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Act as miniatures that aim to be regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction. These tales with their prose and wordplay, include 104 stories that reveal a world, in which nothing is as it seems. Here a Taoist monk conjures up a pear tree, a scholar recounts his incarnations, and a woman out-foxes the fox-spirit that possesses her.
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Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Pu Songling
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- Released
- 2005
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Pu Songling
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 608
- ISBN10
- 0140447407
- ISBN13
- 9780140447408
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Classics, Short Stories, Asia, China, Narration, Chinese Literature
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
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- Act as miniatures that aim to be regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction. These tales with their prose and wordplay, include 104 stories that reveal a world, in which nothing is as it seems. Here a Taoist monk conjures up a pear tree, a scholar recounts his incarnations, and a woman out-foxes the fox-spirit that possesses her.