A Bond Undone - Legends of the Condor Heroes Vol. 2

THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES - 100 MILLION COPIES SOLD. "Jin Yong''s work, in the Chinese-speaking world, has a cultural currency roughly equal to that of "Harry Potter" and "Star Wars" combined" Nick Frisch, New Yorker "Like every fairy tale you''re ever loved, imbued with jokes and epic grandeur. Prepare to be swept along." Jamie Buxton, Daily Mail In the Jin capital of Zhongdu, Guo Jing learns the truth of his father''s death and finds he is now betrothed, against his will, to two women. Neither of them is his sweetheart Lotus Huang. Torn between following his heart and fulfilling his filial duty, he journeys through the country of his parents with Lotus, encountering mysterious martial heroes and becoming drawn into the struggle for the supreme martial text, the Nine Yin Manual. But his past is catching up with him. The widow of an evil man he accidentally killed as a child has tracked him down, intent on revenge. Meanwhile, his true parentage at last revealed, Yang Kang, the young prince Guo Jing must face in the Garden of the Eight Drunken Immortals, is forced to choose his destiny. Will he continue to enjoy the life of wealth and privilege afforded to him by the invader of his homeland, or give up all he has known to avenge his parents? Translated from the Chinese by Gigi Chang

Info autore

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).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jin Yong, Yong Jin
• Con la collaborazione di: Gigi Chang (Traduzione), Chang Gigi (Traduzione)
• Editore: Quercus Publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.03.2024
• EAN: 9781529432688
• ISBN: 978-1-5294-3268-8
• Pagine: 528
• Dimensioni: 128 mm x 198 mm x 40 mm
• Serie: Legends of the Condor Heroes
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Narrativa > Science Fiction, Fantasy > Fantasy; China, Martial Arts, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Fantasy / Historical, Fiction in translation, CE period up to c 1500, Myth & legend told as fiction, Asian History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Oriental martial arts, SPORTS & RECREATION / Martial Arts / General, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales