Three Kingdoms : A Historical Novel Paperback / softback
by Guanzhong Luo
Part of the World Literature in Translation series
Paperback / softback
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“A material epic with an astonishing fidelity to history."—New York Times Book ReviewThree 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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:478 pages, 1 map
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:12/05/2020
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- ISBN:9780520344556
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:478 pages, 1 map
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:12/05/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780520344556
