{"product_id":"three-kingdoms-a-historical-novel-9780520344556","title":"Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A material epic with an astonishing fidelity to history.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree Kingdoms\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoss Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Chinese at New York University. He translated \u003ci\u003eDao De Jing \u003c\/i\u003eand an unabridged edition of \u003ci\u003eThree Kingdoms\u003c\/i\u003e and is the translator and editor of \u003ci\u003eChinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50645674033426,"sku":"9780520344556","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aa1044ee-daa0-47c3-91ba-3bc647fd1b16.jpg?v=1733158879","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/three-kingdoms-a-historical-novel-9780520344556","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}