A Past Unearthed - Return of the Condor Heroes Volume 1

Informationen zum Autor Jin Yong is one of the world's bestselling writers, with more than 300 million of his works sold (not including unknown numbers of bootleg copies). He is beloved across China for his wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry) novels, which have given rise to film, television, comic book and video game adaptations. He was awarded an O.B.E. in 1981, and is one of two authors on the MacLehose list who have asteroids named in their honour (the other being Georges Perec). Klappentext "Genghis Khan is dead, but the Mongolians, led by his son, continue their assault on the Central Plains. A new generation of martial artists has emerged to face this threat, foremost among them Guo Jing and his wife Lotus Huang. And a new danger stalks the land, with all the fury of a woman scorned - Blithe Li, the Red Serpent Celestial. It is an encounter with this pitiless foe that reunites Guo Jing with Penance, the son of his treacherous sworn brother, Yang Kang. He resolves to lift the boy from a life of vagrancy and initiate him into the martial world. Placed under the care of the Quanzhen Sect at their temple in the Zhongnan Mountains, Penance stumbles across the mysterious history behind this most respected martial school"-- Vorwort The most popular series by the most successful Chinese author - a cultural monument translated into English for the first time. Zusammenfassung The most popular series by the most successful Chinese author - a cultural monument translated into English for the first time.

Product details

• Authors: Jin Yong, Yong Jin
• Assisted by: Gigi Chang (Translation), Chang Gigi (Translation)
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 14.03.2024
• EAN: 9781529417531
• ISBN: 978-1-5294-1753-1
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Legends of the Condor Heroes
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; China, Fantasy, FICTION / Historical / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction, Historical adventure, FICTION / Fantasy / Historical, HISTORY / Asia / China, Myth & legend told as fiction, Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Oriental martial arts, TRAVEL / Asia / East / China, SPORTS & RECREATION / Martial Arts / General