Three Kingdoms - A Historical Novel (Paperback)

"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.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Guanzhong Luo
Translators:	Moss Roberts
Foreword by:	Moss Roberts
Dimensions:	197 x 127 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	478
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-34455-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	0-520-34455-3
Barcode:	9780520344556

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