The Monkey and the Monk

Anthony C. Yu

first published 2006 University Of Chicago Press, 2006 hardcover 528 pages

Anthony C. Yu’s celebrated translation of The Journey to the West reinvigorated one of Chinese literature’s most beloved classics for English-speaking audiences when it first appeared thirty years ago. Yu’s abridgment of his four-volume translation, The Monkey and the Monk, finally distills the epic novel’s most exciting and meaningful episodes without taking anything away from their true spirit.These fantastic episo...

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The Monkey and the Monk ebook · 2008 · University of Chicago Press · 9780226971575
The Monkey and the Monk hardcover · 2006 · University Of Chicago Press · 528 pages · 9780226971551
The Monkey and the Monk paperback · 2006 · University Of Chicago Press · 528 pages · 9780226971568

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