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The Flying Horses: Tales from China

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These Chinese stories have been written for all who feel themselves drawn to distant times and places, yet hope to find when they arrive there not only fantasy but a real world, with real men, women and children. The stories are all taken from translations of Chinese history and literature; the dialogue and poems often embody and give substance to ancient Chinese sayings. They range in time from the earliest popular legends, which deal with the origins of the universe, to a twentieth-century account of the Revolution. There is a haunting charm, but also a deep and simple humanity in this memorable collection.

Many of the traditional Chinese legends lead the reader into an imaginative landscape under the rule of the Dragon Throne, where quince and willow trees grow along the river banks, pavilions overlook a prospect of emerald meadows and bamboo plantations, and where Tartar horsemen ride down from the hills with the swiftness of the wind.

The stories in The Flying Horses are like a piece of embroidery, which preserves in its pattern all the colours and textures of life in China.

Language: English

Pages: 172

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Methuen Children's Books Ltd.

Release: May 14, 1977

ISBN: 041683440X

ISBN 13: 9780416834406

The Flying Horses: Tales from China

3.5/5 ( ratings)

These Chinese stories have been written for all who feel themselves drawn to distant times and places, yet hope to find when they arrive there not only fantasy but a real world, with real men, women and children. The stories are all taken from translations of Chinese history and literature; the dialogue and poems often embody and give substance to ancient Chinese sayings. They range in time from the earliest popular legends, which deal with the origins of the universe, to a twentieth-century account of the Revolution. There is a haunting charm, but also a deep and simple humanity in this memorable collection.

Many of the traditional Chinese legends lead the reader into an imaginative landscape under the rule of the Dragon Throne, where quince and willow trees grow along the river banks, pavilions overlook a prospect of emerald meadows and bamboo plantations, and where Tartar horsemen ride down from the hills with the swiftness of the wind.

The stories in The Flying Horses are like a piece of embroidery, which preserves in its pattern all the colours and textures of life in China.

Language: English

Pages: 172

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Methuen Children's Books Ltd.

Release: May 14, 1977

ISBN: 041683440X

ISBN 13: 9780416834406

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