{"product_id":"monkey-king","title":"Monkey King","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback, 384 pages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore there was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Lord of the Rings,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethere was China’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMonkey King\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The title character, also known as Sun Wukong, is a shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, beloved by fans of the anime \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDragon Ball\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the video games \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLeague of Legends\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBlack Myth: Wukong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. For raiding Heaven’s Orchard of Immortal Peaches, the Buddha pins Monkey King beneath a mountain and frees him only five hundred years later, to protect the pious monk Tripitaka on a fourteen-year journey to India in search of precious Buddhist sutras. Accompanied by two other fallen immortals—a rice-loving pig able to fly with its ears and a depressive man-eating river-sand monster—Monkey King undergoes eighty-one trials, doing battle with all manner of dragons, ogres, wizards, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003efemmes fatales\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein this rollicking adventure that not only stands as the most popular of China’s Four Great Classical Novels but also gave us one of world literature’s most memorable superheroes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45467041071241,"sku":"9780143138938","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0376\/3057\/4729\/files\/81NazOhl93L._SL1500.jpg?v=1776978533","url":"https:\/\/thebookmarkpr.com\/products\/monkey-king","provider":"The Bookmark Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}