Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

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Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

Wydawnictwo: Penguin

ISBN: 978-01-4192-852-4

ISBN bez myślników: 9780141928524

Typ okładki: Softcover

Liczba stron: 608

Data wydania: 2006-05-25

Język: angielski (Wielka Brytania)

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

Wydawnictwo: penguin_classics

ISBN: 978-01-4044-740-8

ISBN bez myślników: 9780140447408

Typ okładki: Softcover

Liczba stron: 608

Data wydania: 2006-05-25

Język: angielski (Wielka Brytania)

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Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

Pu Songling

Pierwsze wydanie: 2006-05-25

The Strange Tales of Pu Songling (1640-1715) are exquisite and amusing miniatures that are regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction. With their elegant prose, witty wordplay and subtle charm, the 104 stories in this selection reveal a world in which nothing is as it seems. Here a Taoist monk conjures up a magical pear tree, a scholar recounts his previous incarnations, a woman out-foxes the fox-spirit that possesses her, a child bride gives birth to a thimble-sized baby, a ghostly city appears out of nowhere and a heartless daughter-in-law is turned into a pig. In his tales of humans coupling with shape-shifting spirits, bizarre phenomena, haunted buildings and enchanted objects, Pu Songling pushes back the boundaries of human experience and enlightens as he entertains.