Monkey: A Journey
to the West
Retold by David Kherdian. 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", 209 pages, paperback.
Originally written in the sixteen century, it is the story of the adventures
of the rogue-trickster Monkey and his encounters with a bizarre cast of
characters as he travels to India in search of sacred scriptures. Part spiritual
pilgraimage, part historical epic, the folk novel Journey to the West, which
came to be known as Monkey, is the most popular classic of Asian literatue.
This classic is a profound allegory of the streggle that must occur before
spiritual transformation is possible. |