obnorthrup 's review for:

Monkey: Folk Novel of China by Wu Ch'eng-En

4.0

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I read this back in high school and since then I've read some parts of Anthony C. Yu’s unabridged translation, but Monkey excels as a fun, approachable introduction to this classic tale. This time I read it aloud (and had great fun voicing Monkey himself like a bruiser from Dragon Ball). My only complaint is that the Bull Demon King and the The Six Eared Macaque are nowhere to be found.