Author(s): Tung Yueh; Shuen-fu Lin and Larry Schultz (Translators)

Fiction

The weird and whimsical short stories in Strange Tales from Liaozhai show their author, Pu Songling (1640-1715), to be both an explorer of the macabre, like Edgar Allan Poe, and a moralist, like Aesop. In this first complete translation of the collection¿s 494 stories into English, readers will encounter supernatural creatures, natural disasters, magical aspects of Buddhist and Daoist spirituality, and a wide range of Chinese folklore. Annotations are provided to clarify unfamiliar references or cultural allusions, and introductory essays have been included to explain facets of Pu Songling's work and to provide context for some of the unique qualities of his uncanny tales.

Fair to good condition. Pages, spine, cover - intact and sound. Cover has some scuffing/marks, bumping at edges and light staining on front top of cover. Outside page edges have staining and tanning at top of pages. Front inside cover also has some tanning.