Strange Tales from Liaozhai - Vol. 2The weird and whimsical short stories in Strange Tales from Liaozhai show their author, Pu Songling (1640-1715), to be both an explorer of the macabre, like Edgar Allan Poe, and a moralist, like Aesop. In this first complete translation of the collection's 494 stories into English, readers will encounter supernatural creatures, natural disasters, magical aspects of Buddhist and Daoist spirituality, and a wide range of Chinese folklore. Annotations are provided to clarify unfamiliar references or cultural allusions, and introductory essays have been included to explain facets of Pu Songling's work and to provide context for some of the unique qualities of his uncanny tales. This is the second of 6 volumes. |
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... stories while recognizing that they may appear to fall outside the boundary of decorum, and hence he doesn't explicitly tag them as the formal remarks of “the collector of these strange tales.” The surprisingly wanton behavior of the ...
... remarks didn't do her justice. Why, she's pretty enough to die for!” The girl was aware that He was saying something about his interest in her, so she stood up and in her birdlike voice called out, “Time to leave!” Turning around to ...
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