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portada Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio (Penguin Classics)
Type
Physical Book
Year
2006
Language
English
Pages
608
Format
Paperback
Weight
1
ISBN
0140447407
ISBN13
9780140447408
Edition No.
1

Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio (Penguin Classics)

Pu Songling (Author) · Penguin Classics · Paperback

Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio (Penguin Classics) - Pu Songling

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Synopsis "Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio (Penguin Classics) "

Exquisite and amusing miniatures regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fictionWith their elegant prose, witty wordplay and subtle charm, the 104 stories in this selection from The Strange Tales of Pu Songling (1640-1715) reveal a world in which nothing is as it seems. Here a Taoist monk conjures up a magical pear tree, a scholar recounts his previous incarnations, a woman out-foxes the fox-spirit that possesses her, a child bride gives birth to a thimble-sized baby, a ghostly city appears out of nowhere and a heartless daughter-in-law is turned into a pig. In his tales of humans coupling with shape-shifting spirits, bizarre phenomena, haunted buildings and enchanted objects, Pu Songling pushes back the boundaries of human experience and enlightens as he entertains.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Pu Songling
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Pu Songling (蒲松龄, 5 de junio de 1640 – 25 de febrero de 1715) fue un escritor chino de la dinastía Qing que se ganó la reputación de maestro de los relatos extraños y sobrenaturales. Habiendo nacido en Zichuan (actual Zibo, provincia de Shandong) y viviendo gran parte de su vida como maestro particular, dedicó años a recoger historias de lo insólito y lo fantástico, publicando posteriormente su obra más famosa, Liáozhāi zhìyì (generalmente traducida como Cuentos fantásticos de un estudio de lo parlante o Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio). En esta recopilación —más de 400 relatos— fusiona el folclore, lo fantástico y la crítica social, deteniéndose en la condición humana y los vicios del poder.

El estilo de Pu Songling destaca por su uso del chino clásico y la tradición de los “chuanqi” (relatos maravillosos de las dinastías Tang y Song) dentro de un contexto literario moderno para su época. Aunque no existen registros de premios literarios formales otorgados en su vida, su legado ha trascendido siglos y fronteras: muchas de sus historias han sido adaptadas al teatro, cine y televisión, y se le considera una influencia clave en la literatura de lo fantástico en el mundo chino y más allá.
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