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| Original Title: | The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox |
| ISBN: | 0966543602 (ISBN13: 9780966543605) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox #1-3 |
| Characters: | Master Li Kao, Number Ten Ox |
Barry Hughart
Hardcover | Pages: 652 pages Rating: 4.37 | 1651 Users | 152 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox (The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox #1-3) |
| Author | : | Barry Hughart |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Omnibus |
| Pages | : | Pages: 652 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 1998 by The Stars Our Destination Books (first published January 1st 1996) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. China |
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I loved these books so much that I published this one.All three novels concern the same two primary characters, but can be read completely independently. Bridge of Birds, the first of the three, is such a just generally appealing and interesting novel that I sold it "satisfaction guaranteed" at my bookshop. You don't care for it? Bring it back for a full refund. In 16 years and over 1,500 copies of the paperback sold, I had two people take me up on it. (And one of them said he did kinda like it, but really wanted the cash.)
The frustration at that time was that folks would come rushing back, delighted with this new find of theirs and ask what else this author had written.
"The good news is, there are two more books. The bad news is, you can't have them." Both of the later books had gone out of print shortly after publication, and were astonishingly expensive in the used book market.
That's why, in 1998, while looking for a really big thing to do to celebrate 10 years in the bookstore business, I decided to contact Mr. Hughart, hire a book designer (the amazing Robert Garcia), and take my friend Kaja Foglio up on her years-ago idea to illustrate these books if there was ever a chance. We published an omnibus edition of all three novels, with a color cover, and six full page black and white illustrations.
While the collection we published is also now out of print, Bridge of Birds has always been available, and the other two have been showing up in sporadic reprints.
Set in "a China that never was", these books have elements of both fantasy and mystery novels, but fit best into the "just try it and see if you like it" genre.
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Master Li and Number Ten Ox wander ancient China having adventures. Terms such as "rollicking" may apply.I can see why people like this series, but it never quite clicked for me. Part of it may have been Ox's voice, which is fittingly stolid but doesn't quite convey excitement. Another part may have been the sheer implausibility of the adventures, which -- I mean, points for creativity, but suspension of disbelief was really difficult.It is hard to say what made me read this trilogy (in one volume) every night way beyond the time I was sleepy. The books are hardly classic thriller page turners. The main characters don't immediately strike you as deep or well-developed, on the opposite: they appear almost as cartoon characters, exaggerated to a ridiculous degree. And if you've been bored to death by the singing and poetry in Tolkien J.R.R.'s books, well, you stumble across a lot of poems, songs and random side-notes in these
These are my favorite fantasy novels ever. Simply perfect.
The adventures of Master Li Kao and Number Ten Ox described here are absolute jewels that make you thirsty for more. As the whole thing, the stories as well as the pure fun that can be derived from reading them, exceeds our capacity (severely restricted by present-day boring stuff presented in the garb of 'fantasy') for either, bitter disappointments arise in our mind on three counts:1. Thanks to the inept publishers in 1980-s, this series has come to an unfortunate halt, with only 3
After considerable searching and expense, I procured this hardcover edition. It is actually three books: "The Bridge of Birds," ( my review)"The Story of the Stone" (my review)and"Eight Skilled Gentleman" (my review)The first is the most marvelous, in my opinion, and was even more amazing on my July 2019 re-read for the marvelous way the author pulled a mythological adventure tale together into a very beautiful and moving ending. I definitely felt echos of Princess Bride.
The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox is a compilation of three novels by Barry Hughart that are set in a sort of Platonic idea of China: a timeless vision of an empire hewn together from a manifold of dynasties and legends and more than a dash of humorous whimsy, that seems to capture a mythic Sinic character without seeming culturally exploitative.All the stories feature the principal duo, the ancient but spry Master Li Kao, a sage with a slight flaw in his character, as well as Number
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