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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195903234
ISBN-139780195903232
eBay Product ID (ePID)1681413
Product Key Features
Book TitleDeer and the Cauldron : the First Book
Number of Pages512 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAsian / General, Action & Adventure
Publication Year2000
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction
AuthorLouis Cha
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight28.2 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN97-036366
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Number of Volumes3 vols.
Dewey Decimal895.1/352
SynopsisThis is the first of a three-volume picaresque historical romance by China's best-loved author. It tells the story of Trinket, an irreverent and comic anti-hero, and his adventures through China over more than twenty years at the beginning of the Qing dynasty. The story spans vast territories, from desert islands to northern ice fields, from Peking and the Imperial Court to the sacred mountain of Wu-tai-shan to the legendary Shaolin Temple to the boudoir of Princess Sophia. Rich in plot and historical detail, the book is peopled by a multitude of characters, including members of the Brotherhood of River and Lake, song girls, gamblers, beggars, itinerant (and often fighting) monks, Taoists, Cossacks, Jesuits, herbalists, dissident literati, corrupt magistrates, Manchu princes, Ming loyalists, and the one-armed Princess with the deadly 'flicking' style of kung fu. Anyone with a taste for popular culture or modern China will find The Deer and the Cauldron a fascinating read., This is the first of a three-volume picaresque historical romance by China's best-loved author. It tells the story of Trinket, an irreverent and comic anti-hero, and his adventures through China and Chinese history, spanning more than twenty years at the beginning of the Qing dynasty.
LC Classification NumberPL2848.Y8L7913 1997
