Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel“A material epic with an astonishing fidelity to history."—New York Times Book Review Three Kingdoms tells the story of the fateful last reign of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220), when the Chinese empire was divided into three warring kingdoms. Writing some twelve hundred years later, the Ming author Luo Guanzhong drew on histories, dramas, and poems portraying the crisis to fashion a sophisticated, compelling narrative that has become the Chinese national epic. This abridged edition captures the novel's intimate and unsparing view of how power is wielded, how diplomacy is conducted, and how wars are planned and fought. As important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West, this Ming dynasty masterpiece continues to be widely influential in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam and remains a great work of world literature. |
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User Review - Ghost_Boy - LibraryThingRead the abridged version a while ago, but reading the Iliad made me think about this book again. Someday, I'd like to find and read the whole thing. It's a good look a Chinese war history. Just a ... Read full review
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User Review - bezoar44 - LibraryThingA wonderful translation of a complex historical epic. The Romance of Three Kingdoms covers the period 168 AD to 280 AD -- the collapse of the Han dynasty into three warring kingdoms, the Wei, Wu, and ... Read full review
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| Title | Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel |
| Author | Guanzhong Luo |
| Translated by | Moss Roberts |
| Contributor | Moss Roberts |
| Edition | abridged |
| Publisher | Univ of California Press, 2020 |
| ISBN | 0520344553, 9780520344556 |
| Length | 478 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Asia / China History / Asia / General Literary Collections / Asian / General |
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