{"product_id":"chinese-ghost-and-love-stories","title":"Chinese Ghost and Love Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelections from the \u003cem\u003eLiao Chai\u003c\/em\u003e, the famous eighteenth-century collection of \"marvel tales compiled by P’u Sung-Ling.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eTranslator: Rose Quong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Dennis Dobson, London\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eYear: 1947, f\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eirst UK edition\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e329 pp. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eno ISBN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eintroduction by Martin Buber, from his 1911 German translation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRegarding the numerous Chinese woodcuts: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Grateful acknowledgement is made to Columbia University Library, New York, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Print Room of the Public Library, New York, for their help in assembling the illustrative material.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eCondition: A sound ex-library copy in a green cloth library binding, deaccessioned from the Hilles Library of Radcliffe College. Binding strong and intact with no loose pages though the text block is slightly jogged. Pages are clean and illustrations remain crisp and attractive. Usual institutional markings from Hilles Library. No dust jacket. Title page bears bright red title. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003eP’u Sung-Ling (also Pu Songling; 1640-1715) compiled the tales known as \u003cem\u003eLiao Chai (\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eLiaozhai Zhiyi\u003c\/em\u003e, usually rendered in English as \u003cem\u003eStrange Tales from a Chinese Studio\u003c\/em\u003e) over the course of his life. Its hundreds of stories of ghosts, fox spirits, scholars, lovers, demons, transformations, and uncanny encounters became a landmark of Chinese supernatural literature. Rose Quong (1879-1972) was a Chinese-Australian actress, lecturer, writer, and translator who worked in Britain and the United States. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003eScarce.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bonfire Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48901247533230,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0579\/0679\/0574\/files\/1000007745.jpg?v=1786394014","url":"https:\/\/bonfirebookshop.com\/products\/chinese-ghost-and-love-stories","provider":"Bonfire Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}