Further Adventures on the Journey to the West (2020) 西遊補

Author: Master of Silent Whistle Studio

Translator: Qiancheng Li / Robert E. Hegel

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Format: Hardback

Genre: Poetry

Date: October 15, 2020

Pages: 265 pages

ISBN: 9780295747736

ASIN: B08MX1ZC7B

Language: English

Also known as: A Supplement to the Journey to the West

Adaptation: Continuation

Summary:As the audacious Monkey King battles his way through a landscape of inexplicable places and unfamiliar passions, Further Adventures on the Journey to the West offers a wry, revisionist critique of the late-Ming fascination with desire. Building on the great sixteenth-century novel Journey to the West, which recounts the escapades of a monk and three companions traveling to India in search of Buddhist scriptures to carry back to China, this sequel is a parable of self-delusion that explores the tension between desire and emptiness from a Buddhist perspective. The consummate literati novel, written by an accomplished artist for a well-educated readership, it is filled with allusions and parodies and features a dream-sequence narrative that is innovative and sophisticated even by modern standards.

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