Author: HUGHART, BARRY
Title: The Story of the Stone a Master LI Novel
Description: New York: Doubleday / A Foundation Books, 1988. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385246366. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox is a series of three books about Li Kao, an ancient sage and scholar with "a slight flaw in his character", and his client, later assistant, the immensely strong peasant Number Ten Ox, who narrates the story. The series blends Chinese mythology—authentic and imagined, from several eras—with detective fiction and a gentle, ironic humour. The first book Bridge of Birds was published in 1984, the title derived from "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" myth. It was followed in 1988 by The Story of the Stone and in 1990 by Eight Skilled Gentlemen. No further books followed, although Hughart had planned a series of seven novels. In the last of these, Li Kao and Number Ten Ox would die facing the Great White Serpent (a conflict alluded to in Bridge of Birds)." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: 0385246366 Science Fiction Barry Hughart Fantasy A Master Li Novel China Science Fiction
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Title: The Story of the Stone a Master LI Novel
Description: New York: Doubleday / A Foundation Books, 1988. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385246366. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox is a series of three books about Li Kao, an ancient sage and scholar with "a slight flaw in his character", and his client, later assistant, the immensely strong peasant Number Ten Ox, who narrates the story. The series blends Chinese mythology—authentic and imagined, from several eras—with detective fiction and a gentle, ironic humour. The first book Bridge of Birds was published in 1984, the title derived from "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" myth. It was followed in 1988 by The Story of the Stone and in 1990 by Eight Skilled Gentlemen. No further books followed, although Hughart had planned a series of seven novels. In the last of these, Li Kao and Number Ten Ox would die facing the Great White Serpent (a conflict alluded to in Bridge of Birds)." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: 0385246366 Science Fiction Barry Hughart Fantasy A Master Li Novel China Science Fiction
Price: US$ 30.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 40578
- Book number: 40578
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