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Taoist Tales
Book by van Over, Raymond
- GenresTaoism
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1973
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
April 10, 2008
Acquired Mar 29, 2008
Midtown Mercantile, London, Ontario
Midtown Mercantile, London, Ontario
November 13, 2025
Nice introduction. Then a part with short fictions, that didn't impress and I ended up skipping large parts. Then a parables and anecdotes section that was ok. The last part with verse and a few koans left something to be desired. Probably not easy to translate these texts, and I feel something got lost in many parts.
January 30, 2020
Magic magic magic.
Made a great book to read out loud at bedtime for nights on end.
Made a great book to read out loud at bedtime for nights on end.
June 25, 2023
Translation is realky awkward was not able to get very far through it.
August 2, 2015
Some very interesting and priceless stories and poems in this book. Worth looking through.
But uneven, a lot of stuff that isn't fun to read (some Dante's Inferno Chinese Style for example) or not well explained. Or poems or koans that may have been relevant 1000 years ago, but now are dated.
But uneven, a lot of stuff that isn't fun to read (some Dante's Inferno Chinese Style for example) or not well explained. Or poems or koans that may have been relevant 1000 years ago, but now are dated.
November 11, 2009
Enjoyed the tales, but not the translations, which I found heavy. Almost got 2 stars.
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