Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

Eminent Chinese scholar John Minford's superb translation captures the consummate skill and understated humor of Pu Songling's classic<i>Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio</i>(also known as<i>Strange Tales from Liaozhai</i>). With elegant prose, witty wordplay, and subtle charm, the 104 stories (selected out of over 400 from the original work) in this collection reveal a world in which nothing is as it seems. In his tales of shape-shifting spirits, bizarre phenomena, haunted buildings, and enchanted objects, Pu Songling pushes the boundaries of human experience and enlightens as he entertains.<br /><br />* Includes an introduction, suggestions for further reading, glossary, notes, and illustrations