Outlaws of the Marsh

£145

Introduced By Frances Wood

Translated By J. H. Jackson

Shi Nai’an’s classic Chinese novel Outlaws of the Marsh (The Water Margin) is beautifully presented in a new Folio Society edition and illustrated with 141 images that capture the quests and battles.

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AuthorShi Nai’an

About the Introducer

Frances Wood, former curator of Chinese collections at the British Library, is a leading Western interpreter of Chinese cultural traditions. She was educated in Cambridge and Beijing, and her books include studies of Marco Polo, the first emperor and his terracotta army, the Forbidden City, and the Diamond Sutra – the earliest datable printed book. Wood is the author of a memoir, Hand-Grenade Practice in Peking, on her first-hand experience of the Cultural Revolution, and most recently, Great Books of China (2017).

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