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Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
By
John Minford (trans) and
Pu Songling
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Publication date
October 31, 2006
Pages
562
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780140447408
ISBN-10
0140447407
Dimensions
1 by 5.25 by 7.75 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$18.00
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Act as miniatures that aim to be regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction. These tales with their prose and wordplay, include 104 stories that reveal a world, in which nothing is as it seems. Here a Taoist monk conjures up a pear tree, a scholar recounts his incarnations, and a woman out-foxes the fox-spirit that possesses her.
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from Penguin Classics (October 31, 2006)
9780140447408 | details & prices | 562 pages | 5.25 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $18.00
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