{"product_id":"book-zky6","title":"The Journey to the West, Revised Edition, Volume 3","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead the legendary Chinese classic that inspired the hit game Black Myth: Wukong!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony C. Yu’s translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Journey to the West,\u003c\/i\u003e initially published in 1983, introduced English-speaking audiences to the classic Chinese novel in its entirety for the first time. Written in the sixteenth century, \u003ci\u003eThe Journey to the West\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the fourteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Xuanzang, one of China’s most famous religious heroes, and his three supernatural disciples, in search of Buddhist scriptures. Throughout his journey, Xuanzang fights demons who wish to eat him, communes with spirits, and traverses a land riddled with a multitude of obstacles, both real and fantastical. An adventure rich with danger and excitement, this seminal work of the Chinese literary canon is by turns allegory, satire, and fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith over a hundred chapters written in both prose and poetry, \u003ci\u003eThe Journey to the West\u003c\/i\u003e has always been a complicated and difficult text to render in English while preserving the lyricism of its language and the content of its plot. But Yu has successfully taken on the task, and in this new edition he has made his translations even more accurate and accessible. The explanatory notes are updated and augmented, and Yu has added new material to his introduction, based on his original research as well as on the newest literary criticism and scholarship on Chinese religious traditions. He has also modernized the transliterations included in each volume, using the now-standard Hanyu Pinyin romanization system. Perhaps most important, Yu has made changes to the translation itself in order to make it as precise as possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the great works of Chinese literature, \u003ci\u003eThe Journey to the West\u003c\/i\u003e is not only invaluable to scholars of Eastern religion and literature, but, in Yu’s elegant rendering, also a delight for any reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis audiobook is expertly read by Brian Nishii, with audio engineering by Transient Audio. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books \u0026amp; Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dreamscape","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50500011721008,"sku":"BDzky6","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/zky6-Square-cover.jpg?v=1771665118","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-zky6","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}