{"product_id":"monkey-king-journey-to-the-west-hardcover","title":"Monkey King: Journey to the West - Hardcover","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\u003eA collectible hardcover edition of one of the all-time great fantasy novels--which Neil Gaiman has said \"is in the DNA of 1.5 billion people\"--in an acclaimed one-volume translation, and featuring an illustrated foreword by the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling graphic novel that is the basis for the Disney+ series \u003ci\u003eAmerican Born Chinese\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Penguin Vitae Edition\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Before there was \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e, there 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, and is beloved by fans of the most popular anime of all time, \u003ci\u003eDragon Ball\u003c\/i\u003e, and the world's largest e-sport, the video game \u003ci\u003eLeague of Legends\u003c\/i\u003e. For raiding Heaven's Orchard of Immortal Peaches, the Buddha pins him beneath a mountain and frees him only five hundred years later. To redeem himself, our irrepressible rogue hero has to protect the pious monk Tripitaka on his fourteen-year journey to India in search of precious Buddhist sutras. Accompanied by two other fallen immortals--Pigsy, a rice-loving pig able to fly with its ears, and Sandy, a depressive man-eating river-sand monster--Monkey King undergoes eighty-one trials, doing battle with all manner of dragons, ogres, wizards, and femmes fatales in this rollicking adventure that not only stands as the most popular of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature but also gave us one of the most memorable superheroes in world literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePenguin Vitae--loosely translated as \"Penguin of one's life\"--is a deluxe hardcover series from Penguin Classics celebrating a dynamic and diverse landscape of classic fiction and nonfiction from seventy-five years of classics publishing. Penguin Vitae provides readers with beautifully designed classics that have shaped the course of their lives, and welcomes new readers to discover these literary gifts of personal inspiration, intellectual engagement, and creative originality.\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.\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\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, the basis for the Disney+ series.\u003c\/p\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 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52024903631149,"sku":"9780593511749","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/monkey-king-journey-to-the-west-hardcover-8288805.webp?v=1777427587","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/monkey-king-journey-to-the-west-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}