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Chargement... Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel (Abridged Edition)par Luo Guanzhong
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Read the abridged version a while ago, but reading the Iliad made me think about this book again. Someday, I'd like to find and read the whole thing. It's a good look a Chinese war history. Just a heads up, there are several characters to keep track of and with similar names. The reason I read this though was because I enjoy learning about ancient China and because of the video game Dynasty Warriors. Having played that game actually helped me a little with who was who in the novel. ( ) Luo Guanzhong's historical epic is the national literary treasure of the People's Republic of China, their national legend much like King Arthur for the English, or Charlemagne and his Paladins for the French. Romance of the Three Kingdoms has been exported to Japanese and American audiences by the KOEI game entertainment company through such titles as the Dynasty Warriors series and Kessen II. As a young teenager fresh off Dynasty Warriors I purchased this abridged version of the book with the expectation it would skip the minutiae which I wasn't interested in. In actuality the abridged version focuses on the faction of Shu, headed by Emperor Apparent Liu Bei. Also focused on is the warrior-brother of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, who is now honored as a Bodhisattva, analogous to a "Saint" of Catholic theology. Without the added information of the kingdoms of Wei and Wu when they aren't interacting with Shu, some purists or literary converts from the Dynasty Warriors series might feel cheated by this abridged version, but on the other hand the limitation of characters (of which there are MANY in RoTK) and focus on one faction potentially makes this less of a "historical" epic and more of an acceptable novel form. Tactics of Sun Tzu, good dialogue, a non-romanized translation, and a storyline that spans over 100 years. Read this book, then look for the small statues of Guan Yu that dot chinese restaraunts across the United States, you'll impress the owner with your appreciation for Chinese history. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Three Kingdoms tells the story of the fateful last reign of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) when the Chinese empire was divided into three warring kingdoms. Writing some twelve hundred years later, the Ming author Luo Guanzhong drew on histories, dramas, and poems portraying the crisis to fashion a sophisticated, compelling narrative that has become the Chinese national epic. This abridged edition captures the novel's intimate and unsparing view of how power is wielded, how diplomacy is conducted, and how wars are planned and fought. As important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West, this Ming dynasty masterpiece continues to be widely influential in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, and remains a great work of world literature. This abridged edition is particularly useful for undergraduate courses. For the complete text, see the unabridged edition, now available in two parts: Part One; Part Two Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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