{"product_id":"monkey-king-journey-to-the-west-9780143138938","title":"Monkey King: Journey to the West","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"The best English edition of the classic Chinese fantasy novel I have ever read.\" ―Minjie Chen, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore there was \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings, \u003c\/i\u003ethere was China's \u003ci\u003eMonkey King\u003c\/i\u003e. The title character, also known as Sun Wukong, is a shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, beloved by fans of the anime \u003ci\u003eDragon Ball\u003c\/i\u003e and the video games \u003ci\u003eLeague of Legends\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Myth: Wukong\u003c\/i\u003e. For raiding Heaven's Orchard of Immortal Peaches, the Buddha pins Monkey King beneath a mountain and frees him only five hundred years later, to protect the pious monk Tripitaka on a fourteen-year journey to India in search of precious Buddhist sutras. Accompanied by two other fallen immortals--a rice-loving pig able to fly with its ears and a depressive man-eating river-sand monster--Monkey King undergoes eighty-one trials, doing battle with all manner of dragons, ogres, wizards, and \u003ci\u003efemmes fatales \u003c\/i\u003ein this rollicking adventure that not only stands as the most popular of China's Four Great Classical Novels but also gave us one of world literature's most memorable superheroes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWu Cheng'en\u003c\/b\u003e (c. 1505-1580) was a Ming Dynasty poet about whom little is known, although he is believed to be the author of \u003ci\u003eJourney to the West, \u003c\/i\u003e which he published anonymously. He lived much of his life as a hermit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Lovell\u003c\/b\u003e (editor\/translator\/introducer) is the translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003eMaoism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Opium War\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a professor of modern China at Birkbeck College, University of London, and writes about China for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGene Luen Yang\u003c\/b\u003e (foreword) is a MacArthur \"genius,\" the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, and the author of the half-million-copy \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling graphic novel and National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eAmerican Born Chinese\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51254065791250,"sku":"9780143138938","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7a14dc27-1f26-47ed-9814-2cf36b4f9713.jpg?v=1746305520","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/monkey-king-journey-to-the-west-9780143138938","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}