arthur waley translation (6 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Second Impression. 312 pages, 8vo. Translated from the Japanese by Arthur Waley. Second Impression, September 1928. Dark blue cloth boards with gold-embossed title along spine. No DJ. Heavy shelfwear: scuffing along edges and covers, heavy spine fade, fading along cover board edges. Previous owner's bookplate pasted on inside front cover. Tanned page edges. Heavy foxing throughout volume. Tightly bound. No marks. Overall, volume is in Fair condition.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. London:WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE- SOFT COVER-MID SIZE -SLIGHT FOXING DUE TO AGE Penguin Books, 1996 Used One of the greatest classics of Chinese literatureArthur Waley's humorous and energetic translation is accompanied by an introduction discussing the story's background in history and legend, its elements of anti-bureaucratic satire and the allegorical nature of its charactersMonkey depicts the adventures of Prince Tripitaka, a young Buddhist priest on a dangerous pilgrimage to India to retrieve sacred scriptures accompanied by his three unruly disciples: the greedy pig creature Pipsy, the river monster Sandy - and Monkey Hatched from a stone egg and given the secrets of heaven and earth, the irrepressible trickster Monkey can ride on the clouds, become invisible and transform into other shapes - skills that prove very useful when the four travellers come up against the dragons, bandits, demons and evil wizards that threaten to prevent them in their quest Wu Ch'?ng-?n wrote Monkey in the mid-sixteenth century, adding his own distinctive style to an ancient Chinese legend, and in so doing created a dazzling combination of nonsense with profundity, slapstick comedy with spiritual wisdom.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. London, George Allen & Unwin. 1948. 213+(1) pages. Publisher's cloth. Spine ends are slightly bumped. Second impression.

broschiert/Taschenbuch. 257 S. OKt. Papier gebräunt; sonst ordentlich. Auflage: 1 Sprache / Language: Englisch.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1stednthus abridged of George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1942 1stedn; War-time edition stated. 12mo brown cloth, black titles and illustration on cover and spine, Cover has mild soiling. Ex South Bend IN library markings, usual faults ow VG/ndj: 143pp. Based on the first seven chapters of the longer Chinese Adventures of Monkey 1942 1stedn; the Wiese illus are charming and very apt to text. Adapted from the translation made from the Chinese Xiyouji of Wu Ch'eng-en [16th century acc Hu Shih].

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