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Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

by Pu Songling · 1740

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Eminent Chinese scholar John Minford's superb translation captures the consummate skill and understated humor of Pu Songling's classic Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio(also known as Strange Tales from Liaozhai). With elegant prose, witty wordplay, and subtle charm, the 104 stories (selected out of over 400 from the original work) in this collection reveal a world in which nothing is as it seems. In his tales of shape-shifting spirits, bizarre phenomena, haunted buildings, and enchanted objects, Pu Songling pushes the boundaries of human experience and enlightens as he entertains.

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* Includes an introduction, suggestions for further reading, glossary, notes, and illustrations

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folklorefolkloreMore like thisLess of thismythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thishorrorhorrorMore like thisLess of this
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17th century17th centuryMore like thisLess of thisChinaChinaMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of thisZhong GuoZhong GuoMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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epic · 608 pages
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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