false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223479016m/100237.jpg 100237 11 <div>Probably the most popular book in the history of the Far East, this classic sixteenth century novel is a combination of picaresque novel and folk epic that mixes satire, allegory, and history into a rollicking adventure. It is the story of the roguish Monkey and his encounters with major and minor spirits, gods, demigods, demons, ogres, monsters, and fairies. This translation, by the distinguished scholar Arthur Waley, is the first accurate English version; it makes available to the Western reader a faithful reproduction of the spirit and meaning of the original. </div> 96649 book 1979 Monkey/Folk Novel of China total:372|5:139|4:129|3:83|2:18|1:3| 372 1499 587 52 5 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 03 20:21:05 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 20:52:30 -0800 2009 2 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Sep 02 13:08:45 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 13:52:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 14:22:26 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 03:17:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 09:53:06 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 11:02:32 -0700 2009
Why regret it when I enjoyed it? I could have enjoyed MORE of it. You see, I found out much later that Monkey is an abridged vers...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 20:33:17 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 20:51:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Sep 08 10:39:15 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 10:41:08 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Tue Jun 12 09:01:47 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 09:15:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 14:40:16 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 09:56:24 -0700 2009
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Not only did it have my favorite Bodhisattva, Kuan-Yin, but it ended up being a pretty interesting story. The three main characters, aside from "Monkey", seemed kind of lacking. Tripitaka was kind of a let down, in that he was almost always ready to give up at the sli...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Tue Jun 05 13:35:59 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 13:35:59 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 12:04:38 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 06 18:18:47 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 00:20:29 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 03:07:23 -0700 2008 Since then I've...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Feb 03 12:05:18 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 12:14:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 04:06:16 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 05:54:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 08 14:13:56 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 14:14:43 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 20 18:54:12 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 12:48:54 -0800 2009 The Journey to the West.]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 11:07:49 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 11:10:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 22 01:04:51 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 17:58:47 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Dec 09 06:46:48 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 06:48:48 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=100237