Journey To The West, Volume 2

by Wu Cheng'en, W.J.F. Jenner (Translator)

This is the second of three volumes of "Journey to the West", the great fantasy novel written in the late 16th century on the basis of a long tradition of storyteller´s tales.

630 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1592

About the author

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Wu Cheng'en (simplified Chinese: 吴承恩; traditional Chinese: 吳承恩; pinyin: Wú Chéng'ēn, ca. 1505–1580 or 1500–1582, courtesy name Ruzhong (汝忠), pen name "Sheyang Hermit," was a Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming Dynasty, best known for being the probable author of one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, Journey to the West, also called Monkey.

Reviews

[Pedro Martinez · Rating 3 out of 5]

The second of the three volumes of "Journey to the West" continues with the four pilgrims in their search of the scriptures from the Buddha's Thunder monastery in the western heaven... One volume more to go!