num_pages: 223
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 roguish Monkey and his encounters with major and minor spirits, gods, demigods, demons, ogres, monsters, and fairies.
language: English
title: Adventures of the Monkey God
titlecomplete: Adventures of the Monkey God
characters: 孙悟空, 沙悟浄, Pigsy, 玄奘, Sun Wukong, Sha Wujing, Xuanzang, Zhu Bajie, Sandy, 猪八戒, Tripitaka, Monkey
genres: Fiction, Asia, Philosophy, China, Literature, Classics, Novels, Mythology, Fantasy, Chinese Literature
ratings_count: 6670
publisher: Heian Intl Pub Co