Also known as "Water Margin", "All Men Are Brothers" and "Shui Hu Zhuan" is a brand NEW, complete 4-volume paperback boxed set. Total 2149 pages, 2001 edition, published by Foreign Language Press. The author is Shi Nai'an & translator is Shidney Shapiro. This novel is considered to be one of the great Chinese classic novels. China's great classic novel Outlaws of the Marsh, written in the fourteenth century, is a fictional account of 12th-century events during the Song Dynasty. One by one, 108 men & women are forced by the harsh feudal officialdom to take to the hills. They band together & defeat every attempt of the government troops to crush them. Within this framework we find intrigue, adventure, murder, warfare, romance ... in a connected series of fascinating individual tales, told in the suspenseful manner of the traditional storyteller. For those interested in Chinese Culture including Wu Su, "Kung Fu", Outlaws of the Marsh is especially entertaining as all the greatest heroes & villains have strong Martial Skills. Many of the Outlaws are experts or teachers of the Martial Arts & their character undoubtedly represent what the Classical Chinese expected from such warriors. The shipping fee within USA is $5.50 |
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