Monkey King - Journey to the West

“The best English edition of the classic Chinese fantasy novel I have ever read.” ―Minjie Chen,
A Penguin Classic

Before there was

Info autore

Wu Cheng'en (c. 1505-1580) was a Ming Dynasty poet about whom little is known, although he is believed to be the author of Journey to the West, which he published anonymously. He lived much of his life as a hermit.

Julia Lovell (editor/translator/introducer) is the translator of The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China and the author of Maoism and The Opium War. She is a professor of modern China at Birkbeck College, University of London, and writes about China for The Guardian, Financial Times, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

Gene Luen Yang (foreword) is a MacArthur "genius," the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, and the author of the half-million-copy New York Times bestselling graphic novel and National Book Award finalist American Born Chinese.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Wu Cheng’en, Wu Ch'eng-en, Wu Cheng'en, Julia Lovell, Gene Luen Yang
• Con la collaborazione di: Lovell Julia (Traduzione)
• Editore: Penguin Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.07.2025
• EAN: 9780143138938
• ISBN: 978-0-14-313893-8
• Pagine: 384
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Science Fiction, Fantasy; China, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Fiction in translation, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, 7th century, c 600 to c 699, Classic fiction: general and literary, FICTION / World Literature / China / General