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Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel (World Literature in Translation)
“A material epic with an astonishing fidelity to history."—New York Times Book Review
Three Kingdoms tells the story of the fateful last reign of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220), when the Chinese empire was divided into three warring kingdoms. Writing some twelve hundred years later, the Ming author Luo Guanzhong drew on histories, dramas, and poems portraying the crisis to fashion a sophisticated, compelling narrative that has become the Chinese national epic. This abridged edition captures the novel's intimate and unsparing view of how power is wielded, how diplomacy is conducted, and how wars are planned and fought. As important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West, this Ming dynasty masterpiece continues to be widely influential in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam and remains a great work of world literature.
Three Kingdoms tells the story of the fateful last reign of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220), when the Chinese empire was divided into three warring kingdoms. Writing some twelve hundred years later, the Ming author Luo Guanzhong drew on histories, dramas, and poems portraying the crisis to fashion a sophisticated, compelling narrative that has become the Chinese national epic. This abridged edition captures the novel's intimate and unsparing view of how power is wielded, how diplomacy is conducted, and how wars are planned and fought. As important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West, this Ming dynasty masterpiece continues to be widely influential in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam and remains a great work of world literature.
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ASIN : B086ZP36T1
Publisher : University of California Press; 1st edition (May 12, 2020)
Publication date : May 12, 2020
Language : English
File size : 3552 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 478 pages
Best Sellers Rank: #289,274 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
#50 in Asian Literature (Kindle Store)
#97 in History of China
#257 in Asian Literature (Books)
Customer Reviews: 4.5
268 ratings
ASIN : B086ZP36T1
Publisher : University of California Press; 1st edition (May 12, 2020)
Publication date : May 12, 2020
Language : English
File size : 3552 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 478 pages
Best Sellers Rank: #289,274 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
#50 in Asian Literature (Kindle Store)
#97 in History of China
#257 in Asian Literature (Books)
Customer Reviews: 4.5
268 ratings
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