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Kingdoms in Peril: A Novel of the Ancient Chinese World at War

Kingdoms in Peril: A Novel of the Ancient Chinese World at War

Milburn, Olivia
Menglong, Feng

Paperback

Series: World Literature in Translation

General Fiction

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ISBN10: 0520380517
ISBN13: 9780520380516
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Mar 22 2022
Pages: 344
Weight: 0.65
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
This abridged edition introduces readers to the power and drama of the electrifying classic Chinese novel.

One of the great works of Chinese literature, beloved in East Asia but virtually unknown in the West, Kingdoms in Peril is an epic historical novel charting the five hundred years leading to the unification of China under the rule of the legendary First Emperor. Writing some fourteen hundred years after the unification, the Ming-era author Feng Menglong drew on a vast trove of literary and historical documents to compose a gripping narrative account of how China came to be China.

Here, translated into English for the first time, Kingdoms in Peril recounts the triumphs and tragedies of those five hundred years, through stories taken from the lives of the unforgettable characters that defined and shaped the ages in which they lived. This abridged edition distills the novel's distinct style and its most dramatic episodes into a single volume. Maintaining the spirit and excitement of the original novel, this edition weaves together nine of the most pivotal storylines--some extremely famous, others less well known. Readers will glimpse the intensity of tectonic events that shaped everyday lives, loves, and struggles, with powerful women featuring as prominently in the novel as they have in Chinese history. There are many historical works that provide an account of some of these events, but none are as thrilling and breathtakingly memorable as Kingdoms in Peril.

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