num_pages: 352
description: Probably the most popular book in the history of the Far East, this classic combination of picaresque novel and folk epic mixes satire, allegory, and history into a rollicking tale. It is the story of the rougish Monkey and his encounters with major and minor spirits, gods, demigods, demons, ogres, monsters, and fairies. This translation, by the distinguished scholar Arthur Waley, is the first accurate English version; it makes available to the Western reader a faithful reproduction of the spirit and meaning of the original.
language: English
title: Monkey: A Journey to the West
titlecomplete: Monkey: A Journey to the West
characters: 沙悟浄, Sha Wujing, Pigsy, 孙悟空, Monkey, 玄奘, 猪八戒, Tripitaka, Sun Wukong, Sandy, Xuanzang, Zhu Bajie
genres: Classics, China, Fantasy, Philosophy, Asia, Novels, Literature, Mythology, Chinese Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 6670
publisher: Penguin Classics