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Outlaws of The Marsh.

Outlaws of The Marsh.

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Outlaws of The Marsh.: Translated by Sidney Shapiro.

by Nai'an, Shi / Guanzhong, Luo

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1980. Three Volumes (complete set). Bejing, Foreign Languages Press, 1980. 13.6 cm x 20.2 cm / 13.6 cm x 21.2 cm Volume I (Modern softcover): pages 1 - 597 / Volume II (Original 1980 Hardcover-Edition): pages 561 - 1133 of the overall set. Black and white illustrations / Vol III (Original 980 Hardcover-Edition): pages 1135 - 1605 of the overall set. Black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector's Mylar and one Softcover - Volume. All three volumes in very good+ condition. A substituted set with Volume I being a later edition in paperback ! Only very minor foxing to dustjackets and edging of Volume II and III. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard. Includes for example the following chapters: Squire Zhao Repairs Wenshu Monastery / Lin Chong Climbs Mount Liangshan in the Snowy Night / Timely Rain Meets the Marvellous Traveller / Bold Heroes Meet at White Dragon Temple / Shi Xiu Sets Fire to the Zhu Family Inn / Lu Jungyi Assails the Shezhou Road; Song Jiang Battles on Black Dragon Ride etc. China's great classic novel Outlaws of the Marsh, written in the fourteenth century, is a fictional account of twelfth-century events during the Song Dynasty. One by one, over a hundred men and women are forced by the harsh feudal officialdom to take to the hills. They band together and defeat every attempt of the government troops to crush them. Within this framework we find intrigue, adventure, murder, warfare, romance ... in a connected series of fascinating individual tales, told in the suspenseful manner of the traditional storyteller. The Patriotic and Righteous Outlaws of the Marsh is in one hundred chapters. (Amazon)

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Water Margin (also known as Outlaws of the Marsh, All Men Are Brothers or The Marshes of Mount Liang) is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Attributed to Shi Naian, whom some believe to be Luo Guanzhong, the novel details the trials and tribulations of 108 outlaws during the mid Song Dynasty.

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Inanna Rare Books Ltd. IE (IE)
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Title
Outlaws of The Marsh.
Author
Nai'an, Shi / Guanzhong, Luo
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Date Published
1980
Pages
Volume I (Modern softcover): pages 1 - 597 / Volume II (Original 1980 Hardcover-Edition): pages 561 - 1133 of the overall set. B
Keywords
14th Century; Asia - Rare; Asian Literature; Catalogue No.10 - International Literature; Catalogue Ten - International Literature; China; Chinese; Chinese Literature; Classic; Classical Chinese; Eastern Literature - Rare; Eastern Philosophy - Rare; Easter
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