Kai Lung's Golden Hour
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Liczba stron: 216
Oprawa: Miękka
Wydanie: 2007 r.
Język: angielski
Dostępność: aktualnie niedostępny
Kai Lung is an itinerant story-teller in ancient China. 'I spread my mat,' he says, 'wherever my uplifted voice can entice together a company to listen,' and his powers of enchantment are abundantly revealed in this volume. He incurs the enmity of a sinister figure called Ming-shu, who is the confidential agent of the Mandarin, Shan Tien, and has to defend himself in the Mandarin's court against a series of treasonable charges. Kai Lung's defence takes the original form of inducing the Mandarin to listen to a recital of the traditional tales of China, and so well does he beguile the capricious tyrant that he secures one adjournment after the other and, finally, his freedom--as well as the love of the maiden Hwa-Mei.