{"product_id":"monkey-wu-cheng-en-9780140441116","title":"Monkey","description":"\u003cp\u003eArthur Waley's humorous and energetic translation is accompanied by an introduction discussing the story's background in history and legend, its elements of anti-bureaucratic satire and the allegorical nature of its characters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMonkey depicts the adventures of Prince Tripitaka, a young Buddhist priest on a dangerous pilgrimage to India to retrieve sacred scriptures accompanied by his three unruly disciples- the greedy pig creature Pipsy, the river monster Sandy - and Monkey. Hatched from a stone egg and given the secrets of heaven and earth, the irrepressible trickster Monkey can ride on the clouds, become invisible and transform into other shapes - skills that prove very useful when the four travellers come up against the dragons, bandits, demons and evil wizards that threaten to prevent them in their quest. Wu Ch'ang-an wrote Monkey in the mid-sixteenth century, adding his own distinctive style to an ancient Chinese legend, and in so doing created a dazzling combination of nonsense with profundity, slapstick comedy with spiritual wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wu Ch'eng-en","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43174880837875,"sku":"9780140441116","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780140441116.jpg?v=1662068449","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/monkey-wu-cheng-en-9780140441116","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}