Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies

This collection of tales opens up a magical world far from our customary haunts. Ghost stories, romances, fables, and heroic sagas: the forms are familiar, but the characters we meet surprise us at every turn. For those who know and love the tales of the Grimms and Andersen, the universal themes of fairy tale literature emerge in these classic stories, but with a sophistication that is uniquely Chinese and altogether entrancing.

With black-and-white drawings throughout
Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

Author: Moss Roberts
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 07/12/1980
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.22w x 0.62d
ISBN13: 9780394739946
ISBN10: 0394739949
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Fantasy | Historical
- Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
- Fiction | Cultural Heritage

About the Author
MOSS ROBERTS is a professor of East Asian studies at New York University. He edited and translated Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies, and also translated Luo Guanzhong's epic novel Three Kingdoms.