"This classic combination of picaresque novel and folk epic, which mixes satire, allegory and history into a rollicking tale, is probably the most popular book in the history of the Far East. It is the story of the roguish Monkey and his encounters with major and minor spirits, gods, demons, ogres, monsters and fairies. The present translation is the first accurate English version, making available to the Western reader a faithful reproduction of the spirit and meaning of the original" -- from the back cover. The original was published in the Ming dynasty by Wu Cheng'en (1505?-1580?).

Monkey

Wu, Ch'eng-en

Grove Press, Inc.

1958

2007.066.482