{"product_id":"great-books-of-china-9781837930210","title":"Great Books of China","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover – or rediscover – the major achievements of Chinese culture and civilization.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003ci\u003eGreat Books of China\u003c\/i\u003e offers concise introductions – each of them accompanied by generous quotation (in English) from the book in question – to sixty-six works in the canon of Chinese literature.  The books chosen reflect the chronological and thematic breadth of Chinese literary tradition, ranging from such classics as \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Songs\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eConfucian Analects\u003c\/i\u003e, through popular dramas and novels (\u003ci\u003eThe Romance of the Western Chamber\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Water Margin\u003c\/i\u003e), twentieth-century political and biographical works (\u003ci\u003eQuotations from Chairman Mao\u003c\/i\u003e, the autobiography of the last emperor) and modern novels that are little known in the West (\u003ci\u003eMemories of South Peking\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSix Chapters from a Cadre School Life\u003c\/i\u003e).  Frances Wood presents a comprehensive, accessible and richly informative primer for the uninitiated; a box of delights that opens up an entire literary culture to the inquisitive reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR FRANCES WOOD'S \u003ci\u003eCHINA'S FIRST EMPEROR AND HIS TERRACOTTA WARRIORS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e:   'Fascinating book' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e.   'Wry, concise and authoritative' \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e.   '[Wood's] close reading of these sources offers fresh insight' \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e.   '[An] interesting and informative work' \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e.   'Wonderfully descriptive' * Library Journal *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47850911105367,"sku":"9781837930210","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781837930210.jpg?v=1710624145","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/great-books-of-china-9781837930210","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}