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The Water Margin. Volume 2

The Water Margin. Volume 2

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Product Code:
1847-01
ISBN
978-619-152-948-3
SKU
11.0378
Year
05-12-2016
Translation
From Russian: Dimitar Zagorov
Pages
720
Size
140/215 мм
Weight
0.65 kg
Collection
Колекция "Изток"
Cover Type
Paperback
Genre
Historical Fiction, Classics, China, Eastern Fiction Books, Adventure Novels

Shi Nai'an

Shi Nai'an

Shi Nai'an (ca. 1296–1372) was a Chinese writer from Suzhou. Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, is attributed to him. Little biographical information is known about him. Traditionally, it was believed that he was a teacher of Luo Guanzhong, the editor or author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, another of the Four Great Classical Novels. Some modern scholar…

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The legendary account of 108 Stars from Heaven who, faced with a corrupt bureaucracy, flee to Liangshan Marsh, from a fortress there thwarting minions of the evil regime while continuing to serve the emperor. In its mix of politics, military tactics, action, martial arts, magic, and even the bawdy (the chapters on Wu Song laying the groundwork for Jin Ping Mei), this beloved novel is an unsurpassed classic in any language.

Water Margin, also translated as Outlaws of the Marsh, Tale of the Marshes, All Men Are Brothers, Men of the Marshes, or The Marshes of Mount Liang, is a novel attributed to Shih Nai'an. Considered one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, the novel is written in vernacular Chinese rather than Classical Chinese.

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