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The Journey to the West, Revised Edition, Volume 1 (Volume 1) by Anthony C. Yu is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Journey to the West, Revised Edition, Volume 1 (Volume 1) about?
Anthony C. Yu’s translation of The Journey to the West,initiallypublished in 1983, introduced English-speaking audiences to the classicChinese novel in its entirety for the first time. Written in thesixteenth century, The Journey to the West tells the story of thefourteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Xuanzang, one of China’s mostfamous religious heroes, and his three supernatural disciples, in searchof Buddhist scriptures. Throughout his journey, Xuanzang fights demonswho wish to eat him, communes with spirits, and traverses a land riddledwith a multitude of obstacles, both real and fantastical. An adventurerich with danger and excitement, this seminal work of the Chineseliterary canonis by turns allegory, satire, and fantasy. With over a hundred chapters written in both prose and poetry, The Journey to the West hasalways been a complicated and difficult text to render in English whilepreserving the lyricism of its language and the content of its plot.But Yu has successfully taken on the task, and in this new edition hehas made his translations even more accurate and accessible. Theexplanatory notes are updated and augmented, and Yu has added newmaterial to his introduction,
Who reads The Journey to the West, Revised Edition, Volume 1 (Volume 1)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Anthony C. Yu
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press ; University Presses Marketing [distributor
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226971384
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, World Fiction
- Rating
- 4.8 / 5 (712 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14