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The Scattered Flock: Part Five of The Marshes of Mount Liang
Roger Hargreaves
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Paperback. This is the fifth volume in a series of translations of a Chinese classical novel generally known as "The Water Margin". The action in this volume can be divided into three parts: the campaign against Tian Hu; the campaign against Wang Qing; and the campaign against Fang La. Translator(s): Dent-Young, John; Dent-Young, Alex. Series: Marshes of Mount Liang. Num Pages: 484 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
The Scattered Flock, the last volume of this new series of translations, contains chapters 91-120 that mark the disastrous end of the 108 heroes. The action in this volume can be divided into three parts: the campaign against Tian Hu, the campaign against Wang Qing and the campaign against Fang La. It is in the last of these that the heroes of Mount Liang begin to die. Their demise is as haphazard and casual as the scattering of the flock of geese when the Prodigy shoots them for mere amusement. But the theme of the vanity of human wishes, the ... Read more
The Scattered Flock, the last volume of this new series of translations, contains chapters 91-120 that mark the disastrous end of the 108 heroes. The action in this volume can be divided into three parts: the campaign against Tian Hu, the campaign against Wang Qing and the campaign against Fang La. It is in the last of these that the heroes of Mount Liang begin to die. Their demise is as haphazard and casual as the scattering of the flock of geese when the Prodigy shoots them for mere amusement. But the theme of the vanity of human wishes, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Condition
New
Series
Marshes of Mount Liang
Number of Pages
484
Place of Publication
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
ISBN
9789622019904
SKU
V9789622019904
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