{"product_id":"monkey-king-9780143138938","title":"Monkey King","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the world''s greatest fantasy novels, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand a timeless classic of Chinese literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of China''s Four Great Classical Novels, \u003ci\u003eMonkey King\u003c\/i\u003e was written anonymously during the Ming dynasty and is most commonly attributed to Wu Cheng''en, the son of a silk-shop clerk from east China. It recounts a Tang-dynasty monk''s quest for Buddhist scriptures, accompanied by an omni-talented kung-fu Monkey King called Sun Wukong; a rice-loving divine pig; and a depressive man-eating river-sand monster.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComparable to \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e, the tale is at once a comic adventure story, a humorous satire of Chinese bureaucracy, a spring of spiritual insight and an extended allegory in which the group of pilgrims journeys towards enlightenment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51455967625559,"sku":"9780143138938","price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780143138938.jpg?v=1755033238","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/monkey-king-9780143138938","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}