{"product_id":"monkey-king-journey-to-the-west-paperback","title":"Monkey King: Journey to the West - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWu Cheng'en\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJulia Lovell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJulia Lovell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best English edition of the classic Chinese fantasy novel I have ever read.\" ―Minjie Chen, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore there was \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings, \u003c\/i\u003ethere was China's \u003ci\u003eMonkey King\u003c\/i\u003e. The title character, also known as Sun Wukong, is a shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, beloved by fans of the anime \u003ci\u003eDragon Ball\u003c\/i\u003e and the video games \u003ci\u003eLeague of Legends\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Myth: Wukong\u003c\/i\u003e. For raiding Heaven's Orchard of Immortal Peaches, the Buddha pins Monkey King beneath a mountain and frees him only five hundred years later, to protect the pious monk Tripitaka on a fourteen-year journey to India in search of precious Buddhist sutras. Accompanied by two other fallen immortals--a rice-loving pig able to fly with its ears and a depressive man-eating river-sand monster--Monkey King undergoes eighty-one trials, doing battle with all manner of dragons, ogres, wizards, and \u003ci\u003efemmes fatales \u003c\/i\u003ein this rollicking adventure that not only stands as the most popular of China's Four Great Classical Novels but also gave us one of world literature's most memorable superheroes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePenguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWu Cheng'en\u003c\/b\u003e (c. 1505-1580) was a Ming Dynasty poet about whom little is known, although he is believed to be the author of \u003ci\u003eJourney to the West, \u003c\/i\u003e which he published anonymously. He lived much of his life as a hermit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Lovell\u003c\/b\u003e (editor\/translator\/introducer) is the translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003eMaoism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Opium War\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a professor of modern China at Birkbeck College, University of London, and writes about China for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGene Luen Yang\u003c\/b\u003e (foreword) is a MacArthur \"genius,\" the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, and the author of the half-million-copy \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling graphic novel and National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eAmerican Born Chinese\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.6 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53578503979315,"sku":"9780143138938","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/monkey-king-journey-to-the-west-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}