Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Dez 1973, 1973
ISBN 10: 0140442936 ISBN 13: 9780140442939
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Story of the Stone(c. 1760), also known by the title ofThe Dream of the Red Chamber, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature. Divided into five volumes,The Story of the Stonecharts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family. This novel re-creates the ritualized hurly-burly of Chinese family life that would otherwise be lost and infuses it with affirming Buddhist belief.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.