Journey to the West-Volumes I and II

by Wu Cheng'en

This book, describing the Buddha and MonKey King after convert siege and raid the evil demons away from the way to the West, with the form of fantasy, tortuously indicates the strong desire and great powder of the people in pursuit of light and justice,rooting out the social evil forces, vividly and profoundly displays their social ideals and aesthetic ideals. The works, with best ideas of romanticism, builds a bizarre world of mythical,shapes a number of unrestrained mythical figure, taking the Monkey King as the representative. Its artistic achievements are unparalleled until now.

755 pages, Paperback

Published January 4, 2012

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.