imprint: Penguin Books
